Bryan Adams announces May 2025 UK tour

He plays nine huge shows

Bryan Adams
Author: Scott ColothanPublished 2nd Oct 2024

Chart-slaying Canadian rock icon Bryan Adams has announced a nine-date UK arena tour.

Part of the ‘Roll With The Punches’ world tour, Bryan Adams’ headline trek opens at Newcastle Utilita Arena on Thursday 8th May 2025 and visits Manchester, Leeds, Aberdeen, Glasgow, London, Liverpool and Nottingham before concluding at Birmingham bp pulse LIVE on Sunday 18th May 2025.

Tickets go on sale from Absolute Radio Tickets at 9am on Friday 4th October.

Bryan Adams says: "I’ve been gigging in the UK for such a long time now, and each time I play here I remember why I fell in love with UK audiences…we’re gonna sing and rock the roof off these arenas!”

Bryan Adams

Ahead of the tour, Adams releases his ‘Live at the Royal Albert Hall 2024’ boxset on Friday 15th November via Bad Records.

The comprehensive boxset collates full live performances of three of his landmark albums in May 2024, including the 40th Anniversary performance of ‘Reckless.’

Bryan Adams' UK tour dates:

MAY 2025

Newcastle Utilita Arena – Thu 8th

Manchester AO Arena – Fri 9th

Leeds First Direct Arena – Sat 10th

Aberdeen P&J Live – Sun 11th

Glasgow OVO Hydro – Tue 13th

London The O2 – Thu 15th

Liverpool M&S Bank Arena – Fri 16th

Nottingham Motorpoint Arena – Sat 17th

Birmingham bp pulse LIVE – Sun 18th

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Bryan Adams UK tour

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