Skunk Anansie announce 14-date spring 2025 UK tour
Taking place in March and April 2025
British rock livewires Skunk Anansie have lined up a 14-date UK tour for March and April 2025.
Always phenomenal in the live arena, Skunk Anansie open their tour at London Roundhouse on Saturday 29th March and conclude at Guildford G Live on Wednesday 16th April.
They also play Bristol, Cardiff, Nottingham, Manchester, Birmingham, Norwich, Cambridge, Glasgow, Newcastle, Leeds, Bournemouth and Brighton as part of the trek.
Tickets go on sale from Planet Rock Tickets at 10am on Friday 18th October.
Fronted by Skin, Skunk Anansie also features long-term members Cass on bass and guitarist Ace alongside Mark Richardson on drums.
“We are really excited to be getting back on tour, doing what we love the most which is playing live with fire in our belly,” comments Skin. “This tour will be a completely brand new production and we can’t wait to share it with the UK.”
With a string of critically acclaimed albums including ‘Paranoid & Sunburnt’, ‘Stoosh’, ‘Post Orgasmic Chill’ and ’25LIVE@25’ and hit singles such as ‘Hedonism (Just Because You Feel Good)’, ‘Selling Jesus’, ‘Twisted (Everyday Hurts)’ and ‘Weak’, Skunk Anansie have sold millions of records around the world and headlined Glastonbury Festival in 1999.
After a hiatus in the early 2000s, the band triumphantly reformed in 2009 and have continued to release new music and tour the world ever since.
Skunk Anansie are currently working on new music to follow the band’s acclaimed recent singles ‘Piggy’ and ‘This Means War’.
Skunk Anansie’s UK tour dates:
MARCH 2025
London Roundhouse – Sat 29th
Cardiff University – Mon 31st
APRIL 2025
Bristol Beacon – Tue 1st
Nottingham Rock City – Thu 3rd
Manchester O2 Apollo – Fri 4th
Birmingham O2 Academy – Sat 5th
Norwich The LCR – Mon 7th
Cambridge Corn Exchange – Tue 8th
Glasgow O2 Academy – Thu 10th
Newcastle NX – Fri 11th
Leeds O2 Academy – Sat 12th
Bournemouth O2 Academy – Mon 14th
Brighton Dome – Tue 15th
Guildford G Live – Wed 16th
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Skin to host special show on Planet Rock, Hidden Riffers
We’re pleased to confirm that Skin will host a very special one-off show on Planet Rock at 7pm on Sunday 27th October called Hidden Riffers.
Skin explains: “The show is about black female blues guitarists that helped kick start the blues and blues rock genres.
“They played with some of the best male guitarists in the world and it’s time they got their flowers!'
“Featuring Sister Rosetta Tharp (the first person to use distortion), Memphis Minnie, Etta Baker, The Duchess (Norma Jean Watford) - Bo’ Diddley's guitarist- and many more.”
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