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Going live in 2025? From Oasis and ELO to Kylie and Coldplay... ADRIAN THRILLS picks out which gigs YOU should be flocking to next year

With Oasis back on the road, and Dua Lipa and Lana Del Rey heading for the stadiums, 2025 is set to be another great year for live music.

‘The stars have aligned, the great wait is over,’ said the band when a series of UK stadium shows were announced in August — only for the news to be overshadowed by a row over ‘dynamic pricing’ as tickets went on sale. Billie Eilish is here, too, with her opening night at the OVO Hydro, Glasgow, on July 7, while Charli XCX will hope to launch another ‘Brat summer’ when she curates and headlines her own line-up at the Lido Festival in London’s Blending rock, soul and funk, Lenny Kravitz plays a one-off show at Wembley Arena on February 28, while Judas Priest and Alice Cooper will jointly headline The O2, London, on July 25 (all livenation.co.uk).

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