Mogwai today return with their new single “God Gets You Back” and announce a huge 2025 world tour. It is the first new music from Mogwai in 2024, with more to come, and follows the announcement and premiere of Mogwai: If The Stars Had A Sound – a first documentary about the band directed by longtime collaborator Antony Crook – and a sold-out first band-curated festival, Big City, which took place in their hometown of Glasgow this summer.
“God Gets You Back” arrives with a video directed and created by Hand Held Cine Club (Justin and James Lockey). Watch BELOW:
“God Gets You Back” is a well-calibrated return, a song that forgoes resting on their laurels after the success of 2021’s official UK No.1 album, As The Love Continues. Driven by an arpeggiated synth, “God Gets You Back” builds gracefully, with drummer Martin Bulloch ensuring the track continues to move forward with purpose. Barry Burns decided the song “needed some melody or vocals, but I couldn’t come up with the lyrics so I asked my 7 year old daughter to make some up, and she did and I sang them”. The song feels like a natural culmination of their considered work on celebrated soundtracks for Zidane: a 21st Century Portrait, ZeroZeroZero and Les Revenants and the heft of As The Love Continues.
The 2025 tour takes in dates in Asia and North America, as well as a full UK/EU; for full routing, please see below. Tickets for the tour are set to go on sale via a presale at 10:00 am on 18 September, with a venue presale at 10:00 am on 19 September and a general sale available at 10:00am on 20 September. Mogwai are proud to partner with War Child throughout the tour, where a £1/€1/$1 charitable contribution will be made from every ticket sold.
On the world tour, Mogwai’s Stuart Braithwaite says, “we are immensely excited about heading out on our first worldwide tour since the pandemic. We’re going to some brilliant places and can’t wait to perform our new songs.”
Tour dates
04 Feb – Amsterdam, Netherlands – Paradiso
06 Feb – Hamburg, Germany – Große Freiheit 36
07 Feb – Copenhagen, Denmark – Vega
08 Feb – Stockholm, Sweden – Fållan
09 Feb – Oslo, Norway – Rockefeller
11 Feb – Berlin, Germany – Admiralspalast
12 Feb – Leipzig, Germany – Taubchenthal
14 Feb – Maastricht, Netherlands – Muziekgieterij
15 Feb – Groningen, Netherlands – De Oosterpoort
17 Feb – Brussels, Belgium – Ancienne Belgique
18 Feb – Antwerp, Belgium – De Roma
19 Feb – Paris, France – Casino De Paris
20 Feb – London, England – O2 Academy Brixton
22 Feb – Leeds, England – O2 Academy
23 Feb – Edinburgh, Scotland – Usher Hall
08 Mar – Bangkok, Thailand – Voice Space
11 Mar – Osaka, Japan – Gorilla Hall
12 Mar – Tokyo, Japan – Zepp Shinjuku
14 Mar – Tapai, Taiwan – Zepp New Taipei
7 Apr – Washington, USA – 9:30 Club
08 Apr – Philadelphia, US – Theatre Of Living Arts
10 Apr – Brooklyn, New York City – Brooklyn Steel
11 Apr – Boston, USA – Paradise Rock Club
13 Apr – Montreal, Canada – Beanfield Theatre
14 Apr – Toronto, Canada – Danforth Music Hall
16 Apr – Detroit, USA – Saint Andrew’s Hall
17 Apr – Chicago, USA – The Metro
18 Apr – Minneapolis, USA – Varsity Theatre
20 Apr – Denver, USA – Ogden Theatre
22 Apr – Salt Lake City, USA – Commonwealth Room
24 Apr – Vancouver, USA – The Commodore Ballroom
25 Apr – Seattle, USA – The Showbox
26 Apr – Portland, USA – Roseland Theatre
28 Apr – San Francisco USA – The Regency Ballroom
29 Apr – Los Angeles, USA – The Bellweather
30 Apr – Phoenix, USA – Van Buren
03 May – Austin, USA – Emo’s
04 May – Dallas, USA – The Echo Lounge
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