{"id":349781,"date":"2025-08-16T18:30:15","date_gmt":"2025-08-16T18:30:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/349781\/"},"modified":"2025-08-16T18:30:15","modified_gmt":"2025-08-16T18:30:15","slug":"big-special-announce-eu-and-uk-headline-tour-culminating-at-londons-iconic-roundhouse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/349781\/","title":{"rendered":"BIG SPECIAL Announce EU and UK Headline Tour, Culminating at London\u2019s Iconic Roundhouse"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Photo Credit: Isaac Watson<\/p>\n

BIG SPECIAL\u00a0<\/strong>have announced a run of\u00a0UK and European headline tour dates<\/a>. The band will tour their acclaimed, inimitably rowdy live show through the EU this October before a UK run in February 2026 sees them perform their biggest headline show to date at London\u2019s\u00a0Roundhouse<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

BIG SPECIAL recently headlined a sold-out show at London\u2019s\u00a0Forum<\/strong>\u00a0and are currently on tour opening for\u00a0Pixies<\/strong>\u00a0in the UK and Europe. Earlier this year the band released a deluxe edition of their debut album\u00a0POSTINDUSTRIAL HOMETOWN BLUES<\/strong><\/a>, which is out now on\u00a0SO Recordings<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

2025 Tour Dates:<\/strong><\/p>\n

14 May \u2013 O2 Academy, Edinburgh, UK **
16 May \u2013 O2 Academy, Brixton, London, UK **
17 May \u2013 O2 Academy, Brixton, London, UK **
19 May \u2013 O2 Academy, Leeds, UK **
20 May \u2013 O2 Academy, Birmingham, UK **
21 May \u2013 Utilita Arena, Cardiff, UK **
23 May \u2013 O2 City Hall, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK **
24 May \u2013 O2 Apollo, Manchester, UK **
25 May \u2013 Dot To Dot Festival, Bristol, UK
30 May \u2013 Maifield Derby, Maimarkt Mannheim, Mannheim, DE
25-28 Jul \u2013 Deer Shed Festival, Thirsk, UK
08 Oct \u2013 Cactus Caf\u00e9, Bruges, BE
09 Oct \u2013 Trix Bar, Antwerp, BE
10 Oct \u2013 Rotown, Rotterdam, NL
11 Oct \u2013 Bitterzoet, Amsterdam, NL
12 Oct \u2013 Hall of Fame, Tilburg, NL
14 Oct \u2013 Loppen, Copenhagen, DK
15 Oct \u2013 Lux, Hannover, DE
16 Oct \u2013 Kantine, Berlin, DE
17 Oct \u2013 Chmury, Warsaw, PL
18 Oct \u2013 Caf\u00e9 V lese, Prague, CZ
22 Oct \u2013 Arena, Vienna, AUT
23 Oct \u2013 Santeria, Milan, IT
24 Oct \u2013 Exil, Zurich, CH
25 Oct \u2013 Orangehouse, Munich, DE
28 Oct \u2013 MTC, Cologne, DE
29 Oct \u2013 La Boule Noire, Paris, FR
31 Oct \u2013 Razzmatazz 3, Barcelona, ESP
01 Nov \u2013 El Sol, Madrid, ESP<\/p>\n

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