MAN WITH A MISSION announces 2025 UK and Europe Tour

An image of five people with wolf heads holding a flag

MAN WITH A MISSION, a Japanese rock band known for its members’ wolf-headed personas, have confirmed tour dates in the UK and Europe.

The band is well known for their contributions to anime soundtracks, including theme songs for popular anime series such as Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – Swordsmith Village Arc, My Hero Academia, Vinland Saga, Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans and The Seven Deadly Sins.

An image of 5 wolf heads carved into a cliff face — The band are know for their wolf-headed personas

These contributions have led to a substantial international following and the new UK and Europe tour follows a successful tour of North America in 2024.

MAN WITH A MISSION are also celebrating their 15th anniversary and will release a new EP titled “XV e.p.” on March 12th, 2025. This EP will feature all-new tracks as well as live performances recorded in Mexico as part of their North America “Kizuna no Kiseki” 2024 tour .

An album cover featuring the words MAN WITH A MISSION 2010-2025 XV — Thenew EP celebrates their 15th anniversary

The “XV e.p.” track listing for the first press limited and regular editions includes:

01 Vertigo
02 Circles
03 REACHING FOR THE SKY
04 whispers of the fake
05 INTO THE DEEP (Live)
06 Merry-Go-Round (Live)
07 Seven Deadly Sins (Live)
08 blaze -Acoustic Ver.- (Live)
09 Dark Crow (Live)
10 Dead End in Tokyo (Live)
11 My Hero (Live)
12 The Miracle of Bonds (Live)

The European tour will take place later this year once their current “MAN WITH A ’15th’ MISSION PLAY WHAT U WANT TOUR 2025” Japanese arena tour has concluded.

The Japanese tour encompassing 12 performances across 9 Japanese cities will finish on May 9th 2025 with a performance at the Ishikawa Prefectural Industrial Exhibition Hall No. 4.

The UK and Europe tour has been titled the “HOWLING ACROSS THE WORLD TOUR 2025” and is scheduled to take place in October 2025.

The tour will span multiple cities across the United Kingdom and continental Europe, including London, Manchester, Berlin, Eindhoven, Paris, Frankfurt, Lyon, Cologne, Hamburg, Prague, Munich and Vienna.

The full list of tour date and locations have been confirmed as:

October 2nd (Thurs): UK London @ O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire
October 3rd (Fri): UK Manchester @ O2 Ritz
October 5th (Sun): UK Birmingham @ XOYO
October 8th (Wed): Germany Berlin @ Metropol
October 10th (Fri): Eindhoven, Netherlands @ Effenaar
October 11th (Sat): France Paris @ Salle Pleyel
October 14th (Tue): Germany Frankfurt @ Batschkapp
October 15th (Wed): France Lyon @ Le Transbordeur
October 17th (Fri): Cologne, Germany @ E-Werk
October 18th (Sat): Germany Hamburg @ Markthalle
October 21st (Tue): Prague, Czech Republic @ Lucerna Music Bar
October 23rd (Thu): Germany Munich @ Backstage Werk
October 25th (Sat): Austria Vienna @ Simm City

An image of five people with wolf heads holding a flag and a list of tour dates

Ticket pre-sales for the European tour will commence on Wednesday, March 5th, 2025, at 11:00 CET/10:00 UK/19:00 JST followed by general sales on Friday, March 7th, 2025, at the same times.

Tickets can be purchased via Avocado Booking.

Source: Official Website