The Kooks add new shows for 2025 Never/Know acoustic album tour
14 April 2025, 14:31 | Updated: 14 April 2025, 14:34
The indie rockers will celebrate the release of their seventh album Never/Know with acoustic shows across the UK next month.
The Kooks have added new dates to their 2025 acoustic album tour.
Luke Pritchard and guitarist Hugh Harris previously announced their plans to will head out on a run of stripped-back UK dates to celebrate the release of their forthcoming album Never/Know, which is out on Friday 9th May.
The tour, which kicks off a week earlier at Sheffield's iconic grassroots venue The Leadmill on Friday 2nd May, will now see the duo play an extra early show in Liverpool on Monday 5th May and a new late show in Bristol on the 13th May, with an new date also added in Edinburgh.
Tickets for all dates are on sale now with "all dates selling fast".
Frontman Luke Pritchard is also using the dates to call on the government to help save independent venues.
Speaking about the band’s decision to ensure The Leadmill and similar venues were visited on the tour the Ooh La singer, said, “[Independent venues] are the lifeblood of the British music scene. Clubs like The Leadmill were vital for us when we started out and it breaks my heart to see these places closing down. It’ll be a sad day if we lose TheLeadmill.”
He added: “The UK government has undervalued live music for too long. They need to do more to keep this industry alive, for the benefit of the country and all future artists that risk not being heard.”
See The Kooks' Never/Know Acoustic album tour for 2025:
- Friday 2nd May: Bear Tree - The Leadmill, Sheffield
- Saturday 3rd May: Wax & Beans - The Met, Bury
- Saturday 3rd May: Crash - The Wardrobe, Leeds
- Sunday 4th May: Rough Trade Nottingham - Saltbox, Nottingham
- Monday 5th May: Jacaranda - Jacaranda Baltic, Liverpool - EARLY SHOW ADDED
- Monday 5th May: Jacaranda - Jacaranda Baltic, Liverpool - SOLD OUT
- Tuesday 6th May: Assai - The Liquid Room, Edinburgh - NEW DATE ADDED
- Saturday 10th May: Vinilo - The Old Fire Station, The Old Fire Station, Bournemouth
- Saturday 10th May: Vinilo - The 1865, Southampton
- Tuesday 13th May: Rough Trade Bristol - The Fleece, Bristol - SOLD OUT
- Tuesday 13th May: Rough Trade Bristol - The Fleece, Bristol - LATE SHOW ADDED
- Wednesday 14th May: HMV - HMV Empire Coventry
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Never/Know, which is the band's seventh studio album, includes two singles released so far in its title track and Sunny Baby, which is an ode to Pritchard’s two children and family life as a whole.
Watch the sun-trenched video for the single below:
The Kooks - Sunny Baby (Official Video)
Never/Know, which follows 2006's Inside In/Inside Out, 2008's Konk, 2011's Junk of the Heart, 2014's Listen, 2018's Let's Go Sunshine, and 2022's 10 Tracks to Echo in the Dark - is available to pre-order here.
Get the full tracklist for The Kooks' Never/Know:
1. Never Know
2. Sunny Baby
3. All Over The World
4. If They Could Only Know
5. China Town
6. Compass Will Fracture
7. Tough At The Top
8. Arrow Through Me
9. Echo Chamber
10. Let You Go
11. Talk About It
The Kooks also previously announced a Never/Know exclusive album preview and live Q&A on 23rd April at the Dolby Screening Room in London's Soho.
The exclusive event in the capital will include a meet and greet with the band and a full listen to the forthcoming record in Dolby Atmos.
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