Neck Deep have announced the ‘Dumbstruck Dumbfuck’ UK tour for 2025 – see dates below.
The pop-punk band, who are scheduled to play double sets at Reading & Leeds 2024 this weekend, revealed tour dates today (August 23) alongside the release of a music video for ‘Sort Yourself Out’, taken from their self-titled album released this year.
The tour will see them perform alongside opening acts The Wonder Years and One Step Closer at venues in Manchester, Glasgow, Newcastle, Birmingham, Bristol, and Swansea.
On these bands, frontman Ben Barlow says in a press statement: “Having The Wonder Years out is always fun, they’ve been a big inspiration to us over the years, with so many great songs they always put on an amazing show.”
Meanwhile, One Step Closer are “a band we’ve been following closely for a few years,” he continues, and “they’re deservedly growing a lot right now and it’s been cool to see the progression. I’m excited to see how they go down with our fans because we love them.” Tickets for the tour go on sale next Friday (August 30) at 10am here.
In an interview with NME at Reading Festival 2024, the band spoke about the surreal opportunity of having The Wonder Years on their 2025 tour. “We did our first proper UK tour opening for The Wonder Years, so it’s just a very strange, full circle moment where we’re like ‘Oh, we’re taking you out for a tour?’” rhythm guitarist Matt West says.
They also give a sneak preview to Reading & Leeds attendees about what to expect from their sets this weekend: “We’re coming up to the anniversary of [2015 album] ‘Life’s Not Out To Get You’ so it’s a good chance to play like a good amount of our catalogue. So there will be no repeat songs [this weekend],” says lead guitarist Sam Bowden.
The tour dates for Neck Deep’s ‘Dumbstruck Dumbfuck’ 2025 UK tour are:
January 2025
24 – Birmingham, O2 Academy
25 – Manchester, O2 Victoria Warehouse
26 – Glasgow, O2 Academy Glasgow
28 – Newcastle, NX
29 – Nottingham, Rock CIty
30 – Bristol, O2 Academy Bristol
31 – Swansea, Swansea Arena
Reading & Leeds Festivals 2024 kick off today (August 23) at their usual sites of Richfield Avenue (Reading) and Bramham Park (Leeds) – see here for how you can follow along at home on BBC iPlayer and elsewhere if you were not able to secure a ticket.
The festival boasts Fred Again.., Lana Del Rey, Liam Gallagher, Catfish And The Bottlemen, Blink-182 and Gerry Cinnamon as its six headliners this year.
Raye, Spiritbox, Fontaines D.C., Reneé Rapp, Pendulum, Denzel Curry, Kenny Beats, Nia Archives, Two Door Cinema Club, The Wombats, Rachel Chinouriri, Hak Baker, The Last Dinner Party and more are also expected to play.
Check back at NME here for the latest news, reviews, interviews, photos and more from Reading and Leeds 2024.
