John Cale Announces POPtical Illusion UK Tour 2025
The iconic John Cale is going on tour next March, following the release of his most recent album, the critically acclaimed POPtical Illusion earlier this year.
The tour will be his first since 2023, and will take in Nottingham, London’s Royal Festival Hall, Birmingham, Glasgow, Newcastle, Bexhill, Cardiff and Liverpool. He’ll be performing at the Tyne Theatre & Opera House on Tuesday 25th March 2025.
John Cale has always been a musician of the times, helping to usher in titanic shifts in sound and culture.
The bleeding edge drones of his Sun Blindness Music opened the path to The Velvet Underground. The frantic rock of Fear and Slow Dazzle, not to mention his production with Patti Smith and the Stooges, framed a half century of punk, post-punk, and art-rock to come. And his curiosity about the way electronics could be more than a gimmick in rock music served as an inspiration to an uncountable number of crucial scenes.
Once again, on new album POPtical Illusion, Cale stands as a musician of these times. He looks at the orchestrated turmoil of recent history, furrows his brow in disgust, and then turns on his heels toward a future, even if he - like all of the rest of us, really - doesn’t know just what he’ll find or who exactly he’ll be there. He’s simply happy to be going toward it all.
Jonathan Higgins, CEO of the Tyne Theatre & Opera House states, “We have many music acts lined up for 2025, and it’s great to see talent such as John Cale on our programme. We look forward to announcing upcoming 2025 shows, and we’re excited to hear John Cale live!”
Tickets cost £45 - £34, and can be purchased from: https://www.tynetheatreandoperahouse.uk/whatson/john-cale-poptical-illusion-tour-25/
