Scissor Sisters have announced their return with a huge 2025 anniversary tour of their self-titled debut album.
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The New York pop-rock band will reunite on stage for the first time in over a decade to perform a string of live dates across the UK and Ireland. Jake Shears, Babydaddy and Del Marquis will return on the comeback tour; vocalist Ana Matronic will not join due to being occupied with other projects.
They are set to perform their debut album ‘Scissor Sisters’ in full for its 20th anniversary, along with selected hits from their following albums (2006’s ‘Ta-Dah’, 2010’s ‘Night Work’ and 2012’s ‘Magic Hour’).
In a press release, Shears shared that the tour was inspired by a lockdown screening of their 2007 concert film Scissor Sisters: Live at the O2, adding: “It’s the 20th anniversary of our debut album, so it really feels like the right time to revisit all the intense excitement of that moment. I don’t think I’d seen that show since it was filmed in 2007, but we were all kind of surprised by how great it was. And chatting with fans during the screening really brought back what a special moment it was for all of us.”
Meanwhile, Babydaddy said: “There’s something really special about us being a gay band, a queer band, who really pushed into the mainstream with that album. We want to revisit that because there weren’t as many queer acts breaking through in that way 20 years ago. We do acknowledge that we did something pretty unique back then just by putting ourselves out there as queer people. We put queer culture in the mainstream at a time when there wasn’t much of it there.”
Presale commences on November 6 at 9am, whist general sale will begin November 8 at 9am here – take a look at all dates below:
The Scissor Sisters’ 2025 UK reunion tour is:
MAY 2025
16 – Nottingham – Motorpoint Arena
17 – Glasgow – OVO Hydro
19 – Bournemouth – International Centre
20 – Cardiff – Utilita Arena
21 – Manchester – Co-op Live
23 – London – The O2
24 – Leeds – First Direct Arena
25 – Birmingham – Utilita Arena
27 – Belfast – SSE Arena
28 – Dublin – 3Arena
Marquis continued:” There will always be a little bit of anarchy and chaos in our live shows. That’s the magic ingredient of the Scissor Sisters, and we’re definitely going to bring that ‘anything can happen’ energy back again. This time I want to be really present on stage and celebrate how lucky we are to have achieved what we achieved. I don’t think I was mature enough to deal with everything the first time around because it happened so fast.”
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