Doves will return to the road for a full UK Tour following the release of their upcoming, sixth studio album, ‘Constellations For The Lonely’ in February next year. The Manchester band will return to their home city to perform for the first time in 15 years, announcing a night at the modernist Aviva Studios in addition to their return to London’s O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire. As with three SOLD OUT intimate dates announced to take place at the end of this month, in Stoke, Birkenhead and Hebden Bridge, the band will be fronted by Andy and Jez Williams without Jimi Goodwin.
The band cancelled their 2021 touring plans to protect Goodwin’s health and wellbeing and the singer remains committed to his recovery as apriority. Announcing their initial live dates last week, the band stated that “Jimi’s health came first”, while Goodwin added his current circumstances were “not compatible with a mad, city-to-city schedule.”
‘Constellations For The Lonely’ was announced last week with the Goodwin-fronted single, Renegade, after the three-piece reconvened for a patchwork of in-person and remote recording sessions in the four years since the release of their third UK Official Album Chart No.1 album, ‘The Universal Want’. With swapping roles a regular feature of all Doves shows and albums, including Andy and Jez Williams taking the lead on live favourites, ‘Words’ and ‘Jetstream’, the confirmation of 2025 dates finally deliver on fans’ clamor for the band’s return to the stage.
All of the confirmed Doves Constellations For The Lonely 2025 UK Tour dates are as follows:
- Tue 25 Feb – Glasgow, SWG3
- Wed 26 Feb – Edinburgh, La Belle Angele
- Thu 27 Feb – Newcastle, Boiler Shop
- Sat 1 Mar – Leeds, Beckett SU
- Sun 2 Mar – Sheffield, Leadmill
- Tue 4 Mar – Liverpool, O2 Academy
- Fri 7 Mar – Manchester, Aviva Studios, home of Factory International
- Sun 8 Mar – Birmingham, O2 Institute
- Mon 10 Mar – Nottingham, Rock City
- Tue 11 Mar – Norwich, Waterfront
- Thu 13 Mar – London, O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire
- Fri 14 Mar – Bristol, SWX
- Sat 15 Mar – Southampton, Engine Rooms
- Mon 17 Mar – Brighton, Chalk
- Tue 18 Mar – Oxford, O2 Academy
Tickets are available here
Check out the bands new single below:
Released on multiple formats, including standard and special edition vinyl, CD, cassette and digital, the confirmed track listing for Doves’ ‘Constellations For The Lonely’ is as follows:
1. Renegade
2. Cold Dreaming
3. In The Butterfly House
4. Strange Weather
5. A Drop In The Ocean
6. Last Year’s Man
7. Stupid Schemes
8. Saint Teresa
9. Orlando
10. Southern Bell
The album was written, recorded and produced by Doves between locations in Greater Manchester, North Wales and Cheshire with additional production from long-term collaborator, Dan Austin.
Pre order the album here
