Deacon Blue announce Edinburgh concert date as part of massive UK-wide tour

Deacon Blue are set to come to Edinburgh’ as the band announce two ‘intimate’ Scottish shows.

The artists, known for their hits ‘Dignity’, ‘Chocolate Girl’ and ‘Wages Day’, will play at the Usher Hall on Sunday March 30 2025.

Deacon Blue will perform their ‘The Great Western Road Trip’ tour across 2025 and celebrate their 40th anniversary.

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The group will also perform in Glasgow’s Ovo on Friday October 10 and Saturday October 11.

In a statement released by the band, they said: “Deacon Blue are delighted to announce the 2025 release of a brand new studio album - which will be entitled ‘The Great Western Road’, released on 21 March 2025 by Cooking Vinyl – plus two sets of dates in the UK and Ireland.

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“2025 marks 40 years since Ricky Ross met Dougie Vipond and they started to form Deacon Blue, the songs on ‘The Great Western Road’ reflect the journey the band has taken and remain honest to the age and experience they all share. Ricky Ross: “It’s just the next part of the adventure and it’s as exciting now as it was back in 1988.

“There will be a limited run of five theatre shows in late March / April ‘25 to herald the arrival of the album including Usher Hall on Sunday 30 March. Followed by 15 arena shows across the UK and Ireland, which kick off in Liverpool on 19 September 2025, they play Wembley Arena for the first time since 1990, and finish with two hometown shows at the Glasgow OVO Hydro on Friday 10 and Saturday 11 October. The shows will go on sale on at 10am on 29 November 2024.”

Ricky Ross says of the two differing sets of dates, “I love the idea that a circus coming to town is a temporary existence, a little bit of magic suddenly appears in the middle of a town or a village and then it goes away. It’s very similar to what you do live. The live experience is so ephemeral, at the end of a show people lose all their inhibitions, and then it’s over. You have to be there. That’s what’s magical about it.

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“There will be two different shows, we’re curating a show that changes and evolves, pulling out little surprises every now and again. The theatres are more intimate and give us a chance to bring out one or two things that we wouldn’t do in the arenas. They give us a chance to play songs from the new album and songs from other albums that we have never played before. And we have some amazing nights at the big shows in the arenas, we suit the show to the place we’re playing and our mantra is ‘we want people to have the best night of their lives’. Every night has got to be brilliant.”

To buy tickets for the Scottish shows, click here.