Lola Young has announced a UK tour for later in 2025.
Following her standout performance at Glastonbury last weekend, the singer will play three shows in October in support of her forthcoming album ‘I’m Only Fucking Myself’. The record will drop on September 19 via Island/Day One – pre-save/pre-order here
Kicking off in Manchester on October 6, Young will head to Birmingham on October 9 before rounding off the leg with a hometown show at London’s O2 Academy Brixton on October 15.
Tickets will go on sale on Thursday, July 10 at 10am UK time – see the full list of dates below and buy your tickets here.
OCTOBER
6 – Manchester, O2 Victoria Warehouse
9 – Birmingham, O2 Academy
15 – London, O2 Academy Brixton
Young performed to a packed out Woodsies tent at Glastonbury on Friday (June 27). In a round-up of the best sets from the weekend, NME wrote: “A lot has changed for Lola Young since she first performed at Glasto back in 2022. Returning now having played at the BRITs, graced the NME Cover and having her song ‘Messy’ reach over 700million streams on Spotify, there is no doubt that this moment on the Woodsies stage was a powerful one for the London singer.
“Alongside some of the first live renditions of new tracks ‘One Thing’ and ‘Not Like That Any More’, the most magical moment of her set came with the emotional ballad, ‘You Noticed’, Young looking visibly moved by the huge response from the packed crowd.”
NME caught up with Young on the red carpet of the Ivors in London in May, where she was nominated for Best Album and Best Song Musically And Lyrically, but went home with the coveted Rising Star Award.
Her win comes in the midst of a huge year, with her single ‘Messy’ ranking as one of the biggest songs of 2025 so far, after attracting millions of streams and going viral due to its lyrics about self-worth in the face of doubt.
“I think it’s just a relatable song. A lot of people don’t feel like they’re enough for somebody; they don’t feel like they’ll ever win.”
Asked about having connected with so many people, she replied: “It feels incredible – a feeling I’m blessed to be feeling. There are so many incredible artists across the world, and artists who don’t even know they’re artists yet: just pure singer-songwriters who write songs.
“I’m lucky to move people with my work in a public way, because there are so many other incredible artists that deserve that. I’m standing tonight for singer-songwriters, especially women songwriters.”
Ezra Furman has announced a new headline tour of the UK and Europe to take place early in 2026 – see all the dates below.
The Chicago-born singer-songwriter released her 10th studio album ‘Goodbye Small Head’ in May via Bella Union and is already set to take the record on the road around North America in August and October this year.
Now, she has added a slew of dates on the other side of the Atlantic, kicking off in Vienna, Austria on January 19 and taking in dates in Graz, Linz, Munich, Prague, Berlin, Hamburg, Amsterdam, Antwerp and Paris.
The tour rounds off with four UK dates – Glasgow, Manchester and Bristol are followed by a huge final show at the O2 Forum Kentish Town in London on February 4. Tickets are on sale now and you can find yours here.
JANUARY
19 – Vienna, Arena Wien
20 – Graz, Dom Im Berg
21 -Linz, Posthof
22 – Munich, Strom
24 – Prague, Cargo Gallery
25 – Berlin, Columbia Theater
26 – Hamburg, Molotow
27 – Amsterdam, Paradiso Tolhuisten
28 – Antwerp, Trix Club
29 – Paris, Le Cabaret Sauvage
FEBRUARY
1 – Glasgow, The Art School
2 – Manchester, New Century Hall
3 – Bristol, Electric
4 – London, O2 Forum Kentish Town
Furman described ‘Goodbye Small Head’ as being “vivid with overwhelm”, adding: “They’re not about someone going off the rails, they are inside that person’s heart. The songwriting here is a revision to William Wordsworth’s famous proclamation that ‘Poetry is the spontaneous overow of powerful feelings: it takes its origin from emotion recollected in tranquillity’. I can agree with that, except for the tranquillity part.”
Furman continued: “This poetry, my poetry, arrived in the midst of the storm. It was written as I teetered toward the edge. (I did the edits once I was safe again).”
