The Chemical Brothers announce autumn 2023 UK & Ireland arena tour

See them in October and November

The Chemical Brothers on stage in 2022
Author: Scott ColothanPublished 27th Mar 2023

Dance titans The Chemical Brothers have announced a UK & Ireland arena tour for this coming autumn.

Tom Rowlands and Ed Simons will bring their spectacular audio-visual live show to six arenas in October and November 2023.

The tour opens at Glasgow OVO Hydro on Thursday 26th October and visits Manchester, Leeds, Dublin and Birmingham before concluding at London’s The O2 on Saturday 4th November.

Tickets to the UK dates go on sale from Absolute Radio Tickets at 9.30am on Friday 31st March.

Today’s tour announcement comes two weeks after The Chemical Brothers unleashed their rave-tastic new single ‘No Reason’ and its kaleidoscopic video.

The Chemical Brothers are currently working on their tenth album which is due for release later this year

The duo released the standalone single ‘The Darkness That You Fear’ in 2021, and their last studio album, ‘No Geography’, came out in 2019.

The Chemical Brothers’ UK & Ireland tour dates:

OCTOBER 2023

Glasgow OVO Hydro – Thu 26th

Manchester AO Arena – Fri 27th

Leeds First Direct Arena – Sat 28th

NOVEMBER 2023

Dublin 3Arena – Wed 1st

Birmingham Utilita Arena – Fri 3rd

London The O2 – Sat 4th

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