King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard have announced a run of UK and EU shows for later this year, switching between two distinct live formats: orchestral performances and full-blown electronic rave sets.
The Melbourne psych-rock outfit will bring their 2025 Phantom Island Orchestral Tour to London’s Royal Albert Hall on 4th November, performing alongside The Covent Garden Sinfonia. Other European dates will feature different local orchestras, including L’Orchestre Lamoureux in Paris and The Baltic Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra in Gdansk.
Between those orchestral dates, the band will also play a string of more frenetic, synth-heavy sets inspired by their 2023 album The Silver Cord, leaning into modular electronics and improvisation. Rave shows include a two-night run at Electric Brixton and a stop at Manchester’s Aviva Studios.
Tracks from their forthcoming album Phantom Island are expected to feature across the tour.
The full list of UK and EU dates is as follows:
31.10.25 – Aviva Studios – Manchester (rave set)
01.11.25 – Electric Brixton – London (rave set)
02.11.25 – Electric Brixton – London (rave set)
04.11.25 – Royal Albert Hall – London (with Covent Garden Sinfonia)
05.11.25 – La Seine Musicale – Paris (with L’Orchestre Lamoureux)
06.11.25 – 013 – Tilburg (rave set)
07.11.25 – Mainstage – Den Bosch (with Sinfonia Rotterdam)
09.11.25 – Inside Seaside Festival – Gdansk (with The Baltic Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra)
10.11.25 – Columbiahalle – Berlin (rave set)
11.11.25 – SaSaZu – Prague (rave set)
12.11.25 – Gasometer – Vienna (rave set)
14.11.25 – Poolen – Copenhagen (rave set)
15.11.25 – Gothenburg Film Studios – Gothenburg (rave set)
Tickets go on general sale at 10am on Friday 4th April, with an artist pre-sale opening 10am on Wednesday 2nd April.
This summer, the band will also take the orchestra show across the US, with each city featuring a different 28-piece ensemble. Before that, they’ll embark on a European residency tour playing multiple-night stands in Lisbon, Barcelona, Vilnius, Athens and Plovdiv.
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