22 October 2024
Marco Gandolfi
LEVEL 42 are delighted to announce that they will embark upon The ‘World Machine’ 40th Anniversary Tour in 2025, which will visit 28 UK venues. The tour will open in Aberdeen, and close at the legendary Royal Albert Hall in London. The band are also the first act to confirm a performance at the soon-to-be revived Watford Colosseum. The venue is currently undergoing renovation ahead of its grand reopening next year. Tickets will go on sale on Friday 25th October 2024 below.
All of the shows will feature Special Guests Roachford. 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.
‘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.
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”
Four decades on from the release of ‘World Machine’, Level 42 are still in demand the world over. 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.
LEVEL 42
‘World Machine’ 40th Anniversary Tour 2025
SEPTEMBER 2025
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 2025
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
