Japanese kawaii metal queens Babymetal will officially return to Europe next year having announced a twelve-stop tour across May 2025 that will include dates in Belgium, Germany, The Netherlands, Poland, Switzerland, Spain, France and the United Kingdom. The trio’s UK show will mark their biggest ever in this country as they headline London’s 20,000-capacity O2 for the first time.
“In 2025, BABYMETAL will enter a new era,” a typically vague and mysterious statement from the band reads. “The Metalverse will expand and we will travel to a world we have never experienced, with new songs.”
The three-piece, whose last piece of new music came in the form of this year’s ludicrous and excellent RATATATA collab single with German techno-metallers Electric Callboy, will be joined on their European tour by genre-splicing specialist (and current Metal Hammer cover star) Poppy, as well as nu gen Eurovision breakout star Bambie Thug.
Tickets for all dates alongside VIP packages will go on sale to the general public this coming Friday, October 25, via the official Babymetal website. See the full list of Babymetal European tour dates for 2025 below.
May 10: Brussels, Forest National, Belgium
May 12: Hamburg, Barclays Arena, Germany
May 13: Amsterdam, Ziggo Dome, Netherlands
May 16: Frankfurt, Jahrhunderthalle, Germany
May 17: Berlin, Velodrom, Germany
May 19: Krakow, Tauron Arena, Poland
May 20: Nüremberg Arena, Nürenberger, Germany
May 22: Zurich, The Hall, Switzerland
May 25: Madrid, Vistalegre, Spain
May 26: Barcelona, Poble Espanyol, Spain
May 28: Paris, Zénith Paris, La Villette, France
May 30: London, The O2 Arena, United Kingdom