All of the biggest rock and heavy metal UK tours coming up

 

**Rock and Metal Fans Rejoice: The Biggest UK Tours Coming Your Way in 2025**

🎸🇬🇧🔥 *An Explosive Lineup of Legends, Rising Stars & Metal Mayhem*

 

*July 3, 2025 – London, UK* — The United Kingdom is about to become **the epicentre of rock and heavy metal** as some of the world’s most iconic acts and rising stars gear up for monumental tours across the country. Whether you’re into classic metal gods, brutal modern riffs, or theatrical rock chaos, **2025 is shaping up to be one of the loudest years in UK live music history**.

 

Here’s a roundup of the **biggest rock and heavy metal UK tours** fans need to know about — and fast, because these tickets are selling out fast.

 

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### 🔥 **1. Judas Priest & Alice Cooper: Masters of Mayhem Tour**

 

**When:** October–November 2025

**Where:** London, Manchester, Birmingham, Glasgow

Two legends. One stage. Judas Priest and Alice Cooper bring decades of metal mastery and shock rock theatrics in a co-headlining tour that promises fire, leather, and chaos.

 

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### 🎤 **2. Metallica: The M72 World Tour – UK Edition**

 

**When:** August 2025

**Where:** London Stadium, Principality Stadium (Cardiff), Etihad Stadium (Manchester)

With their dual-set stadium tour format and rotating setlists, Metallica is redefining what it means to tour. Expect classics, deep cuts, and a thunderous celebration of metal.

 

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### 🦇 **3. Ozzy Osbourne & Friends: The Final Howl**

 

**When:** September 2025

**Where:** Birmingham (Villa Park), Newcastle, London

In what is said to be his **final UK run**, Ozzy Osbourne is going out in style — with special guests and a lineup of rotating superstars from the world of metal. Do not miss history in the making.

 

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### 🐉 **4. Iron Maiden: Future Past Tour – Encore Run**

 

**When:** July–August 2025

**Where:** Glasgow, Leeds, London (O2 Arena), Belfast

Following the massive success of their Future Past Tour, Maiden returns with a refined, fire-breathing stage show and a setlist spanning *Senjutsu* to *Somewhere in Time*.

 

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### 🎭 **5. Ghost: Rite of Fire UK Tour**

 

**When:** November 2025

**Where:** London, Manchester, Birmingham, Nottingham

Papa Emeritus V brings his theatrical and hauntingly melodic metal machine back to the UK with a new chapter in the Ghost saga, complete with stage pyros, choirs, and unholy elegance.

 

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### 🧨 **6. Bring Me the Horizon: Post Human Tour**

 

**When:** October 2025

**Where:** Sheffield, London, Glasgow, Bristol

The Sheffield natives are back with new material, heavier than ever, and ready to destroy arenas across the UK. Expect genre-bending, lasers, and emotional chaos.

 

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### 💀 **7. Slipknot: Knotfest UK 2025**

 

**When:** August 10, 2025

**Where:** Milton Keynes Bowl

One day. Total annihilation. Slipknot returns with Knotfest, featuring an earth-shaking lineup that includes Parkway Drive, Spiritbox, and Architects.

 

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### 🐺 **8. Architects & Spiritbox: Dual Destruction Tour**

 

**When:** September 2025

**Where:** Brighton, Birmingham, Glasgow, Liverpool

Metalcore fans, unite. Two of the genre’s most cutting-edge bands join forces for a co-headlining UK assault that promises technical brilliance and emotional punch.

 

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### 👑 **9. Queen + Adam Lambert: Royal Return Tour**

 

**When:** July–August 2025

**Where:** London, Cardiff, Belfast

While not traditional metal, Queen’s massive arena tour with Adam Lambert blends classic rock and operatic power that still rocks harder than most. A must-see for all generations.

 

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### 🐲 **10. DragonForce: Speed of the Storm Tour**

 

**When:** November 2025

**Where:** Southampton, Manchester, Edinburgh, London

Power metal’s fastest band brings fire-breathing solos and fantasy theatrics in their long-awaited headline UK run.

 

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### 🛑 Honorable Mentions:

 

* **Rammstein** – One-off London Stadium show with full pyrotechnic rig

* **Parkway Drive** – Heavy European tour stop in Birmingham & London

* **Mastodon & Gojira** – Co-headline fall tour through select UK cities

* **The Darkness 20th Anniversary Tour** – Celebrating *Permission to Land*

 

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### 🎟️ Final Thoughts: Get Ready to Rock

 

Whether you crave the old-school thunder of Judas Priest, the brutal energy of Slipknot, or the cinematic power of Ghost, **the UK rock and metal scene is stronger than ever**.

 

**Don’t wait — get your tickets, grab your band tees, and prepare your ears. 2025 is the year the UK gets LOUD.**

 

🤘🇬🇧 *See you in the pit.*