#IndieLitMagGala 2025 Spotlight: Arachne Press
Alan Parry
October 3, 2025
In the sea of indie presses, few walk their talk like Arachne Press. Founded in 2012 and still run largely solo by
Following a blistering run of outdoor shows, including a sold-out spectacle at London’s Finsbury Park and a triumphant headline set at the Isle of Wight Festival, Stereophonics have announced a major UK arena tour for December 2025.
The Welsh rock heavyweights will hit nine cities across the UK, including Nottingham, Newcastle, Glasgow, Manchester, Birmingham and London’s O2 Arena, bringing their signature mix of arena-filling anthems and raw emotional grit to fans nationwide.
The tour announcement lands just weeks after the release of their thirteenth studio album, ‘Make ‘Em Laugh, Make ‘Em Cry, Make ‘Em Wait’—which shot straight to No.1, marking the band’s ninth chart-topping album in an illustrious 30-year career. With frontman Kelly Jones still writing with an eye for the intimate and an ear for the epic, this is a band that’s never been content to coast.
Their Finsbury Park performance last week was met with rave reviews, with fans and critics alike praising the band’s ability to blend nostalgia with fresh fire. Meanwhile, their Isle of Wight Festival headline set was declared “the highlight of the night” by Rolling Stone UK, showing Stereophonics are still setting the pace, not chasing it.
The upcoming tour dates are:
Tickets go on general sale Friday 11th July at 9:30am. Expect high demand—this is more than a tour, it’s a celebration of one of the UK’s most enduring bands still operating at full throttle.
With a back catalogue that’s soundtracked a generation and a hunger that shows no signs of fading, Stereophonics’ December tour is a must for anyone who still believes rock should be loud, honest, and larger than life.
Tickets here.
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This isn’t a competition. It’s a celebration. As part of The Broken Spine’s #IndieLitMagGala 2025, we asked readers to nominate indie presses
The Broken Spine is a poetry and arts collective proudly published on the coastal edge of North-West England. Founded in 2019 by Alan Parry and Paul Robert Mullen – two school friends reunited after twenty years through a mutual love of poetry.