gig guide
Kelly Lee Owens
Tuesday 25th March, Warsaw, Brooklyn
Welsh electronic musician and producer, Kelly Lee Owens, released Dreamstate in October 2024, and has announced a few spring US tour dates ahead of her appearance at Mexico City festival Axe Ceremonia. She kicks off the stateside tour in Brooklyn in March!
Tickets from $38.75
Mumford & Sons SOLD OUT!
Wednesday 26th March, Brooklyn Paramount
Mumford & Sons release their first album in seven years RUSHMERE. Two days ahead of the release, on 28th March 2025, they play The Paramount, Brooklyn, which sold out in super quick time! Rushmere is a pond on Wimbledon Common in south-west London, where Marcus Mumford, Ben Lovett, and Ted Dwane first hung out and imagined the initial idea of putting a band together. The album was produced by six-time Grammy winner Dave Cobb (Jason Isbell etc.) If you mis their gig, you can stream their performance on the SNL50 show from Radio City Hall, NYC.
Check resale sites for tix
Snow Patrol
Tuesday 8th April, Brooklyn Paramount
This is Snow Patrol’s first North American Tour since 2019, and sees them celebrating their new album, Forest is the Path. The album went straight in #1 in the U.K. Official Charts, marking the band’s second chart-topping record after Eyes Open (2006). Official tickets are a sell out, but try for official resale tix from $122 on Paramount’s website.
Franz Ferdinand
Thursday 10th April, Brooklyn Paramount
Glasgow’s finest indie-rockers will be back in The Big Apple next spring. Franz Ferdinand have announced 2025 North American dates in support of their upcoming album, The Human Fear.
The NYC show will be at Brooklyn Paramount on April 10.
The Human Fear is out January 10 via Domino,
it’s their sixth studio album, The lead single, “Audacious”, was released following the announcement of the album. It will be their first full-length album to feature Audrey Tait on drums following the departure of Paul Thomson.
Gang Of Four
24th April, Sony Hall
“2025 will be the 45th anniversary of the release of Entertainment! in the US, and will be our final year as a band. It’s been wonderful, but all things must end. We want to go out with a bang and celebrate with our fans and friends. So, on what will be our last US tour, we’ll play two sets at each show: Entertainment! from start to finish in the first, and the best of the rest in the second. Come and join in, it’ll be a blast!”, say the band.
They are calling the tour, The Long Goodbye. Many thought the band would have called it quits after the 2020 death of guitarist Andy Gill, but this is a chance to see original members Jon King and Hugo Burnham perform one of the most important Post-punk albums in full. Unmissable.
Charli XCX
Wednesday 30 April - Sunday, 4 May, Brooklyn Barclays Center
Essex girl Charli XCX brings her BRAT tour back to Brooklyn for four night this spring after a smash hit run last summer. Lily Alen is a masive fan “BRAT in Brooklyn tonight was honestly one of the best things I have ever witnessed. Charlie XCX is a fucking goddess.”
Charli lead the crowd with one banger after the next keeping the whole place moving. Her set incorporated plenty of the rave elements that her new album calls for, and her voice is amazing, especially during the moments when she held out some notes that showed off her prowess.
Who are we, or you, to argue? So get down to The Barclays Center and wave your hands in the aiiir like you just don’t caaare.
The Damned
Thursday, 1st May, White Eagle Hall, Jersey City, NJ
Punk gods THE DAMNED completed a 10-date North American tour in the spring bringing the band’s ‘80s lineup back together with the return of Rat Scabies for the first time in America in 35 years. He rejoined David Vanian, Captain Sensible and Paul Gray to play shows across the USA. One of the original founding members, Scabies put it simply: “Be careful what you wish for.”
Audiences can expect songs from “Machine Gun Etiquette”, “The Black Album” and “Strawberries”, as well as fan-favorites “Neat Neat Neat”, “New Rose” and more.
