David Gray Details 2025 World Tour Supporting Newly Announced Album ‘Dear Life’

David Gray will release a new album entitled Dear Life on January 17, 2025, through his label Laugh A Minute Records/Secretly Distribution. The British singer-songwriter shared the single “Plus & Minus” and detailed his 2025 Past & Present World Tour supporting his pending 13th album.

Gray recorded the follow-up to 2021’s Skellig with producer Ben de Bries. Sessions were held in a makeshift studio located in Norfolk, which sits two hours away from London. Talia Rae, who will provide support on Gray’s upcoming European tour dates, appears on the single “Plus & Minus.”

“A lot has happened to me,” Gray said. “There’s been change on so many levels, all the ups and downs and dramas and tragedies and joys that the slow movement through life brings. This record has been a reckoning with stuff that’s been building up like static for years. But I say this with joy and a smile on my face. I know what I’ve done is as good as anything I could possibly do.”

Watch the official video accompanying the Dear Life lead single, “Plus & Minus,” below:

Gray will embark on an extensive tour in 2025 that will take him across North America and Europe. The singer-songwriter’s trek begins in January and extends through April, covering cities in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Ireland, Belgium, Netherlands, and Denmark.

The North American leg of the tour kicks off on January 24 in Boston at MGM Music Hall at Fenway. Gray will then make his way through Philadelphia on January 25 and Washington D.C. on January 26. The tour continues with a performance in New York City at the Beacon Theatre on January 28, followed by a show in Toronto on January 31.

February sees Gray performing in Detroit on the 1st, Chicago on the 2nd, and Minneapolis on the 3rd. The tour then heads to the West Coast with shows in Portland on February 6, Seattle on February 7, and Vancouver on February 8. Gray will play in Oakland on February 10, before heading to Southern California for performances in Highland on February 13, Los Angeles on February 14, and Valley Center on February 15.

The North American leg continues with stops in Salt Lake City on February 17 and Denver on February 18. Gray then makes his way to Texas, playing in Austin on February 20 and Dallas on February 21. The final U.S. dates include shows in Atlanta on February 23 and Nashville on February 24.

After a short break, Gray resumes the tour in the United Kingdom, starting with a show in Portsmouth on March 13. He’ll perform in various cities across the U.K., including Brighton, Swansea, Bath, Oxford, Newcastle, Stockton, Glasgow, Nottingham, Manchester, Sheffield, Llandudno, Leicester, Liverpool, and Birmingham. The U.K. leg concludes with a performance at London’s historic Royal Albert Hall on April 3.

The tour then moves to Ireland for a show at Dublin’s 3 Arena on April 5. Gray wraps up the European portion of the tour with performances in Brussels on April 7, Amsterdam on April 9, and Copenhagen on April 12.

Presale tickets will be available on Tuesday, September 17 at 10 a.m. local venue time. Tickets go on sale to the general public on Friday, September 20 at 10 a.m. local.