Self Esteem announces 2025 ‘A Complicated Woman’ UK and Ireland tour

Self Esteem has announced a UK and Ireland headline tour for later this year. Find all the details below.

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The singer-songwriter – aka Rebecca Lucy Taylor – will head out on the road in the autumn in support of her third studio album ‘A Complicated Woman’, out April 25 via Polydor (pre-order/pre-save here).

She’ll begin the trek in Birmingham on September 15 before heading to Edinburgh, Newcastle, Glasgow, Dublin, Manchester, Bristol and Brighton.

The upcoming tour will also feature two shows at the O2 Academy Brixton in London (October 9, 10) and a huge homecoming gig at the Utilita Arena in Sheffield (18).

Tickets go on general sale at 10am GMT this Friday (March 28) – you’ll be able to buy yours here. Alternatively, fans can access a pre-sale at the same time on Wednesday (26) by pre-ordering ‘A Complicated Woman’ here before 1pm GMT tomorrow (25).

Check out the announcement post and the full list of dates below.

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Self Esteem’s 2025 ‘A Complicated Woman’ UK and Ireland tour dates are:

SEPTEMBER
15 – O2 Academy, Birmingham
16 – Usher Hall, Edinburgh
18 – O2 City Hall, Newcastle
20 – Barrowland Ballroom, Glasgow
21 – Barrowland Ballroom, Glasgow
24 – 3Olympia Theatre, Dublin
27 – Academy, Manchester
28 – Academy, Manchester

OCTOBER
03 – Beacon, Bristol
04 – Beacon, Bristol
09 – O2 Academy Brixton, London
10 – O2 Academy Brixton, London
17 – Brighton Centre, Brighton
18 – Utilita Arena, Sheffield

Self Esteem is also set to put on a “theatrical presentation” of her forthcoming new album at the Duke Of York’s Theatre in London next month.

Additionally, she has recently been announced for Glastonbury 2025 and this year’s Radio 1’s Big Weekend.

Taylor has already previewed the follow-up to 2021’s Mercury and BRIT-nominated ‘Prioritise Pleasure’ with the singles ‘Focus Is Power’ and ’69’.

According to a press release, Self Esteem’s ‘A Complicated Woman’ is about taking back control of your own life – all while exposing the excess and additional labour that women are expected to undertake.

It’ll include guest appearances from Moonchild Sanelly, Nadine Shah and Life Without Buildings‘ Sue Tompkins. See the full tracklist below.

1. ‘I Do And I Don’t Care’
2. ‘Focus Is Power’
3. ‘Mother’
4. ‘The Curse’
5. ‘Logic, Bitch!’ (feat. Sue Tompkins)
6. ‘Cheers To Me’
7. ‘If Not Now, It’s Soon’
8. ‘In Plain Sight’ (feat. Moonchild Sanelly)
9. ‘Lies’ (ft. Nadine Shah)
10. ’69’
11. ‘What Now’
12. ‘The Deep Blue Okay’

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