Doves have announced two new dates for their December 2025 UK tour, adding shows at Sheffield’s Octagon and a homecoming gig at Manchester’s O2 Apollo. Tickets for the new dates will go on general sale on Wednesday, 3rd September at 10 am BST. The news comes as the band reveals the full track listing for their upcoming compilation, ‘So, Here We Are: Best Of Doves’, which is set for release on Friday, 14th November 2025.
The newly announced shows will take place on Thursday, 18th December in Sheffield and Saturday, 20th December in Manchester, concluding their winter tour. The ‘Best of’ compilation will feature 19 tracks spanning the band’s career, including a previously unreleased song titled ‘Spirit Of Your Friend’, which was recorded during the ‘Kingdom Of Rust’ sessions in 2006.
Reflecting on the collection, co-founder Jimi Goodwin said: “So, here we are… a ‘best of’ can be a difficult thing to pull off but it was surprisingly easy once we got thinking. It’s by no means complete but, then how could it be? It’s been revelatory and somehow cathartic, revising what we’ve achieved together. I mean, wow! Did we really write this stuff?”
Doves tour dates:
August 2025 Festivals
- Aug 29 – Lindisfarne, Lindisfarne Festival
- Aug 31 – Birmingham, Moseley Folk & Arts Festival
December 2025 UK Tour
- Dec 12 – Dundee, LIVEHOUSE
- Dec 14 – London, O2 Forum Kentish Town
- Dec 15 – Bournemouth, O2 Academy
- Dec 16 – Cambridge, Junction
- Dec 18 – Sheffield, Octagon
- Dec 20 – Manchester, O2 Apollo
Read the official press release in full below:
DOVES have revealed the name of the unreleased track set to appear on their upcoming collection of three decade-spanning career highs, ‘So, Here We Are: Best Of Doves’ alongside the 18 other hit singles, album highlights and B-sides PLUS two additional live dates for their December 2025 UK Tour. For the first time since 2007 they return to Manchester’s O2 Apollo, heading home for Christmas two nights after performing at Sheffield’s Octagon.
Announced for release earlier this month on multiple formats, becoming the first Doves compilation available on vinyl, ‘So, Here We Are…’ will not only feature the band’s era-defining, radio and dancefloor-friendly classics such as Black And White Town, Pounding and There Goes The Fear, but also the previously unheard Spirit Of Your Friend. It arrives as an unearthed gem, recorded in 2006 as part of the Kingdom Of Rust sessions.
Encapsulating every stage of the band’s storied presence as adored creators of expansive, euphoric melancholia, the running order includes their earliest singles, lifted from their first Mercury Award-nominated album, 2000’s Lost Souls, Cedar Room and Caught By The River. Spooling patiently forward through 25 years of music, more recent highs are drawn from 2020’s No.1 album, The Universal Want, such as radio favourite, Prisoners, alongside Carousels, and Broken Eyes.
Renegade and Cold Dreaming, taken from this February’s sixth studio album, Constellations For The Lonely, and 2025’s Record Store Day special, Lean Into The Wind, all shine further light on Doves inspired resurgence following their 2018 return from an almost decade long hiatus.
Band co-founder and singer on many of the band’s hits, Jimi Goodwin says: “So, here we are… a ‘best of’ can be a difficult thing to pull off but it was surprisingly easy once we got thinking. It’s by no means complete but, then how could it be? It’s been revelatory and somehow cathartic, revising what we’ve achieved together. I mean, wow! Did we really write this stuff?”
Released with EMI North on Fri 14 November 2025, digitally and on double vinyl and CD, offering limited collectors editions across both physical formats.
At the same time as announcing the release of the new compilation, Doves confirmed that the band, led by Andy and Jez Williams in Goodwin’s continued absence from touring, would play a run of new UK dates this winter. Having announced a return to London, Bournemouth and Cambridge in December, they now add a night in Sheffield to follow and an unmissable Christmas return to Manchester.
Inclusive of imminent, remaining summer festival appearances, all previous and newly announced Doves tour dates are confirmed as follows:
- Fri 29 Aug – Lindisfarne, Lindisfarne Festival
- Sun 31 Aug – Birmingham, Moseley Folk & Arts Festival
- Fri 12 Dec – Dundee, LIVEHOUSE
- Sun 14 Dec – London, O2 Forum Kentish Town
- Mon 15 Dec – Bournemouth, O2 Academy
- Tue 16 Dec – Cambridge, Junction
- Thu 18 Dec – Sheffield, Octagon – NEW
- Sat 20 Dec – Manchester, O2 Apollo – NEW
Tickets for Sheffield and Manchester dates go on general sale on Wed 3 September at 10am BST, with booking links and the opportunity to sign up for advance access with album pre-orders available at www.dovesofficial.com
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