Level 42 Add Extra Shows To ‘World Machine’ 40th Anniversary Tour 2025

by | Feb 4, 2025

Level 42 have announced four extra shows for their  World Machine 40th Anniversary Tour, which will now visit 32 UK venues this year. The new dates fall in November 2025, including a second London date at The London Palladium, following an already sold-out show at London’s Royal Albert Hall. Other new shows include performances at Bexhill De La Warr Pavilion, Warwick Arts Centre (Butterworth Hall) and Derby Becketwell Live. All of the shows will feature Special Guests Roachford. The band were the first act to confirm a performance at the soon-to-be revived Watford Colosseum, which is currently undergoing renovation ahead of its grand reopening this year. The tour will celebrate this landmark – and indeed breakthrough – album for Level 42, and the band will also, of course, be breaking out many of their classic era-defining hits.

Level 42 @ Royal Albert Hall

Level 42 @ Royal Albert Hall (Kalpesh Patel)
Level 42 @ Royal Albert Hall (Kalpesh Patel)

World Machine was the album that changed everything for Level 42, and set them on the path to true super-stardom. Released in 1985, it was a hit both here and in the States, and has now been certified double Platinum. It was on this album, the band’s sixth, that arguably they nailed down the sound and the style that made them one of the biggest groups in the world. On this album they refined the funky pop fusion that had grown from their jazz roots – and had already brought them serious success – and truly made it their own. World Machine features the singles Something About You (the band’s only American top 10 hit) and Leaving Me Now~, and it showed the band’s progression in style and confidence that would lead to their massive Running In The Family album the following year.

Level 42 @ Royal Albert Hall

Level 42 @ Royal Albert Hall (Kalpesh Patel)
Level 42 @ Royal Albert Hall (Kalpesh Patel)

Frontman Mark King said: “I am so excited to be able to announce The World Machine 40th Anniversary Tour for 2025. As our amazing fans will know, World Machine marked a turning point in the band’s career, not least in the international success the album gave us. So, I am looking forward to seeing you all out there next Autumn when we can romp through all those songs again together. Love to all, Mark X”

Level 42 @ Royal Albert Hall

Level 42 @ Royal Albert Hall (Kalpesh Patel)
Level 42 @ Royal Albert Hall (Kalpesh Patel)

Four decades on from the release of World Machine, Level 42 are still in demand the world over, as the many sold out shows on this run attests. This UK tour celebrates a great album, but is also an opportunity simply to witness one of the most popular and enduring British bands doing what they do best. The band will also stop at The Royal Albert hall next month, as special guests of The Who as part of Teenage Cancer Trust At Royal Albert Hall 2025.

General tickets will be available at 10am on Friday 4th February 2025.

World Machine 40th Anniversary Tour 2025:

SEPTEMBER
18th – ABERDEEN, MUSIC HALL
19th – GLASGOW, ROYAL CONCERT HALL
20th – DUNDEE, CAIRD HALL
21st – EDINBURGH, USHER HALL
23rd – GATESHEAD, THE GLASSHOUSE INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR MUSIC
24th – YORK, BARBICAN
25th – SHEFFIELD, CITY HALL
26th – OXFORD, NEW THEATRE
28th – SWANSEA, ARENA
29th – STOKE, VICTORIA HALL
30th – LIVERPOOL, PHILHARMONIC HALL

OCTOBER
2nd – WOLVERHAMPTON, UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON AT CIVIC HALL
3rd – BIRMINGHAM, SYMPHONY HALL
4th – AYLESBURY, WATERSIDE THEATRE
6th – LEICESTER, DE MONTFORT HALL
7th – NORTHAMPTON, ROYAL & DERNGATE
8th – CAMBRIDGE, CORN EXCHANGE
10th – MANCHESTER, BRIDGEWATER HALL
11th – BRISTOL, BEACON
12th – BOURNEMOUTH, PAVILION
13th – PORTSMOUTH, GUILDHALL
14th – SOUTHEND, CLIFFS PAVILION
16th – BRIGHTON, DOME
17th – CROYDON, FAIRFIELD HALLS
18th – WATFORD, COLOSSEUM
20th – NOTTINGHAM, ROYAL CONCERT HALL
21st – TUNBRIDGE WELLS, ASSEMBLY HALL THEATRE
22nd – LONDON, ROYAL ALBERT HALL

NOVEMBER – NEW SHOWS
14th – LONDON, PALLADIUM
15th – BEXHILL, DE LA WARR PAVILION
16th – WARWICK, ARTS CENTRE (BUTTERWORTH HALL)
17th – DERBY, BECKETWELL LIVE

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