How to get Gary Barlow 2025 UK tour pre-sale tickets
by Jenna Campbell · Manchester Evening NewsNext year, singer Gary Barlow will be heading out on a new solo tour. The musician and performer announced his Songbook Tour 2025 yesterday morning (November 25).
Billed as a huge celebration of his four-decade-spanning career, the tour will kick off in The Isle of Man in April and will see Gary play 41 dates around the UK including two nights at Manchester's 02 Apollo on Thursday, May 8 and Friday, May 9.
The Songbook Tour will celebrate Gary Barlow’s status as one of Britain’s most successful songwriters and record producers. As part of the group Take That, he has won eight BRIT Awards and sold over 45 million records.
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One of the band’s biggest hits, ‘Back For Good’, will turn 30 in March 2025 too. The track is still ranked as one of the UK’s favourite-ever pop songs having reached number one at the time of its release and remaining top of the charts for four consecutive weeks, going on to become the band’s biggest-selling song of the 90s.
Earlier this year, Gary hit the road with his fellow Take That bandmates for a huge world tour, playing sell-out shows and delighting their huge fanbase around the world with This Life On Tour, which saw them sell over one million tickets. Their album of the same name, ‘This Life’, released in 2023, scored the band their 12th number one album in the UK
Fans of the band will also know that the now-three-piece, also curated their very own four-day festival in Malta in October. Titled The Greatest Weekend, they performed their album 'Everything Changes' live, in its entirety for the first time since its release in 1993.
How much are tickets?
According to the SeeTickets website, seated tickets for the two Manchester 02 Apollo shows range from £51.70 to £95.70 with fees include.
There are also a selection of Gary Barlow Premium Seat Experience tickets available for £166.10 with fees included.
This VIP experience includes:
- One premium reserved seat to watch Gary Barlow live
- A limited-edition Gary Barlow songbook
- An exclusive A4 tour art print, pre signed by Gary
- A commemorative souvenir laminate and lanyard
- A reusable recycled cotton tote bag.
How to get Gary Barlow pre-sale tickets
There will be some presale tickets for some of Gary Barlow's shows. presales are available for Belfast (27 and 28 November), Manchester (27 November), Newcastle (27 November), Halifax (27 November), Scarborough (27 November), St Austell Eden Project (27 November), Woodstock Nocturne Live (November 28), Co, Kerry, KY, Ireland (27 November), and Dublin (28 November).
In the case of the two Manchester dates, there will be an 02 Priority presale from 9:30am on Wednesday, 27 November - available on Ticketmaster here.
General onsale then takes place on Friday, 29 November at 9:30am from promoter SJM here, Ticketmaster here and SeeTickets here.
The Songbook Tour 2025 full tour dates:
- Thursday 17 April - Isle of Man Villa Marina
- Friday 18 April Isle of Man - Villa Marina
- Sunday 20 April - Killarney Ireland
- Tuesday 22 April - Belfast Waterfront
- Wednesday 23 April - Belfast Waterfront
- Friday 25 April - Dublin 3Olympia Theatre
- Saturday 26 April - Dublin 3Olympia Theatre
- Monday 28 April - Liverpool Empire Theatre
- Tuesday 29 April - Liverpool Empire Theatre
- Thursday 1 May - Cardiff Utilita Arena
- Friday 2 May - Wolverhampton Civic at The Halls
- Saturday 3 May - Wolverhampton Civic at The Halls
- Monday 5 May - Blackpool Opera House
- Tuesday 6 May - Blackpool Opera House
- Thursday 8 May - Manchester O2 Apollo
- Friday 9 May - Manchester O2 Apollo
- Monday 12 May - Royal Albert Hall
- Tuesday 13 May - Royal Albert Hall
- Thursday 15 May - Brighton Centre
- Friday 16 May - Bournemouth International Centre
- Monday 19 May - Sheffield City Hall
- Tuesday 20 May - Sheffield City Hall
- Thursday 22 May - Stockton Globe
- Friday 23 May Stockton Globe
- Saturday 24 May - Aberdeen P&J Live
- Monday 26 May - Glasgow SEC Armadillo
- Tuesday 27 May - Glasgow SEC Armadillo
- Thursday 29 May - Edinburgh Usher Hall
- Friday 30 May - Dundee Caird Hall
- Saturday 31 May - Dundee Caird Hall
- Monday 2 June - Newcastle O2 City Hall
- Tuesday 3 June - Newcastle O2 City Hall
- Thursday 5 June - Leicester De Montfort Hall
- Friday 6 June - Nottingham Royal Concert Hall
- Saturday 7 June - Nottingham Royal Concert Hall
- Tuesday 10 June - Halifax The Piece Hall
- Friday 13 June - Scarborough Open Air Theatre
- Saturday 14 June - Delamare Forest
- Wednesday 18 June - Cornwall Eden Project
- Friday 20 June - Blenheim Palace
- Saturday 21 June - Thetford Forest