PET NEEDS Close Out 2025 with Explosive UK Tour
The Essex punks level up for a six-date end-of-year run
Rounding off a milestone year in style, PET NEEDS are set to tear through the UK this winter with a string of upgraded live shows that promise to be their biggest yet. Spanning the length of the country, the Essex four-piece will play six headline dates between 26th November and 5th December, marking their final UK appearances of 2025.
Joined by rising support acts CARSICK (at all shows except Brighton) and SAMANTICS, the tour will see the band hit beloved venues from Glasgow to Brighton – many of which have recently been upgraded to meet demand.
“Playing upgraded rooms with tickets flying feels powerful,” frontman Johnny Marriott says. “We haven’t toured the UK for ages. Too long. It feels awesome to be returning to the busiest tour we’ve ever played.”
Known for their hook-heavy, chaos-fuelled punk anthems and frenetic live shows, PET NEEDS have been steadily rising since forming in Colchester in 2016. With support from the likes of Steve Lamacq (BBC 6 Music) and John Kennedy (Radio X), plus a discography now three albums deep, the band’s upward trajectory has shown no signs of slowing.
Their latest LP, Intermittent Fast Living, released in February 2024, saw them break into the UK Top 20 for the first time. They followed it with a stripped-back collection, Kind Of Acoustic, earlier this year, produced by Mike West, and capped off a packed 2025 with special shows including the sold-out FRACTURED PARTY IV at The Garage, London.
Now, with momentum at full tilt, PET NEEDS look to end the year with one final roar. Final tickets are on sale now.
PET NEEDS – LIVE DATES 2025
NOVEMBER
26 – Glasgow Nice’n’Sleazy
27 – Nottingham Rescue Rooms
28 – Manchester Deaf Institute
29 – Bristol Thekla
DECEMBER
4 – Southampton 1865
5 – Brighton Green Door Store
More Pet Needs on Punkinfocus: Live review: Frank Turner and The Sleeping Souls Concorde 2, Brighton (July 2021) · PET NEEDS release cracking new single ‘Sleep When I’m Dead’ (January 2024) · PET NEEDS RETURN WITH NEW SINGLE ‘PUNK ISN’T DEAD (IT’S JUST UP FOR SALE)’ (January 2022) · PET NEEDS RETURN WITH NEW SINGLE ‘OVERCOMPENSATING’ (June 2021) · Pet Needs ‘Fractured Party Music’: an art attack on the modern malaise (March 2021)
