BLOSSOMS will headline TK Maxx presents Scarborough Open Air Theatre on July 10 next summer, supported by Inhaler and Leeds indie band Apollo Junction.
Tickets for the chart-topping Stockport indie group go on sale at 9am on Friday scarboroughopenairtheatre.co.uk and ticketmaster.co.uk
Since forming in Stockport in 2013, Tom Ogden, Charlie Salt, Josh Dewhurst, Joe Donovan and Myles Kellock have released six Top Five albums.
The latest, Gary, went to number one on release on September 20, taking its name from an 8ft fibre-glass gorilla stolen from a Lanarkshire garden centre in early 2023.
Blossoms’ self-titled 2016 debut hit the chart peak for two weeks en route to earning BRIT Award and Mercury Prize nominations. 2018’s follow up, Cool Like You, charted at number four, spawning the anthemic singles I Can’t Stand It, There’s A Reason Why (I Never Returned Your Calls) and How Long Will This Last?.
2020’s Foolish Loving Spaces was the band’s second UK number one, a feat matched by April 2022’s Ribbon Around The Bomb, featuring standout tracks Ode To NYC, The Sulking Poet and Care For.
Dublin band Inhaler’s 2021 debut album, It Won’t Always Be Like This, went straight to number one, leading to tours with Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds, Pearl Jam and Arctic Monkeys.
Their 2023 follow-up, Cuts & Bruises, entered the charts at number two. Now the band – U2 frontman Bono’s son Elijah Hewson, Robert Keating, Josh Jenkinson and Ryan McMahon – are teasing new material for 2025.
Apollo Junction are no strangers to Scarborough OAT, having supported fellow Leeds act Kaiser Chiefs at the 8,000-capacity venue in August 2021.
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Venue programmer Julian Murray, of promoters Cuffe and Taylor, says: “We are delighted to announce Blossoms as the next headliner unveiled for summer 2025. They are a band we’ve wanted to bring here for some time, so we are thrilled to have been able to make this happen.
“Blossoms have an incredible catalogue of indie anthems that we know will make this one of the most popular shows of the summer. Together with the brilliant Inhaler and Yorkshire’s very own Apollo Junction, this will undoubtedly be one of the gigs of 2025.”
Already booked for 2025 at Scarborough OAT are:June 14, Shed Seven, Jake Bugg and Cast; July 5, The Script and Tom Walker, and July 26, Texas. More acts will be announced.
A record-breaking 114,000 tickets were sold for 2024’s 18 Scarborough OAT shows by the likes of Jess Glynne, Simple Minds, Anne-Marie, Fatboy Slim, Paul Weller, Deacon Blue, Korn, Becky Hill, Tom Jones, Madness, James and comedian Bill Bailey.