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 full itinerary.
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.
Tour Itinerary
May 24 – Liverpool, UK – Radio 1’s Big Weekend
Jun 29 – Somerset, UK – Glastonbury Festival
North America:
Sep 10 – Atlanta, GA – Buckhead Theatre
Sep 12 – Washington, DC – 9:30 Club
Sep 15 – Philadelphia, PA – Union Transfer
Sep 19 – Brooklyn, NY – Brooklyn Paramount
Sep 20 – Boston, MA – House of Blues
Sep 22 – Montreal, QB – Beanfield Theatre
Sep 23 – Toronto, ON – History
Sep 25 – Columbus, OH – Newport Music Hall
Sep 26 – Chicago, IL – The Vic
Sep 27 – Minneapolis, MN – First Avenue
Sep 30 – Austin, TX – Emo’s
Oct 1 – Dallas, TX – House of Blues
Oct 3 – Denver, CO – Ogden Theatre
Oct 4 – Salt Lake City, UT – Complex
Oct 6 – Seattle, WA – Showbox SoDo
Oct 7 – Vancouver, BC – Commodore Ballroom
Oct 8 – Portland, OR – Crystal Ballroom
Oct 10 – Oakland, CA – Fox Theatre
Oct 11 – Pomona, CA – Fox Theatre
Oct 13 – Los Angeles, CA – The Wiltern
Europe:
Nov 5 – Stockholm, Sweden, Annexet
Nov 6 – Copenhagen, Denmark, KB Hallen
Nov 7 – Hamburg, Germany, Georg Elser Halle
Nov 9 – Warsaw, Poland, Progresja
Nov 10 – Prague, Czech Republic, Lucerna Great Hall
Nov 11 – Budapest, Hungary, Barba Negra Red Stage
Nov 13 – Milan, Italy – Alcatraz Club
Nov 14 – Lyon, Villeurbanne, France – Le Transbordeur
Nov 15 – Toulouse, France – Bikini
Nov 17 – Cologne, Germany – Palladium
Nov 19 – Berlin, Germany – Columbiahalle
Nov 20 – Munich, Germany – Tonhalle
Nov 21- Luxembourg City, Luxembourg – Den Atelier
Nov 23 – Amsterdam, Netherlands – AFAS Live
Nov 24 – Brussels, Belgium – Forest National
Nov 25 – Paris, France – Le Zénith
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
Credit: Rachel Fleminger Hudson
