Wet Wet Wet have announced further dates to their 2025 UK tour in Norwich, Oxford, Torquay and Eastbourne due to phenomenal demand.
The tour follows on from a hugely successful sold out tour at the beginning of 2024 which saw them perform to tens of thousands across the country. The announcement also coincides today, on 4th June, with the 30th anniversary of the ubiquitous hit single ‘Love Is All Around’.
Featuring founding member Graeme Clark, accompanied as ever by long-standing guitarist Graeme Duffin, and fronted by Kevin Simm, the band will perform two sets of dates in 2025 with the first run being in January / February followed by another in October.
The ‘Wets’ will bring to the stage their catalogue of legendary and defining hits, including the likes of ‘Sweet Little Mystery’, ‘Angel Eyes’, ‘Goodnight Girl’, ‘With a Little Help from My Friends’, ‘Sweet Surrender’, ‘Julia Says’ and more.
They will also, of course, perform ‘Love Is All Around’, their cover of The Troggs’ 1960s song, which became the soundtrack to the summer of 1994.
Recorded for the Richard Curtis film Four Weddings and a Funeral, the song became a monumental worldwide hit which spent an incredible 15 consecutive weeks at No.1 on the UK Singles Chart, an all-time record for a British artist that still stands.
The band appeared on Top of the Pops an incredible 19 times in 1994 – their 56 appearances in total on the programme also being a record for a Scottish act.
Wet Wet Wet have sold more than 15 million singles and albums to date and have featured in the UK Singles Chart and Album Chart for an incredible time period of over 500 weeks. Their albums have been certified 20x platinum in the UK alone.
Since 2018, Wet Wet Wet have been fronted by Kevin Simm (winner of ‘The Voice UK’ and former member of Liberty X) and they released their first album with Kevin, ‘The Journey’, in 2021 to massive critical acclaim. Alongside Kevin is the ever-present Graeme Clark (bass) and Graeme Duffin (guitar).
On the tour dates for 2025 Wet Wet Wet will be joined by special guest Heather Small who will be opening all the shows. Having rose to fame as the lead vocalist of the band M People, Heather is known for hits like ‘Moving on Up’ and ‘Search for the Hero.’ With a career spanning several decades, her distinct vocal style and charismatic stage presence have earned her a dedicated fan base and critical acclaim.
Heather Small touring with Wet Wet Wet came about in serendipitous circumstances, as founding member Graeme Clark explains:
‘To be back playing live, in the band I love, playing the songs I love, to people I love, completely fills my heart and soul. We can’t wait to see everybody again throughout 2025 in a venue close by! We were headlining a festival in Dubai recently where we bumped into the wonderful Heather Small and we are absolutely delighted that she’s accepted our invitation to join us as special guest on all of our tour dates next year. Simply put, these shows are not to be missed!’
On next year’s tour Kevin Simm says:
‘It’s so exciting to be going back out on tour throughout 2025! Our recent concerts created some fantastic memories for us all and it was an incredible experience that I will never ever forget! With Heather Small joining us as special guest on this tour it is going to be a great night of hits, energy and fun – I can’t wait!’
On the success of last year’s shows, Graeme Duffin says:
‘The sold out 2024 tour was the most joyful and celebratory tour I’ve been on. I am eagerly looking forward to these dates in 2025. It is such a pleasure and privilege to have the opportunity to play to such lovely appreciative audiences, and I can’t wait to do it all over again, see you soon!’
On touring with Wet Wet Wet, Heather Small says:
‘I’m so excited to join Wet Wet Wet on their extensive tour in 2025. I’m a fan of their music, so to be able to share these stages with them will be a real pleasure, it’s going to be one big party!’
Wet Wet Wet 2025 Tour Dates:
26 January Norwich UEA*
28 January Cambridge Corn Exchange
29 January Basingstoke The Anvil
30 January Bournemouth Pavilion Theatre
31 January Stoke Victoria Hall
1 February Hull Connexin Live
3 February Nottingham Royal Concert Hall
4 February Bradford St. George’s Hall
5 February Stockton The Globe
7 February Dunfermline Alhambra Theatre
8 February Aberdeen P&J Live
9 February Dundee Caird Hall
10 October Glasgow Royal Concert Hall
11 October Edinburgh Usher Hall
12 October Gateshead Glasshouse, Sage One
13 October York Barbican
14 October Sheffield City Hall
16 October Leicester De Montfort Hall
17 October Birmingham Symphony Hall
18 October Liverpool Philharmonic Hall
19 October Salford Lowry
20 October Bath The Forum
22 October Swansea Arena
23 October Truro Hall For Cornwall
24 October Portsmouth Guildhall
25 October Southend Cliffs Pavilion
26 October London Indigo at the O2
29 October Oxford New Theatre
30 October Torquay Princess Theatre
31 October Eastbourne Congress Theatres
* No Heather Small on this date