Sophie Ellis-Bextor has announced her biggest ever UK headline tour in May and June 2025, including a show at London’s Royal Albert Hall. The announcement comes ahead of the release of a video for her glitteringly new single, Freedom of the Nightwhich will launch at 6pm tomorrow (October 25).
Kicking off in Glasgow on May 24, 2025 and performing in live music venues across 15 cities, including Manchester, Newcastle, Birmingham, Liverpool and Bristol, the tour culminates right here in London. Sophie Ellis-Bextor will perform at Manchester music venue, The O2 Apollo, on May 31 before heading to the Millennium Centre in Cardiff.
Sophie Ellis Bextor said: “This year has been full of amazing tour dates around the world, and it has been so much fun. I absolutely love performing live, but it’s always an extra treat to be able to tour at home and I can’t wait to play my biggest dates in the UK yet next May and June. It will be wonderful to bring the disco fun to everyone! Headlining The Royal Albert Hall in London is a bit of a dream and it’s going to be very special.”
With a musical career spanning over 25 years, Sophie Ellis-Bextor has achieved five top 10 albums and eight top 10 singles. Her best known hits include Murder on the Dancefloor, Take Me Home, Get Over You and Heartbreak (Make Me a Dancer). Most recently, after featuring in the epic final scene of Emerald Fennell’s film SaltburnSophie’s 2001 hit Murder on the Dancefloor saw a huge resurgence, charting at #2 in the UK Singles Chart and #58 In the Billboard Top 100, with the song reaching over 11 billion global streams across all streaming and social platforms.
Working with both classic and new collaborators, new track Freedom of the Night sees the singer reunite with Biff Stannard (Kylie, JADE), Duck Blackwell and Shura and collaborating with Chris Greatti (Willow Smith, The Dare) and David Wrench (Jamie XX, Hot Chip) alongside additional production from her husband and The Feeling bassist Richard Jones.
Sophie Ellis-Bextor has recently toured sold-out headline shows across Europe and the US, supported Nile Rodgersand appeared at festivals across the world, including performing with Peggy Gou during her set at Glastonbury, following her own set on the legendary Pyramid Stage in 2023. Next up, Sophie is supporting Take That in Australia in November and The Human League across the UK this December, before embarking on her 2025 headline tour.
Sophie Ellis-Bextor 2025 headline tour dates
May 2025
Sat 24 – Glasgow – Armadillo
Sun 25 – Newcastle – O2 City Hall
My 26 – York – Barbican
Wed 28 – Nottingham – Royal Concert Hall
Thurs 29 – Liverpool – Philharmonic Hall
Sat 31 – Manchester – Apollo
June 2025
Sun 1 – Cardiff – Millenium Centre
Mon 2 – Birmingham – Symphony Hall
Wed 4 – Brighton – Dome
Thurs 5 – Bournemouth – BIC
Sat 7 – Oxford – New Theatre
Sun 8 – Bristol – Beacon
Mon 9 – Plymouth – Theatre Royal
Wed 11 – Sheffield – City Hall
Thurs 12th – London – Royal Albert Hall
Tickets are available to purchase via the artist presale from 9am on Wednesday October 30or for ‘Friends & Patrons’ of the Royal Albert Hall at 10am on Thursday October 31. General sale tickets will then go on sale at 10am on November 1.
