Descendents and Circle Jerks announce 2025 UK and European co-headline tour

Punk legends Descendents and Circle Jerks have announced a joint tour of the UK and Europe to take place in 2025.

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The two California bands will join forces for a trip around Britain and Ireland in next year, kicking off on March 9 at Dublin’s Academy, and taking in Belfast, Glasgow, Manchester, London and Bristol, before eventually wrapping at Bournemouth’s O2 Academy. Support at the shows will come from Negative Approach.

From there, they will hit the continent, with shows running from Antwerp on March 21 up until Helsinki on April 9.

Tickets for the Dublin show are on sale now, while the UK shows are available from 10am on Wednesday (November 20). You can find yours here.

Descendents and Circle Jerks will play:

MARCH 2025

9 – Dublin, Academy

10 – Belfast, Limelight

12 – Glasgow, O2 Academy

14 – Manchester, Ritz

15 – London, O2 Shepherds Bush Empire

18 – Bristol, O2 Academy

19 – Bournemouth, O2 Academy

21 – Antwerp, Trix

22 – Munster, Skaters Palace

23 – Eindhoven, De Effenaar

25 – Munich, Backstage Werk

26 – Budapest, Durer Kert

28 – Krakow, Klub Kwadrat

29 – Warsaw, Klub Proxima

30 – Vienna, Arena Wien

APRIL 2025

1 – Prague, Palac Akropolis

2 – Berlin, Astra Kulturhaus

4 – Copenhagen, Den Gra Hal

6 – Oslo, Rockefeller

7 – Stockholm, Fallan

9 – Helsinki, House Of Culture

Last month, Descendents played at one of the final ever shows by punk legends NOFX in San Pedro, California. They, along with the other names like Dropkick Murphys, Sick Of It All and Pennywise, were hand-selected by the band, who consider them their “closest friends from over the years”.

In July 2023, Descendents had to cancel a European tour after their frontman Milo Aukerman suffered a “mild heart attack” and required surgery.

Their most recent studio album was ‘9th & Walnut’ in 2021, their first in five years. The record was primarily recorded in 2002 and featured their classic line-up of guitarist Frank Navetta, bassist Tony Lombardo and drummer Bill Stevenson.

The sessions were among the last Navetta recorded prior to his passing in 2008, while Aukerman recorded his vocals from his home in Delaware.

The album includes some of Descendents’ earliest-written material, from their formation in 1977 up to 1980. The title of the album alludes to the intersection in Long Beach on which the band’s original rehearsal space could be found.

Circle Jerks, meanwhile, have not released a studio album since ‘Oddities, Abnormalities and Curiosities’ in 1995.