The Get Up Kids have announced a UK and European tour to mark the 25th anniversary of their second album ‘Something To Write Home About’. Find all the details below.
The US rock band are due to hit the road next year for a run of special shows, which kick off in Athens, Greece on May 22. Further performances are scheduled across Europe throughout the rest of that month and into early June.
From there, The Get Up Kids will head to these shows for headline gigs in Bristol (June 3), Nottingham (4), Leeds (5), Dublin (6), Manchester (7), Glasgow (8), Newcastle (10) and London (11).
The latter date is scheduled to take place at the Electric Ballroom in Camden Town.
Tickets go on sale at 10am BST next Monday (September 16) – you’ll be able to buy yours here. Alternatively, fans can access a pre-sale at the same time this Friday (13) by signing up here.
In a joint statement, the band wrote: “The time has come! We are finally able to announce that we are bringing the ‘Something To Write Home About’ 25th anniversary tour to the UK and Europe next year. We cannot wait to celebrate across the pond with you!
“The response to our Latin America and North American shows has been truly amazing… we are feeling the love right now and are looking forward to playing the entire record in EU/UK. See you next year!”
See the full itinerary in the announcement post below.
The Get Up Kids’ 2025 UK tour dates are:
JUNE
03 – Marble Factory, Bristol
04 – Rescue Rooms, Nottingham
05 – Brudenell Social Club, Leeds
06 – Whelan’s, Dublin
07 – Gorilla, Manchester
08 – St Luke’s, Glasgow
10 – Northumbria University, Newcastle
11 – Electric Ballroom, London
Next Friday (September 20), The Get Up Kids will release a 25th anniversary reissue of 1999’s ‘Something To Write Home About’ (pre-order here).
An official description reads: “The scene-defining seminal sophomore album has been completely remastered by Joe LaPorta at Sterling Sound and now includes a second disc of demos and rarities. Expanded packaging features revamped jacket artwork plus a 28-page large format full-colour booklet featuring handwritten lyrics, photos, and other ephemera from the era.”
The original version of the record includes the singles ‘Action & Action’ and ‘Ten Minutes’. Speaking to NME about the breakthrough project in 2018, frontman Matt Pryor explained: “We’re really proud of that record. I mean, if I never have to hear ‘Holiday’ again, that’d be fine, you know… I hope you can make sure that [comes across as] a joke [laughs].
“The big difference is the songs on the first record [‘Four Minute Mile’] are really good, but I didn’t sing it very well. I wasn’t a very experienced singer and so I have a hard time listening to it – the vocals are flat, and when I listen to ‘Something To Write Home About’ I’m like, ‘Oh yeah, that just sounds like younger me’ – it’s two years of touring under our belts, and playing the songs a thousand times, I think you can hear that in there.”
Pryor continued: “So, in that sense… yeah, I was proud of that record when I made it, and I’m proud of it now. It’s not the only record of ours I like, or even the only record of any other band I’ve put out. I am glad that people like it.”
When asked about the possibility of anniversary shows at the time, he responded: “We have kicked around the idea of, at some point, doing full album shows – doing multiple nights in the same city, doing all of our albums back-to-back. That’s kind of in the distance though, cause that’s gonna be a lot of fucking work [laughs].”
The Get Up Kids’ sixth and latest studio album, ‘Problems’, was released in 2019.