Leftfield announce 2025 35th anniversary UK shows

Leftfield have announced a pair of huge UK shows for 2025 to celebrate the band’s 35th anniversary.

The production group, made up of Neil Barnes, Adam Wren and Sebastian Beresford, first played live in 1990, and next year they will mark their 35th birthday with shows in London and Glasgow.

Leftfield will play the capital’s O2 Academy Brixton on May 30, their first show at the iconic venue for eight years, before a date at Glasgow’s Barrowland Ballroom on June 6.

Tickets for both shows go on sale at 10am on Friday (December 6), and you will be able to find yours here.

It will be 35 years since I released the first LF track, ‘Not Forgotten’, and 30 years of Leftism. Perfect time to celebrate @O2AcademyBrix and @TheBarrowlands Leftfield 35 – Leftism & beyond. Let’s make it unforgettable. Tickets on sale Friday @ 10am: https://t.co/Rf5WJotG3s pic.twitter.com/5SrDaEs2MT

— Leftfield (@Leftfield) December 2, 2024

MAY 2025
30 – London, O2 Academy Brixton

JUNE 2025
6 – Glasgow, Barrowland Ballroom

Speaking about the shows, Barnes has said: “It will be 35 years since I released the first Leftfield track, ‘Not Forgotten’, and 30 years of ‘Leftism’. It feels like the perfect time to celebrate. Brixton Academy and Glasgow Barrowlands are the only places that felt right for us to blow the roofs off. Leftfield 35—Leftism & beyond. Let’s make it unforgettable. Can’t wait to see you there!”

Leftfield are considered one of the most influential electronic acts of their era and are connected to the progressive house genre, fusing house, dub, reggae, hip-hop and techno.

They released two studio albums during their initial run together – 1995’s classic ‘Leftism’ and its follow-up, ‘Rhythm And Stealth’ in 1999. They reformed in 2010 and have since released two further LPs: ‘Alternative Light Source’ in 2015 and ‘This Is What We Do’ in 2022.

Their best known songs include ‘Release The Pressure’, featuring reggae singer Earl Sixteen, ‘Open Up’ with John Lydon and ‘Africa Shox’ with Afrika Bambaataa.

In addition to the newly announced shows, Leftfield have also been announced for Bearded Theory Festival in Derbyshire and Ireland’s All Together Now Festival next summer.

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