Pixies today share new single ‘Motoroller’, the fourth new song to be released from their anticipated new studio album The Night the Zombies Came, due for release on 25th October. Listen here. The single comes alongside the news that Pixies will return to the UK and Europe in April and May 2025 for a 20 date headline tour, including nine UK shows with two nights at London’s O2 Brixton Academy.
Following its debut on Steve Lamacq’s BBC Radio 6 Music show last night, the dynamic ‘Motoroller’ follows frontman and principle songwriter Black Francis on a scooter ride across Berlin. Speaking on the track, Francis says: “This is one of those kinds of songs where there’s little threads you can follow and they take you somewhere. But they’re not required for the experience. You can just start fishing around in the lyrics, and maybe you won’t find exactly what the story is, but you’ll find a story related to the city of Berlin. So just have fun with the clues that are there.”
Pixies will kick off their 2025 UK and European headline tour in Utrecht, Netherlands on 25th April, with performances across Belgium, Germany, France, Spain and Portugal before arriving at the P&J Arena in Aberdeen on 13th May. The tour continues with nine dates across the UK at O2 Academy Edinburgh, two nights at London’s O2 Academy Brixton, shows at Leeds O2 Academy, O2 Academy Birmingham, Cardiff’s Utilita Arena and Newcastle O2 City Hall, before concluding at O2 Apollo Manchester on 24th May.
The news arrives after Pixies wowed UK fans in August. Their mainstage performance at London’s All Points East was described as “raucous” by Rolling Stone UK after their sold out Glasgow Academy show was tipped “a full-on head rush of classics” by the Scottish Sun and “as relevant in 2024 as they were over 35 years ago” by Glasgow World.
Fans can pre-order the album for access to presale tickets here, beginning at 9am BST, Wednesday 18th September, and on general sale from 9am BST, Friday 20th September here.
2025 UK Headline Tour
May 13th – P&J Arena, Aberdeen
May 14th – O2 Academy, Edinburgh
May 16th – O2 Academy Brixton, London
May 17th – O2 Academy Brixton, London
May 19th – O2 Academy, Leeds
May 20th – O2 Academy Birmingham
May 21st – Utilita Arena, Cardiff
May 23rd – O2 City Hall Newcastle
May 24th – O2 Apollo, Manchester
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