Gillian Welch & David Rawlings are teaming up once more and hitting the road this October, with shows across the UK and Ireland. Tickets for the tour go on sale at 10am on Friday 14 March. Scroll to the bottom of this article for a detailed list of the band’s UK and Ireland tour dates. 

Veterans in the world of American folk music, this will mark the duo’s first appearance in the UK since 2011. This time around, they’ll be supporting their 2024 album Woodland, which garnered a Grammy nomination for Best Folk Album. Despite working with each other in varying capacities since the 1990s, this is only the second album to be credited to Welch & Rawlings as a duo, the first being All The Good Times (Are Past & Gone) in 2020. 

Starting with two nights at Dublin’s Vicar Street on Wednesday 22 and Thursday 23 October, the pair will then visit Manchester’s O2 Apollo on Saturday 25 October, London’s Palladium on Sunday 26 and Monday 27 October, and Glasgow’s Royal Concert Hall on Wednesday 29 October. 

Listen to the lead single from Woodland, ‘Hashtag’, below. 

Gillian Welch & David Rawlings’ 2025 UK and Ireland tour dates:

Vicar Street, Dublin, Wednesday 22 October
Vicar Street, Dublin, Thursday 23 October
O2 Apollo, Manchester, Saturday 25 October
Palladium, London, Sunday 26 October
Palladium, London, Monday 27 October
Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow, Wednesday 29 October

Tickets for Gillian Welch & David Rawlings’ UK and Ireland tour go on sale at 10am on Friday 14 October; main picture: Alysse Gafkjen.