๐ฌ๐ง Find Your Next Night Of Riffs
There is nothing quite like a live gig.
The lights go down. The intro tape starts. The crowd starts roaring. Someone behind you has already spilled half a pint down your back before the first guitar chord has even landed.
Beautiful. ๐ค
Welcome to The Riff Report UK Gigs & Tours Tracker โ our constantly growing guide to rock, metal and alternative gigs happening across the UK.
Whether you are planning your next arena adventure, hunting down a sweaty grassroots show or trying to work out exactly how many concerts your bank account can survive this year, this page is here to help.
From Cardiff to Glasgow, London to Manchester and everywhere in between, we are keeping an eye on the tours rolling through the UK.
๐ค What Youโll Find Here
The Riff Report UK Gigs & Tours Tracker covers upcoming shows from across the rock and metal world, including:
- ๐ธ Rock tours
- ๐ค Heavy metal tours
- ๐ฅ Alternative and punk gigs
- ๐ Extreme metal shows
- ๐ค Arena and stadium concerts
- ๐บ Grassroots venue gigs
- ๐ Welsh concerts and tours
- ๐ International bands touring the UK
- ๐ถ Rising and unsigned artists
- โก One-off headline shows
- ๐ค Co-headline tours
- ๐ฅ Support band announcements
- ๐๏ธ Major UK venue dates
If there are guitars involved, there is a decent chance we want to know about it.
๐ Plan Your Gig Calendar
Keeping track of tour announcements can become a full-time job.
One minute you are casually checking your phone.
The next minute six bands have announced tours, three festivals have dropped line-ups and your mate has messaged the group chat asking:
โAnyone fancy this?โ
Obviously the answer is yes.
The difficult part is remembering when everything is happening.
That is why we created the UK Gigs & Tours Tracker.
Use this page to discover upcoming shows, plan road trips, organise meet-ups and start building your gig calendar.
๐ Welsh Gigs Get Extra Love
The Riff Report was born in Wales, so naturally we will always keep a particularly close eye on gigs happening on our side of the bridge.
Expect plenty of coverage from venues across:
- Cardiff
- Swansea
- Newport
- Bridgend
- Wrexham
- Pontypridd
- Merthyr Tydfil
- North Wales
- The Valleys
- And beyond
From enormous arena shows to bands making enough noise to shake the walls of your local pub, Welsh live music deserves shouting about.
Cymru am byth โ preferably with a massive guitar solo. ๐๐ธ
๐๏ธ Big Tours, Small Venues & Everything Between
Live music does not begin and end with stadium bands.
Yes, we love seeing massive productions, pyro, enormous screens and guitar solos powerful enough to rearrange your internal organs.
But some of the greatest gigs happen in venues holding a few hundred people.
The grassroots circuit is where tomorrow’s festival headliners are learning their craft today.
That is why the tracker aims to include everything from:
Stadium monsters โ Arena favourites โ Academy tours โ Club shows โ Independent venues โ Pub gigs
Supporting grassroots music matters.
Buy the ticket.
Grab the merch.
Have a pint.
Tell your mates about the band.
That is how scenes grow. ๐ค
๐ค Are You A Band, Promoter Or Venue?
Got a UK gig or tour that should be on our radar?
Send it our way.
We are always happy to hear about upcoming shows from:
- Bands
- Artists
- Promoters
- PR companies
- Record labels
- Venues
- Festival organisers
- Independent musicians
Grassroots bands are especially welcome.
You do not need to be signed to a massive label or playing arenas to get our attention.
If you are out there making noise, we want to hear about it.
๐ฃ Spotted A Gig Weโve Missed?
We are powered by humans, caffeine and questionable amounts of loud music, so occasionally something might slip through the net.
If you spot an upcoming gig or tour that should be included, give us a shout through our Contact Us page.
The Riff Report community is a massive part of what keeps the site ticking.
If you know something we do notโฆ
Grass us up. ๐
๐ Make A Night Of It
One of the best things about gigs is everything surrounding them.
The road trip.
The motorway service station coffee.
The pre-gig pub.
The random bloke wearing exactly the same 2007 tour shirt as you.
Meeting mates you have not seen since Download.
Trying to remember where you parked afterwards.
Live music creates stories long before the band walks onto the stage.
So use our tracker to plan your next adventure.
โ ๏ธ Always Check Before Travelling
Tour dates can change.
Shows get postponed.
Venues change.
Support bands change.
Occasionally entire tours move around.
Before booking travel or heading to a venue, always double-check the official band, promoter or venue website for the latest information.
Nothing ruins gig day faster than discovering the concert moved to another city three months ago.
Apart from perhaps forgetting your earplugs.
๐๏ธ See You Down The Front
Whether you attend two gigs a year or somehow manage to appear at every rock show happening within a 150-mile radius, we hope the Riff Report UK Gigs & Tours Tracker helps you discover your next brilliant night of live music.
Support bands.
Support venues.
Support promoters.
Support your local scene.
And most importantlyโฆ
KEEP LIVE MUSIC LOUD. ๐ค๐ฅ
๐ธ The Riff Report
Rock. Metal. Festivals. Gigs. Chaos.
Proudly independent.
Proudly Welsh. ๐
Always loud.
