Uriah Heep guitarist reveals the band are “nonetheless gonna be touring” after 2025 UK farewell tour

Uriah Heep’s guitarist, Mick Field, has revealed that the band will proceed to tour after their 2025 UK farewell dates.

In September, the London rock band, who shaped in 1969, introduced the UK leg of their ultimate tour. Set to kick off in February, the string of reveals will see them play headline gigs in Birmingham, Bristol, Gateshead, Glasgow, Manchester, London and Bexhill.

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In an announcement on the time, Field stated: “Who can imagine subsequent 12 months is 55 years for the reason that band began? And I do know lots of you've got been with us for the reason that starting. Effectively, none of us are getting youthful so sadly we now have made the choice to wind down touring the world beginning subsequent 12 months.”

Now, he’s revealed the UK reveals will probably be a part of a number of years of touring. Chatting with Planet Rock, he stated: “Effectively, it’ll take two to a few years to go round, after which as soon as we’ve carried out that, we’ll nonetheless be doing festivals and weekend work and stuff like that, however the lengthy arduous excursions we’re not gonna do anymore.

“And I don’t assume it’s logistically doable now with the best way issues are with carnets for gear to get by territories. Bus costs tripled. And we did 11 flights the opposite month and 5 of them have been cancelled, so it’s getting actually exhausting to make these issues work.”

Field then went on to debate his plans for all times post-Uriah Heep. “I assume we’ll do [some] writing and go within the recording studio and do different facets of the of the sport,” he stated. “However as I say, we’re nonetheless gonna be touring, nonetheless gonna be enjoying. It’s simply that we’re not doing the actually lengthy stuff. We’ll do it in sections reasonably than a complete lengthy splurge.”

Uriah Heep’s 2025 UK tour dates are: 

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19 – Symphony Corridor, Birmingham 
20 – Beacon, Bristol
22 – Glasshouse, Gateshead
23 – King’s Theatre, Glasgow
25 – Bridgewater Corridor, Manchester
26 – Palladium, London
27 – De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill

In an announcement on the time of the tour’s announcement, Field stated: “Underneath the very apt title of ‘The Magician’s Farewell’ we are going to begin our ultimate journey on the highway. This isn’t going to be a type of lengthy, dragged out goodbyes however we do intend over the following 2-3 years to play as many locations doable and see you all for one final time. I need to reiterate that the band will proceed to play reveals so long as we are able to after we're carried out touring however these will probably be restricted to 1 off competition sort occasions and the like.”

Field added: “On behalf of the band and myself I need to thanks all for the continued help you've got all the time given us and it means a lot to us. Stay up for seeing you all once more very quickly … ‘Appy Days!”

Uriah Heep launched their debut album ‘Very ‘Eavy… Very ‘Umble’ again in 1970. Their twenty fifth and most up-to-date full-length document, ‘Chaos & Color’, got here out in early 2023.

The band’s present line-up consists of Field alongside Phil Lanzon, Bernie Shaw, Russell Gilbrook and Dave Rimmer.