Deacon Blue announce new album and UK tour, including big First Direct Arena gig

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UK pop-rock legends Deacon Blue have just announced a new album and UK tour, including a huge gig at Leeds’ First Direct Arena.

The Scottish superstars and long-standing British band are back with their 11th studio album and have confirmed a slew of domestic tour dates along with the announcement.

Having been going since 1985, they are well and truly some of the most revered recording veterans to ever come out of the country, known for hit tracks like ‘Real Gone Kid’, ‘Dignity’, ‘Loaded’ and more.

Revealing a total of 20 dates across various arenas and theatres, Deacon Blue will naturally be kicking off their tour in their home country before heading Yorkshire way not long after.

In addition to the new LP, The Great Western Road, Deacon Blue have plenty to celebrate next year as 2025 will also mark the band’s 40th anniversary.

Founding members Ricky Ross and Dougie Vipond reflect on their journey as a group, as well as their long and successful career in the industry in this new album, as well the band’s shared age and experience now they’re four decades into Deacon.

Commenting on the announcement, lead singer Ricky Ross said: “It’s just the next part of the adventure and it’s as exciting now as it was back then.”

“I love the idea that a circus coming to town is a temporary existence, a little bit of magic suddenly appears in the middle of a town or a village and then it goes away. It’s very similar to what you do live.

Perhaps most excitingly besides the upcoming album itself, one of the coolest things about this new tour is that it’s not going to be your average old headline gig: they’ve promised two different shows.

Explaining that they’ll be “curating a show that changes and evolves, pulling
out little surprises every now and again”, the theatre shows will also be distinct from the bigger arena shows, allowing them to flick between the new music and the hits.

They’ve said they want to give fans “the best night of their lives” and make each show just as brilliant as the last.

“The live experience is so ephemeral, at the end of a show people lose all their inhibitions, and then it’s over”, added Ross; “You have to be there. That’s what’s magical about it.”

As for The Great Western Road – a tribute to Glasgow’s legendary street of the same name located between the city centre and its West End – the album is due to release on 21 March 2025.

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Deacon Blue will be coming to Leeds’ First Direct Arena on Tuesday, 23 September 2025 and even if you don’t grab tickets to that show, they’ll be playing nearby dates in Bradford, Hull and a pair of gigs in Sheffield.

General admission goes live at 9am this Friday, 29 November but fans can register for presale tickets either by signing up for the First Direct newsletter. Three mobile customers can also get exclusive presale on Wednesday, 27 November from 10am.

You can get ready to grab your tickets HERE.

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