47 years after releasing their groundbreaking debut, “Damned Damned Damned”, they released their twelfth studio album “Darkadelic” last year, reaching the Top 10 in the U.K. albums chart.
Have they cleaned up their act with maturity? .... Have they fu**!
Alison Moyet
Friday, 2nd May, Webster Hall
Former Yazoo/Yaz singer Alison Moyet is coming to The Big Apple to support her new (10th solo) album, Key.
“I consider myself ridiculously fortunate to be able to say ‘I will’ rather than ‘I remember when’,” Alison says. “So, as I tell you I am returning to North America imminently to perform again for whomsoever may care, and that I am beyond delighted by this brilliant fact, you can take me at my convoluted word!”
The NYC show is in the heart of the city at Webster Hall which is a perfect intimate venue for her fantastic bluesy voice.
Geordie Greep (formerly with Black Midi)
Saturday, 17th May, Brooklyn Paramount
East Londoner Geordie has now split with Black Midi and released his first solo album, The New Sound. He comes to Brooklyn in May to promote it on his first solo tour stateside. The New Sound, as the name suggests, is a step change from the musical influences in Black Midi. ‘It brings "in tons and tons and tons of Brazilian tropicalia, which is really one of the most predominant influences on the entire record".
Photo Credit: James Potter
Tickets from $48
JAMES BLUNT: BACK TO BEDLAM 20th Anniversary Tour
Tuesday, 17th June 7:00 pm, Central Park
James wrote some of the songs on this, his debut album, while on service as a Tank Captain in Kosovo. He would serenade his comrades as the shells exploded around them. They suffered for his art, and now it’s your turn too. Known for his delicately sweet voice on songs like “Beautiful” and “Goodbye My Lover,” Back to Bedlam, was the best-selling UK record of 2005 earning Blunt five GRAMMY nominations. Central Park is a much nicer setting than Central Kosovo to enjoy his sweet summer sounds so book now to avoid disapointment.
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
6th July, The Paramount, Huntington
8th July Terminal 5, NYC
These are the rescheduled dates from October for the synth-pop duo from Merseyside. Paul Humphreys and Andy McCluskey have come a long way since their 1979 hit Electricity . They released their fourtheenth studio album Bauhaus Staircase last year which peaked at No.2 in the UK charts. They are now ‘80s revival festival fixtures.
Oasis
31st August, 2025, MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford, NJ
Unknown British band from Manchester, fronted by two moody brothers, play their debut gig in the US.... Rumor has it they are a cross between The Beatles, The Sex Pistol and The Glitterband. It might be worth the trek to New Jersey to check them out, no one has ever seen or heard them before, but it might be a laugh.
Supergrass
Thursday, 11th September, 2025, Pier 17, NYC
Your only chance to see English indie rock stalwarts, Supergrass, in NYC this year! 15th May 2025 marks 30 years since the release of ‘I Should Coco’ and Supergrass will be performing this debut album live, in its entirety, for the first time, plus a small selection of additional fan favourites! One not to miss!!
Elbow
Monday, 29th September, 2025, Brooklyn Steel
Elbow have announced North American tour dates in support of their bold 2024 album Audio Vertigo. It’s their first tour in five years! They hit NYC early in the tour. Tickets go on sale Friday, February 28 at 10:00am local time. Get ready for some belting classics and great new tunes. Bound to sell out!
The Beta Band
Saturday 1st November, Brooklyn Steel
Scottish Indie rockers The Beta Band have reformed after 20 years and bring their reunion roadshow to Brooklyn Steel. The band will feature the classic lineup: Steve Mason (guitar/vocals), Richard Greentree (bass), John Maclean (samples/keyboard), and Robin Jones (drums). Known for their eclectic blend of folk, rock, electronica, and trip-hop, often described as a unique mix of psychedelic and indie. So something to put a smile on everyones’ face. Don’t forget your tweed cap.