Music events to look forward to in 2025 – from Lady Gaga's new album to Oasis' return

With 2025 fast approaching, you're probably planning your pop calendar for the next 12 months – or at least thinking about it, anyway. With this in mind, here are 10 tentpole events you'll want to keep an eye on, from rock reunions to "party girl" day in East London.

The second coming of Oasis

And the award for most anticipated reunion of 2025 goes to... Liam and Noel. They begin their Oasis Live '25 Tour at Cardiff's Principality Stadium on July 4 before filling equally enormous venues in Manchester, London, Edinburgh and Dublin. Cast and Richard Ashcroft are confirmed as support acts for their UK and Ireland dates, so it's going to be absolute Britpop heaven for '90s music fans. Just one question: how many of Oasis's 23 UK Top 10 singles can they squeeze into their setlist?

A stellar new Gaga era

Well, Lady Gaga has already kicked off her new era with the Top 10 hit Disease, a rollicking return to the delirious dark-pop of her first imperial phase. But 2025 February will bring the feverishly anticipated LG7, which Gaga has described as an out-and-out pop album. Will it contain a smash to match her swooning Bruno Mars duet Die with a Smile (which racked up 10 weeks in the Top 10)? Here's hoping!

K.dot x Super Bowl

On February 9, the great Kendrick Lamar will take to the (hastily assembled) stage at New Orleans' Caesars Superdome for his Super Bowl halftime show. With a typical US TV audience of 115 million, it's arguably the biggest gig on the planet, and K.dot follows in the starry footsteps of Beyoncé, Madonna and the Rolling Stones. The big question: how many tracks from his recent Number 1 album GNX will he play alongside his biggest ever songs? Halftime shows run at around 12-14 minutes, so he faces some tough choices. 

Another slay from Tate McRae

Tate McRae is already a main pop girl, but in 2025 she's set to become even more of a main pop girl. Her third album So Close to What is set for release on February 21 and has also spawned two sizeable hit singles: the slinky, irresistible It's ok I'm ok (Number 14) and the loved-up pop rush 2 hands (Number 8). Expect Tate fever to peak again when she brings her Miss Possessive Tour to the UK and Ireland in May.

Kylie's first tour in six years

Sure, she's completed a Vegas residency and played the odd one-off show including a big one in Hyde Park last summer, but Kylie hasn't mounted a full-scale tour since 2019. Beginning in her native Australia in February and hitting the UK and Ireland in May, The Tension Tour will allow the eternal showgirl to present electropop bangers from her two recent Number 1 albums: 2023's Tension and this year's sequel Tension II. Last year's song of the summer Padam Padam will be one of many glittering highlights.

A trip to Lana country

Melancholy pop fans assemble: Lana Del Rey's 10th studio album is due on May 21. Titled The Right Person Will Stay – a relatively short moniker by her standards – it's been described by Lana as a "classic country, American or Southern Gothic production", though not a "heavy departure" from her previous records. Six of those stormed to Number 1 on the Official Albums Chart, so The Right Person Will Stay will arrive on a frothing wave of anticipation.

Glasto 2025

Tickets for the UK's top music festival sold out in 35 minutes, so it's safe to say Worthy Farm will be buzzing come June 2025. There's no news on headliners yet, though we do know that Rod Stewart will be playing the Sunday afternoon legends slot. Rod scored his 11th Number 1 album this year with Swing Fever, a collaborative covers collection with Jools Holland, so he could drop in some big band tunes alongside seasoned Rod bops like Maggie May and Baby Jane. Bring it on.

With 2025 fast approaching, you're probably planning your music calendar for the next 12 months – or at least thinking about it. Here are 10 huge events you'll watch to watch out for, from rock reunions to "party girl" day in East London.

Charli xcx's party girl festival

On June 14, the instigator of BRAT will headline LIDO, a brand new festival in East London's Victoria Park. The festival's ethos is for headliners to curate each day's lineup alongside organisers, so Charli is promising a "party girl" vibe that will probably end up jump-starting a second Brat Summer. She's already booked super-cool support acts including The Japanese House, Kelly Lee Owens and her longtime collaborator A.G. Cook, so this one is bound to get feral. 

Espresso in the Park

That's that me Espresso from Sabrina Carpenter in Hyde Park, to be specific. On July 5, the Short n' Sweet singer will give a massive outdoor concert in London with support from Clairo and Beabadoobee, among others. In October of this year, Sabrina became the first artist in 71 years of chart history to spend 20 weeks at Number 1 on the Official Singles Chart in a calendar year. So this, her biggest UK headline show to date, should feel like a real pop coronation.

RAYE x APE

It's official: RAYE is a festival headliner, baby. The reigning queen of the BRIT Awards will headline All Points East in London's Victoria Park on August 23, topping an incredible bill that includes Tyla, Doechii and JADE. It sounds like a multi-genre celebration of female songwriting excellence – imagine getting to bop to Water, Angel of My Dreams and Escapism all in the same day! 

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