Seminal British band Wolf Alice have today shared details of a huge headline tour in celebration of their recently announced fourth studio album The Clearing, due out on August 29th. The 43-date tour is their most ambitious to date and will see the quartet command some of the biggest and most coveted stages of their decade-long career, including the O2 Arena in London. Wolf Alice will perform at Radio 1’s Big Weekend and Glastonbury this summer before the mammoth tour of North America, Europe and the UK runs through from mid-September to mid-December 2025. See below for the UK tour.
Tickets go on pre-sale @ 10am local time, Wed May 21st and general sale @ 10am, Friday May 23rd. In support of grassroots venues, £1 of every ticket for the UK Arena shows will be donated to fundraising efforts.
Announcement of the tour follows the release of vivacious first single ‘Bloom Baby Bloom’ yesterday - accompanied by the iconic Colin Solal Cardo-directed video (watch HERE, listen HERE). The track marked the beginning of an exciting new era for Wolf Alice. A fiercely powerful and fervent introduction to The Clearing, it’s an arresting ode to growth, evolution and expansion in life, music and art. With its rolling bass riff, this first piece of music in three years, is a whip-smart de-testosteroned twist on heavy rock. “I wanted a rock song, to focus on the performance element of a rock song and sing like Axl Rose, but to be singing a song about being a woman,” Ellie Rowsell notes. “I’ve used the guitar as a shield in the past, playing it has perhaps been some way to reject the 'girl singer in band' trope, but I wanted to focus on my voice as a rock instrument so it’s been freeing to put the guitar down and reach a point where I don’t feel like I need to prove that I’m a musician.”
The video for ‘Bloom Baby Bloom’ is a collaboration with noted alt-pop director Colin Solal Cardo, famous for collaborations with Charli XCX, Robyn, Christine & The Queens and Phoenix. The video deconstructs a classic rock performance by drawing on Bob Fosse and All That Jazz, featuring a brilliant performance from Ellie in the middle of a host of dancers choreographed by Emmy Award-winning choreographer Ryan Heffington (Euphoria, Sia, Kenzo + Margaret Qualley).
Written in Seven Sisters, London and recorded in LA with Grammy-winning, master producer Greg Kurstin last year, The Clearing reveals where Wolf Alice stand sonically in 2025, delivering a supremely confident collection of songs bursting with ambition, ideas and emotion; The Clearing is a truly timeless record.
UK & Ireland:
Nov 28 - Manchester, England - AO Arena
Nov 29 - Birmingham, England - Utilita Arena
Dec 1 - Cardiff, Wales - Utilita Arena
Dec 3 - London, England - The O2
Dec 5 - Leeds, England - First Direct Arena
Dec 7 - Glasgow, Scotland - OVO Hydro
Dec 10 - Dublin, Republic of Ireland - 3Arena
Pre-save / pre-order The Clearing HERE