PUP announce UK and Europe tour and drop new single, Paranoid

Toronto punk favourites PUP are coming back across the Pond this May for a string of dates across the UK and Europe.

Kicking off in Birmingham on May 7, the 18-date tour will wrap up in San Sebastian, Spain, on May 30. Coming off the band of their stint supporting Jimmy Eat World last November, this will be PUP's first headline run of the UK since 2022.

The tour news comes alongside the release of Paranoid, the first new music from the band in two years, and a pretty spectacular music video full of little easter eggs. It's even filmed vertically because nobody has time to turn their phone any more.

“My favourite part of this song is the breakdown 1:45 in,” says frontman Stefan Babcock. “Whenever we try and do a heavy breakdown with catchy vocals we end up sounding like the world’s worst melodic hardcore band. But somehow it worked on this song. I think because it’s so intense in that moment that it’s actually kind of funny and a bit hard to take seriously. There’s some humour in that and how it plays against what I’m yelling about in a way I really like. Plus Nestor [Chumak, bass] plays the melody from The Lion Sleeps Tonight on the bass at the heaviest moment in the song which really cracks me up every time I hear it.”

Catch PUP on tour this spring at one of the dates below – get your tickets now.

PUP UK and Europe tour 2025

May

7 Birmingham, UK, XOYO Birmingham
8 Leeds, UK, Project House
10 Manchester, UK, O2 Ritz
11 Glasgow, UK, SWG3 (TV Studio)
12 Newcastle, UK, Newcastle University
13 Bristol, UK, Marble Factory
15 Southampton, UK, Engine Rooms
16 London, UK, O2 Forum Kentish Town
18 Amsterdam, Netherlands, Melkweg
20 Cologne, Germany, Club Volta
21 Hamburg, Germany, Logo
22 Berlin, Germany, Hole44
23 Munich, Germany, Strom
25 Paris, France, Bellevilloise
27 Madrid, Spain, Sala Mon
28 Barcelona, Spain, Upload
29 València, Spain, Loco Club
30 San Sebastian, Spain, Dabadaba​​​​​​

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