Yard Act to support The Hives on massive 2025 UK and European tour

Yard Act are set to support The Hives on their 2025 UK and European headline tour. Find all the details below.

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This year will see The Hives hit the road for a world tour in support of their seventh album ‘The Hives Forever Forever The Hives’, which is released on August 29 via PIAS (pre-order/pre-save here).

The Swedish indie band are scheduled to play shows in Australia and North America this summer and into autumn. Later this year, they’ll take to the stage in the UK and Europe – where Yard Act will serve as the support act.

Pelle Almqvist and co. are due to perform at Cardiff’s Utilita Arena (November 24), Glasgow’s OVO Hydro (26), The Warehouse at Manchester’s Aviva Studios (28), and London’s Alexandra Palace (29). Find any remaining UK tickets here.

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Confirming the support slot on social media recently, The Hives wrote: “That’s right! Your king has spoken. Yard Act will be joining The Hives, not just at their Alexandra Palace show but on the whole UK/EU tour. A worthy contender, let’s see if they can handle The Hives.”

Yard Act also shared the news in a video, where they joked about “whether it was a good look for us to be a support act”. Frontman James Smith added: “Pelle said they are the best band in the world, and if there was only one band to look inferior to – it’s The Hives.

“And so we agreed that for now, in this timeline, we will accept the fact that we are the second-best band in the world, for the time being. And we may use the next two months to poison Pelle and bring The Hives to their knees.”

In the comments section, The Hives responded: “A pleasure to share the stage with the second best band in the world Read More