The Most Anticipated Tours of 2025 will include some of the biggest names in the music industry bringing their art to venues around the world. Some are continuations of a wider tour, such as Billie Eilish’s Hit Me Hard and Soft Tour, which will run across both 2024 and 2025.
Others are a solely 2025 affair, like Papa Roach’s 25th anniversary tour. Some still remain unconfirmed as of the writing of this article. Whatever maybe the case, the list of major musicians and bands going on tour is too big for any one person to keep track solely by themselves.
Hence, the list below collates some of the major tours so far announced for 2025 and briefly goes over each one’s main details in a list. Tickets for these tours can be found via authorized websites such as Ticketmaster or Weverse as well as official websites of the acts or individual venue sites respectively.
List of Most Anticipated Tours of 2025
1) Billie Eilish – Hit Me Hard and Soft 2025 Tour
The first on our list of Most Anticipated Tours of 2025 is Billie Eilish’s Hit Me Hard and Soft Tour, which on its 2025 tour leg is scheduled to February 8, 2025 to July 27, 2025 in venues across Australia, UK, Ireland and Europe respectively.
2) Metallica – M72 2025 North America Tour
Metallica will take their M72 North America Tour across the mainland United States and Canada from April 12, 2025 to June 29, 2025, with support from Pantera, Suicidal Tendencies, Limp Bizkit and Ice Nine Kills.
3) Dua Lipa – Radical Optimism 2025 Tour
Dua Lipa’s Radical Optimism 2025 tour is scheduled to be held from March 17, 2025 to October 16, 2025 in venues across Australia, New Zealand, Europe, UK and North America.
4) Gracie Abrams – The Secret of US World Tour 2025
Gracie Abrams’ The Secret of US World Tour 2025 is set to run from February 8, 2025 to May 17, 2025 in venues across Europe, UK, Australia and New Zealand respectively.
5) Iron Maiden – Run For Your Lives World Tour 2025-2026
The next on our list of Most Anticipated Tours of 2025 is Iron Maiden’s Run For Your Lives World Tour 2025-2026, which celebrates the band’s 50th anniversary. The 2025 edition is currently scheduled to run from May 27, 2025 to August 2, 2025 across Europe and UK.
6) Coldplay – Music Of The Spheres 2025 Tour
Coldplay is set to continue their ongoing Music of the Spheres Tour in 2025 with a tour leg that runs from January 9, 2025 to September 8, 2025 in venues across the UAE, India, People’s Republic of China, South Korea and the UK.
7) Green Day – Saviours Tour 2025
Green Day will continue its tour in support of their album Saviours in 2025 with a brief tour leg that runs from January 19, 2025 to March 8, 2025 in venues across South Africa, India, Japan, Indonesia, Malaysia, the UAE and Australia.
8) Bryan Adams – 2025 Australia and New Zealand Tour
The next tour on the list of Most Anticipated Tours is by Bryan Adams.
Bryan Adams is set to tour across Australia and New Zealand in 2025 from February 1, 2025 to February 13, 2025.
9) Childish Gambino – New World Tour 2025
Childish Gambino’s New World Tour’s was recently postponed due to health issues. It is anticipated that Donald Glover aka Childish Gambino will return with the tour in 2025, but nothing is confirmed as of the writing of this article.
10) Oasis – 2025 Reunion Tour
The next tour on our List of Most Anticipated Tours of 2025 is the recently announced Oasis 2025 reunion tour, which is currently set to run from July 4, 2025 to September 28, 2025 in the UK and Ireland, with more dates to be announced in the near future.
11) Papa Roach – 25th Anniversary tour
Papa Roach will celebrate their 25th anniversary with a Europe and UK tour that is currently set to be held from January 25, 2025 to February 7, 2025. The tour will celebrate their second album Infest.
12) Ed Sheeran – Mathematics Tour 2025
The next tour on the list of Most Anticipated Tours of 2025 is Ed Sheeran’s Mathematics Tour 2025. Ed Sheeran will continue his Mathematics Tour in 2025 with a Europe tour leg that is currently set to run from May 30, 2025 to September 7, 2025.
13) Bright Eyes – 2025 North America Tour
Bright Eyes is set to tour across North America from January 16, 2025 to April 26, 2025 in support of the band’s upcoming album Five Dice, All Threes
14) BTS 2025 Tour
BTS will return back in 2025 after its members complete their mandatory service in the South Korean military. Upon their return, they are likely to embark on a major tour, as per a report by Kim Young Moon/Daily Hankook (via Koreaboo).
15) BLACKPINK 2025 Tour
YG Entertainment has confirmed in a recent press release that BLACKPINK will make their comeback in 2025, including a 2025 tour. Details regarding the comeback, including the tour, will be announced in the future.
More Most Anticipated Tours of 2025
Other Most Anticipated Tours to look forward to:
- Usher – Past Present Future – 2024-2025 Tour
- Olivia Rodrigo – GUTS World Tour 2025
- Sabrina Carpenter – Short n’ Sweet Tour 2025
- Aespa – Synk: Parallel Line Tour 2025
- Kygo – World Tour Part Two
- Steven Wilson – The Overview Tour 2025
- Alison Moyet – 2025 World Tour
- Sum 41 – Tour of the Setting Sum 2025
- Kylie Minogue – Tension Tour 2025
- Pixies – 2025 UK and Europe Tour
- Katy Perry – Lifetimes Tour
- James Blunt – Back To Bedlam 20th Anniversary Tour
- Cigarettes After Sex – The X’s World Tour
- Twenty One Pilots – The Clancy World Tour
- Slimane – 2025 World Tour
- Marty Friedman – 2025 Tour
- TesseracT – War of Being Tour Part II (2025 Tour)
- Opeth – 2025 Tour
- Loreen – UK and Europe 2025 Tour
While the list of Most Anticipated Tours of 2025 is long, it is by no measure an exhaustive list of tours that are coming in 2025.
Alongside the list above, there will be tours by bands such as Refused, The Lumineers, The Avett Brothers as well as artists such as Mary J. Blige and Billy Strings, to name a few.
Edited by Mudeet Arora