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Daily Mail
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Iconic UK band announce shock SPLIT after 15 years as they release final tour dates in heartfelt update
An iconic UK band announced their shock split on Wednesday as they released their final tour dates in a heartfelt update. Post-metal band Svalbard, are set to end their successful 15-year run in the music industry next year, after a run of shows and one new song. They group, made up of Serena Cherry, Liam Phelan, Mark Lilley, Matt Francis and Adam Parrish, formed in 2011 and are based between London and Bristol. They will kick start their final UK tour in November and will entertain fans for one final time alongside Cage Fight and Knife Bride. However, the group are not stopping there and have also teased a series of shows across Europe. From A-list scandals and red carpet mishaps to exclusive pictures and viral moments, subscribe to the DailyMail's new Showbiz newsletter to stay in the loop. Post-metal band Svalbard, are set to end their successful 15-year run in the music industry after a run of shows and one new song In a post shared to Instagram the band also revealed that they will also be embarking on a tour across Japan. They penned: 'After much reflection, we have decided that 2026 will be the final year of Svalbard. 'Our final UK tour will be in November 2025. Following that, we will be doing a final EU tour, a final Japanese tour and a few more select farewell shows in 2026. 'Thank you to everyone who has supported us during our 15 years as a band. Your support has meant the world to us. 'We've shared so many unforgettable moments and we look forward to commemorating our last year as a band with you in 2026'. Singer and guitarist Serena also spoke exclusively to Metal Hammer about the decision to end things on a high note. She said: 'We've always been an all-or-nothing band. And even though it's utterly heartbreaking, we have accepted that our musical journey together is reaching its end. 'We have one song left within us as a band. We want to finish on a decisive high, having released four albums that we are 100 percent proud of. They will kick start their final UK tour in November and have also teased a series of shows across Europe Serena started the band with guitarist and vocalist Liam Phelan in 2011. Their 2015 debut, One Day All This Will End, gained them a reputation for combining post-hardcore, post-metal and black metal with emotionally raw, socially conscious lyrics. Svalbard have supported heavyweights like Enslaved, Alcest and Cult Of Luna, and appeared at festivals including Hellfest, Summer Breeze, Arctangent and 2000 Trees. They're also due to make their debut at Download Festival this summer, with a slot booked for Friday, June 13.
Times
23-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Times
Fights, mushy peas and hangovers: the true story behind the Oasis split
With seven legs and 118 shows Oasis set out on what would be their final world tour, starting in Seattle on August 28, 2008. It was planned to end in Milan a year later. Despite the tour selling out there were frustrations, as Noel Gallagher explains: 'There was an undercurrent of, 'Well, they should really call it a day.' Now, of course, we're seen as up there with all the greats. Oasis back in 2009 were not lauded. I felt that people had stopped listening to the new records and were coming to see us trot out the hits. It's a position I never wanted the band to be in.' Behind the scenes there was tension. 'We did the record and that was great,' says
Reuters
08-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Reuters
Rock group The Who to say goodbye with North America tour
LONDON, May 8 (Reuters) - Legendary rock band The Who announced their final tour of North America on Thursday, saying after six decades of making music, all good things must come to end. Famous for hit songs including "Baba O'Riley," "My Generation," and "Behind Blue Eyes," the band was formed in 1964 and made up of Roger Daltrey, Pete Townshend, John Entwistle, and Keith Moon. Lead singer Daltrey, 81, said it was every musician's dream in the early 1960s to make it big in the U.S. charts. "For The Who, that dream came true in 1967 and our lives were changed forever," he said. "Musical freedom! Rock gave us a feeling of generational rebellion." Guitarist and songwriter Townshend, 79, the other surviving member of the original lineup, said: "Roger and I are in a good place, despite our age, eager to throw our weight behind this fond farewell to all our faithful fans." He said he hoped some new fans might jump in to see what they have been missing for the last 57 years. Daltrey said the band would have to play classic hits "Won't Get Fooled Again", "Baba O'Riley" and "Behind Blue Eyes", but the rest of the setlist was "up for grabs". The tour, scheduled for August and September, is named "The Song Is Over," after a 1971 song they had never played live until a few weeks ago. "Roger always comes up with really great names for tours, but I think that this one is rather poignant," Townshend told reporters. The duo was unable to confirm whether there would be a similar tour in the UK or Europe. After all, even the world's biggest rockers can't escape doctor's orders. "I've been ordered by my voice specialist 'you've got to have a day off after every gig and then after every three gigs you have to have two days off'", said Daltrey.
The Independent
08-05-2025
- Entertainment
- The Independent
How to get tickets for The Who's farewell tour
The Who have announced their final tour, "The Song Is Over", starting in North America in August 2025. Guitarist Pete Townshend and frontman Roger Daltrey expressed their gratitude to fans and acknowledged the tour as a 'fond farewell'. The scheduled dates span from August 19 in Newark, New Jersey, to September 28 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Ticket pre-sales begin May 13, and general sales start May 16. While no UK or European dates are confirmed yet, they are expected to be announced later. This follows the band's recent firing and rehiring of drummer Zak Starkey due to communication issues.
South China Morning Post
07-05-2025
- Entertainment
- South China Morning Post
Arashi, J-pop mega group, to disband after final tour, prompting outpouring from fans
J-pop mega group Arashi, wildly popular in Japan and elsewhere in Asia, say they will end their activities as a band following a final tour next year. Advertisement After debuting in 1999, the five-member boy band rocketed to stardom with their catchy, chart-topping music to become the face of Japan's now-defunct boy-band empire Johnny and Associates, before going on a hiatus in 2020. Fans have since been anxiously awaiting news of their return to the spotlight, and on May 6, the group said in a bittersweet announcement that they would perform once again next spring – but that it would be their final act. 'In the last year before our hiatus, we couldn't perform in front of you due to the pandemic', Arashi's official X account said. 'The five of us will now reunite.' It said the idols, now in their forties, would start preparing for a concert tour scheduled for around spring next year, 'and that tour will end our activity as Arashi'.
