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How to get tickets to the Strictly Come Dancing Live UK tour

Everyone’s favourite dancing show hits the road next year

Simon Bland
Updated ·5-min read
The Strictly Come Dancing Live Tour logo
The Strictly Come Dancing tour is coming to a town near you! (Ray Burmiston/BBC)

Lace up your dancing shoes because Strictly Come Dancing is hitting the road and making its way towards a city near you in 2025.

This year’s show was won by comedian Chris McCausland after a thrilling final that also featured singer JB Gill, reality star Tasha Ghouri and actor Sarah Hadland. While viewers mourn the end of the 2024 series, plans are already being announced regarding the next Strictly Come Dancing live UK tour.

With many of the show’s professional dancers expected to join all four of the show’s iconic judging panel on a series of country-wide dates, the show looks set to be every dancing fan’s dream evening. Here’s everything you need to know about the Strictly Come Dancing Live UK tour for 2025, including how to get tickets, where the tour will be visiting and more.

The stars of Strictly Come Dancing 2024 on the dancefloor
The final of Strictly Come Dancing aired on 14 December. (BBC)

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Tickets for the 2025 Strictly Come Dancing Live UK tour are on sale now via Ticketmaster UK.

Shayne Ward and Nancy Xu on Strictly Come Dancing
Strictly Come Dancing Live heads all across the UK in early 2025. (BBC)

Strictly will be dancing all across the UK between Friday 17 January and Sunday 9 February 2025 in a tour that starts at Birmingham’s Utilita Arena (17-21 January) and ends at London’s O2 Arena (7-9 February).

In between, Strictly’s glitz and glamour will visit Sheffield’s Utilita Arena (21 January), Newcastle’s Utilita Arena (22-23 January), Glasgow’s OVO Hydro (24-26 January), Liverpool’s M&S Bank Arena (28-29 January), Leeds’ First Direct Arena (30-31 January), Manchester’s AO Arena (1-2 February) and Nottingham’s Motorpoint Arena (4-6 February).

Each performance will feature a British Sign Language interpreter who will appear on two large screens at each show, allowing hearing-impaired people to enjoy the action no matter where they’re sitting.

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Speaking of which, each night audiences can expect all of the excitement and dazzling dance moves that have made Strictly Come Dancing one of the BBC’s most popular programmes — only this time, they won’t need a TV to soak it all up.

Strictly Come Dancing judges Craig Revel-Horwood, Anton Du Beke and Shirley Ballas
Strictly Come Dancing judges Craig Revel-Horwood, Anton Du Beke and Shirley Ballas. (BBC)

As mentioned above, all four of Strictly Come Dancing’s current judges will be joining the show on its upcoming UK trek. This includes Craig Revel-Horwood, Shirley Ballas, Anton Du Beke and Motsi Mabuse who makes her Strictly Live tour debut in 2025.

As with previous tours, Janette Manrara will return as the show’s host, guiding viewers through each immaculate move and spectacular step.

Speaking of bringing her scoreboards on tour for the first time, Mabuse said: “I’m thrilled to be joining my fellow TV judges Shirley, Anton and Craig on the Strictly Live Tour. “I’ve heard so much about the incredible audiences that come to the shows across the country — it will be such a joy to be part of that magic. I can’t wait for January.” Neither can we, Motsi!

Aljaz Skorjanec and Tasha Ghouri dance during the 2024 Strictly final
Aljaz Skorjanec and Tasha Ghouri will join the Strictly tour. (BBC)

The tour will also feature appearances from the show’s incredible line-up of celebrities and professional dancers.

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Welsh dancer Amy Dowden will make a comeback for the tour after withdrawing from the show following a shin injury. She will perform alongside her celebrity partner JB Gill, who will also dance with Dowden’s replacement on the show, Lauren Oakley.

After she left the competition in November, Dowden said the injury that caused her to pull out of the competition had “nothing to do with any previous health scares”.

Dowden underwent treatment for stage-three breast cancer in 2023 and did not have a celebrity partner on the show for that year. Following chemotherapy treatment and a mastectomy, she announced in February that tests showed she had “no evidence of disease”.

Comedian Chris McCausland, who is the first blind contestant to win the show, will not take part in the tour due to scheduling conflicts with his stand-up tour.

Chris McCausland and Dianne Buswell celebrate winning the 2024 Strictly final
Dianne Buswell will take part in the tour but her winning partner Chris McCausland will not. (BBC)

The full pairings are:

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  • Michelle Tsiakkas and Jamie Borthwick

  • Kai Widdrington and Montell Douglas

  • Katya Jones and Wynne Evans

  • Amy Dowden, Lauren Oakley and JB Gill

  • Aljaz Skorjanec and Tasha Ghouri

  • Vito Coppola and and Sarah Hadland

  • Nancy Xu and Shayne Ward

Dancers Dianne Buswell, Karen Hauer, Neil Jones, Nikita Kuzmin, Jowita Przystal, Robbie Kmetoni and Jake Leigh will also perform.

Manrara said: “Wow — what an incredible line-up of couples we have on the tour next year! Arena audiences around the country are in for a real treat. It’s going to be a blast to be back with all the pros and, as an extra special treat, it will be a joy to welcome back the lovely Amy Dowden.

“Get ready for an evening of pure Strictly entertainment for the whole family — bigger and better than ever before!”

The Strictly Come Dancing Live UK Tour takes place between 17 January and 6 February 2025.

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