FISH announces UK dates of Farewell tour

Bidding a final goodbye to the music industry after four decades of hits, memories and touring, FISH will be playing thirteen celebratory and emotional shows across England and Scotland, starting in Haddington his home of many years and taking in many towns and cities including Aylesbury, where his music career started with Marillion, and a landmark show at London’s Palladium Theatre. The tour finishes in Glasgow with a rousing last-ever show, which will conclude FISH’s extraordinary career as a live performer.

“I've been amazed at the response to the tour”, says FISH, “and the sales in the first week in Europe were phenomenal, so much so that dates had to be added to deal with the unprecedented demand. It's a wonderful feeling to be able to take a bow on such a high and with the UK dates going on sale this week and finally closing the circle I'm sure it's going to be an emotional finale.”

UK DATES 2025

Wed Feb 19^th 2025 Corn Exchange, HADDINGTON, SCO

Fri Feb 21^st 2025 Albert Hall, MANCHESTER, UK

Sat Feb 22^nd 2025 The Halls, WOLVERHAMPTON, UK

Sun Feb 23^rd 2025 Guildhall, PORTSMOUTH, UK

Tues Feb 25^th 2025 The Palladium, LONDON UK

Wed Feb 26^th 2025 Beacon, BRISTOL UK

Fri Feb 28^th 2025 Waterside, AYLESBURY, UK

Sat Mar 1^st 2025 Corn Exchange, CAMBRIDGE, UK

Sun Mar 2^nd 2025 Rock City, NOTTINGHAM, UK

Wed Mar 5^th 2025 Philharmonic, LIVERPOOL, UK

Thurs Mar 6^th 2025 O2 City Hall, NEWCASTLE, UK

Fri Mar 7^th 2025 Music Hall, ABERDEEN, SCO

Sun Mar 9^th 2025 O2 Academy, GLASGOW, SCO

PRE-SALE O2 Priority Pre-sale Wednesday February 28^th

Planet Rock & Aloud Pre-sale Thursday February 29^th

PUBLIC ON SALE Friday March 1^st

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"Nominating a tour as a 'farewell tour' has a certain amount of gravitas,” commented FISH on the announcement of the European shows, “and I’m so glad that I have managed to bring together a 'best of' line up of musicians from across my live career to come out on the bus with me on my final sortie out on the road. They're not just highly talented musicians but old friends and co-writers of some of the finest songs I've released in the 35 years as a solo artist.

“I don't want to be sticking to the same setlist every night and there are so many potential songs for the set we all felt that having a moveable feast was the way forward. The setlist will be covering 12 solo albums and of course there will be material from my time with Marillion. There's a few epics from that time that I'd be remiss if I ignored and to be honest, I'm actually looking forward to revisiting a couple of those tracks. The band members have all played them at one time or another and are all more than capable of delivering fantastic renditions across the board. It's going to be actually quite exciting revisiting a lot of the material with this historical line-up."

The ‘Road to the Isles’ tour is inspired by the fact that Fish and his wife Simone are retiring to a croft they have taken over on an island in the Outer Hebrides. They are permanently moving to the Western Isles at the end of this year and Fish is selling the former recording studio and house in Haddington, East Lothian in May after living there since he left Marillion in 1988.

“We have been working on our move for the last year, renovating the croft house and literally preparing the ground for our new home. I'll still be creating and writing on the island and there's that elusive autobiography to be written as well as other projects involving music in some shape or another. With the 'Farewell Tour' I'm calling a halt to 'big band' road work and traversing the globe in the back of a bus and I'm going to be concentrating on growing vegetables and looking after sheep. There's a great sense of circles being closed with all aspects of the tour and the album releases this year and I'm enjoying the sense of completion that it brings to this current stage in my life as I literally move on to new pastures. It's a wonderful feeling."

‘ROAD TO THE ISLES’ EUROPEAN TOUR DATES

Wed Oct 2^nd 2024 Centre Culturel Opderschmelz, DUDELANGE, LUX (SOLD OUT)

Fri Oct 4^th 2024 Muziekgieterij, MAASTRICHT, NL (SOLD OUT)

Sat Oct 5^th 2024 Muziekcentrum, ENSCHEDE, NL (SOLD OUT)

Sun Oct 6^th 2024 Oosterpoort, GRONINGEN, NL (SOLD OUT)

Tues Oct 8^th 2024 Tivoli Vrendenburg, UTRECHT, NL (SOLD OUT)

Wed Oct 9^th 2024 Tivoli Vrendenburg, UTRECHT, NL (SOLD OUT)

Thurs Oct 10^th 2024 Grosse Freiheit 36, HAMBURG, DE

Fri Oct 11^th 2024 Carlswerk Viktoria, COLOGNE, DE

Sun Oct 13^th 2024 Im Wisemaan, STUTTGART, DE

Tues Oct 15^th 2024 Volkhaus, ZURICH, CH

Wed Oct 16^th 2024 Muffathalle, MUNICH, DE

Thurs Oct 17^th 2024 Arena, WIEN, AU

Sat Oct 19^th 2024 A2, WROCLAW, PL

Sun Oct 20^th 2024 Progeresjam, WARSAW, PL

Mon Oct 21^st 2024 Studio, KRAKOW, PL

Tues Oct 22^nd 2024 Srtary Manez, GDANSK, PL

Thurs Oct 24^th 2024 Rockefeller, OSLO, NOR

Sat Oct 26^th 2024 Byscenen, TRONDHEIM, NOR

Mon Oct 28^th 2024 Pustervik, GOTHENBURG, SW

Tues Oct 29^th 2024 Berns, STOCKHOLM, SW

Wed Oct 30^th 2024 Amager Bio, COPENHAGEN, DK

Fri Nov 1^st 2024 Alter Schlachtof, DRESDEN, DE

Sat Nov 2^nd 2024 Tollhaus, KARLSRUHE, DE

Sun Nov 3^rd 2024 Metropol, BERLIN, DE

9 NEW EUROPEAN SHOWS ADDED DUE TO PHENOMENAL DEMAND

Tues Nov 5^th 2024 La Madeleine, BRUSSELS, BL

Wed Nov 6^th 2024 Trix, ANTWERP, BL

Thurs Nov 7^th 2024 Philharmonie, HAARLEM, NL

Sat Nov 9^th 2024 Muziekgebouw, EINDHOVEN, NL

Sun Nov 10^th 2024 Muziekgieterij, MAASTRICHT, NL

Tues Nov 12^th 2024 Capital, HANNOVER, DE

Wed Nov 13^th 2024 Batschkapp, FRANKFURT, DE

Fri Nov 15^th 2024 FZW, DORTMUND, DE

Sat Nov 16^th 2024 Centre Culturel Opderschmelz, DUDELANGE, LUX

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