{"id":374694,"date":"2025-08-26T10:31:13","date_gmt":"2025-08-26T10:31:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/374694\/"},"modified":"2025-08-26T10:31:13","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T10:31:13","slug":"doves-release-best-of-album-and-announce-homecoming-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/374694\/","title":{"rendered":"Doves release Best Of Album and announce homecoming show"},"content":{"rendered":"

Three decades after first emerging from Manchester\u2019s music scene, Doves are set to mark their journey with a new Best Of release and a return to the stage: capped by a Christmas homecoming at the O2 Apollo on Saturday 20 December.<\/p>\n

So, Here We Are: Best Of Doves<\/p>\n

The album, So, Here We Are: Best Of Doves, is released on Friday 14 November 2025 via EMI North, and marks the band\u2019s first retrospective collection across CD, digital and a special double vinyl edition. Alongside much-loved anthems like Black And White Town, Pounding, Catch The Sun and There Goes The Fear, the tracklist features an unearthed recording, Spirit Of Your Friend, laid down during the Kingdom of Rust sessions back in 2006 and never previously released.<\/p>\n

The compilation takes fans on a journey through the highs of the band\u2019s Mercury Prize-nominated debut Lost Souls (2000), right through to their acclaimed sixth studio album Constellations For The Lonely (2025). Highlights include Prisoners and Carousels from 2020\u2019s No.1 comeback record The Universal Want, and the more recent Cold Dreaming and Renegade, showcasing their continuing creative resurgence since reuniting in 2018 after nearly a decade away.<\/p>\n

Jimi Goodwin<\/p>\n

\"Doves\"Jimi Goodwin, Doves<\/p>\n

Frontman Jimi Goodwin reflected on pulling together the tracklist:<\/p>\n

\u201cSo, here we are\u2026 a \u2018best of\u2019 can be a difficult thing to pull off but it was surprisingly easy once we got thinking. It\u2019s by no means complete but, then how could it be? It\u2019s been revelatory and somehow cathartic, revising what we\u2019ve achieved together. I mean, wow! Did we really write this stuff?\u201d<\/p>\n

For Manchester fans, the news that the band will headline the O2 Apollo<\/a> for the first time since 2007 is particularly special. It promises to be an unforgettable pre-Christmas night, coming just two days after a newly added Sheffield show.<\/p>\n

Doves UK Tour 2025<\/p>\n

Fri 29 Aug \u2013 Lindisfarne Festival, Lindisfarne<\/p>\n

Sun 31 Aug \u2013 Moseley Folk & Arts Festival, Birmingham<\/p>\n

Fri 12 Dec \u2013 LIVEHOUSE, Dundee<\/p>\n

Sun 14 Dec \u2013 O2 Forum Kentish Town, London<\/p>\n

Mon 15 Dec \u2013 O2 Academy, Bournemouth<\/p>\n

Tue 16 Dec \u2013 Junction, Cambridge<\/p>\n

Thu 18 Dec \u2013 Octagon, Sheffield <\/p>\n

Sat 20 Dec \u2013 O2 Apollo, Manchester<\/p>\n

Tickets for Sheffield and Manchester go on sale at 10am on Wednesday 3 September, with early access available through album pre-orders on their website here<\/a><\/p>\n

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