Deacon Blue have announced ‘The Great Western Road’ tour, coming to the UK in 2025.
There will be a limited run of five theatre shows in late March / April ‘25 to herald the arrival of the album, followed by 15 arena shows across the UK & Eire , which kick off in Liverpool on 19 September 2025, they play Wembley Arena for the first time since 1990, and finish with two hometown shows at the Glasgow Hydro on 10 and 11 October.
Ricky Ross says of the two differing sets of dates, “I love the idea that a circus coming to town is a temporary existence, a little bit of magic suddenly appears in the middle of a town or a village and then it goes away. It’s very similar to what you do live. The live experience is so ephemeral, at the end of a show people lose all their inhibitions, and then it’s over. You have to be there. That’s what’s magical about it.”
“There will be two different shows, we’re curating a show that changes and evolves, pulling out little surprises every now and again. The theatres are more intimate and give us a chance to bring out one or two things that we wouldn’t do in the arenas. They give us a chance to play songs from the new album and songs from other albums that we have never played before. And we have some amazing nights at the big shows in the arenas, we suit the show to the place we’re playing and our mantra is ‘we want people to have the best night of their lives’. Every night has got to be brilliant.”
Truly, fans of this loved and revered Scottish band have plenty to celebrate next year: 2025 brings not only the 40th anniversary, and two sets of concert dates, but also ‘The Great Western Road’ studio album.
See Deacon Blue at the following shows:
MARCH 2025
Edinburgh Usher Hall – Sun 30th
Bradford St Georges Hall – Mon 31st
APRIL 2025
Bristol Beacon – Wed 2nd
Cambridge Corn exchange – Thu 3rd
London Shepherds Bush Empire – Fri 4th
SEPTEMBER 2025
Liverpool M&S Bank Arena – Fri 19th
Brighton Centre – Sat 20th
Birmingham Utilita Arena – Mon 22nd
Leeds first direct Arena – Tue 23rd
Bournemouth BIC – Thu 25th
Cardiff Utilita Arena Cardiff – Fri 26th
Nottingham Motorpoint Arena – Sun 28th
Sheffield Utilita Arena – Mon 29th
OCTOBER 2025
Manchester AO Arena – Wed 1st
London OVO Arena Wembley – Fri 3rd
Hull Connexin Live – Sun 5th
Newcastle Utilita Arena – Mon 6th
Glasgow OVO Hydro – Fri 10th
Glasgow OVO Hydro – Sat 11th
