Bastille have announced the 2025 ‘From All Sides’ tour and donations to the Youth Music charity amid the current crisis of the UK’s grassroots youth music spaces.
Bastille have announced the 2025 ‘From All Sides’ arena tour.
Dan Smith and co will perform songs from the first 15 years of their career and beyond, with the jaunt kicking off in Plymouth, Devon, on November 6, before hitting up Cardiff, Nottingham, Glasgow, Newcastle, Manchester, Birmingham, Brighton, and ending with a huge show at London’s O2 Arena on November 18.
It marks the ‘Pompeii’ hitmakers first UK arena tour in more than three years.
Gig-goers can expect fan favourites, deep cuts and intimate unplugged moments, rarities from the ‘Other Peoples’s Heartache’ mixtapes, alongside seminal moments from across the band’s hit albums, including ‘Bad Blood’ (2013), ‘Wild World’ (2016), ‘Give Me The Future’ (2022), and ‘Doom Days’ (2019).
Bastille said: “We’re really excited to announce that we’re going on tour for the first time in a while to play the songs we all love from our first 15 years and beyond. Hope to see a load of you in November.”
The band have announced they are supporting grassroots youth music spaces by donating to Youth Music’s ‘Rescue the Roots’ campaign.
The leading UK charity helps marginalised young people make and monetise music and hopes to raise £2 million to assist with the funding crisis threatening grassroots youth music projects across the country.
A recent survey found that 41 per cent of grassroots youth music projects are at risk of closure – an increase of 17 per cent from last year.
Youth Music “will match every pound raised up to £1 million to create a total of £2 million to quickly distribute to youth organisations and emerging young creatives who are in urgent need of support.”
Bastille’s tour donation will be matched by the non-profit.
What’s more, the group will help support Youth Music’s NextGen Community on the tour with “mentoring sessions, giving young people wanting to get into the music industry insight and understanding on the live sector and arena tours.”
Matt Griffiths, Youth Music CEO, commented: “The crisis facing grassroots youth music projects is at breaking point. The lack of funding available is at critically low levels and the threat of closure for many is more imminent than ever. We’re delighted to further develop our relationship with Bastille, who have also supported us previously, to help raise awareness and funds for our Rescue the Roots campaign while in addition to this, giving our NextGen Community vital insight and knowledge on how the live sector of the music industry works.”
Tickets go on general sale on March 28, with a pre-sale set for March 2. Head to bastillebastille.com for the latest.
Bastille’s 2025 UK tour dates:
November
6 – Plymouth, Plymouth Pavilions
8 – Cardiff, Utilita Arena
9 – Nottingham, Motorpoint Arena
11 – Glasgow, OVO Hydro
12 – Newcastle, Utilita Arena
14 – Manchester, AO Arena
15 – Birmingham, BP Pulse Live
16 – Brighton, Brighton Centre
18 – London, The O2
