Brian Jonestown Massacre have announced a run of UK and Ireland tour dates including a Manchester gig at the Albert Hall.

The Manchester gig is one of 15 UK and Ireland dates they have confirmed.  They will also headline a Liverpool gig at the Olympia.

The tour comes after Brian Jonestown Massacre celebrated their 20th full length album with last year’s release of The Future Is Your Past.  That album and predecessor Fire Doesn’t Grow On Trees, saw BJM frontman, songwriter, composer and multi-instrumentalist Anton Newcombe emerge from a period of writers block which had landed after a prolific period in the 2010s.  The writers block disipated quickly as he picked up his 12-string guitar and started penning The Real.  “All of a sudden, I just heard something,” he says. “And then it just didn’t stop. We tracked a whole song every single day for 70 days in a row.” By the end of it they had 2 albums ready to go. Joining Newcombe in the studio for The Future Is Your Past were Hakon Adalsteinsson (guitar) and Uri Rennert (drums).

The albums follow in the path of Newcombe’s somewhat defiant approach.  “My only option with everything in life has always been that you just jump into the fire,” he declares. “It doesn’t matter what it is.”  That mentality has filtered through his career which has taken in rock’n’roll; psychedelic rock; country-blues; noise-pop and more.  From reluctance to say yes to contracts through to management, he has trodden a different path.  “I just knew I would be more successful in a certain way by saying no, just being contrary because I figured that if people liked me they were gonna like me anyway,” he says. “Or dislike me. It doesn’t matter.”

When do Brian Jonestown Massacre headline at Manchester’s Albert Hall?

Brian Jonestown Massacre headline at Manchester’s Albert Hall on 14 February 2025.  They headline at Liverpool’s Olympia on 7 February 2025.  The Manchester and Liverpool gigs are two of 15 UK and Ireland dates they have announced:
1 February   –   Bexhill, De La Warr Pavilion
2 February   –   Bristol, Marble Factory
4 February   –   Nottingham, Rock City
6 February   –   Glasgow, Barrowland
7 February   –   Liverpool, Olympia
8 February   –   Leeds, Beckett Students’ Union
9 February   –   Newcastle, NX
11 February   –   Belfast, Ulster Hall
12 February   –   Dublin, 3Olympia
14 February   –   Manchester, Albert Hall
15 February   –   Southampton, O2 Guildhall
16 February   –   London, O2 Academy Brixton
18 February   –   Birmingham, O2 Institute
19 February   –   Brighton, Dome
20 February   –   Cardiff, University Great Hall

When do tickets go on sale for Brian Jonestown Massacre’s UK and Ireland tour?

Tickets for Brian Jonestown Massacre’s UK and Ireland tour go on sale at 10am on Friday 6 September.

image of Brian Jonestown Massacre courtesy Marie Monteiro

 

Related Posts