Wolf Alice’s Joff Oddie to sit out upcoming North American tour “as I’m awaiting the birth of my first baby”

Wolf Alice guitarist Joff Oddie has announced that he will be missing the band’s upcoming North American tour, due to the impending birth of his first child.

The Mercury Prize-winning act have a number of dates lined up for the rest of the year, having recently made their comeback with the epic single ‘Bloom Baby Bloom’ and fourth album, ‘The Clearing’. The North American tour begins at the Buckhead Theatre in Atlanta on September 10, before playing 10 more dates across the US and Canada for the duration of September.

The rock group will then travel across mainland Europe in November, before playing seven dates across the UK and Ireland, starting November 28 at the AO Arena in Manchester and ending on December 10 in Dublin’s 3Arena.

A full list of shows are below. Visit here for tickets to UK dates and here for international options.

This afternoon (September 8), Oddie posted on the band’s official Facebook page: “Hey Joff here. Just wanted to let you all know I won’t be joining the guys on our North American tour as I’m awaiting the birth of my first baby. I’m sad I won’t be with you but I’ll be leaving you in the capable hands of John Victor who is one of my fav all time guitarists and a lovely man to boot.”

Victor is a member of indie rock outfit Gengahr, whose last release was the album ‘Red Sun Titans’ in 2023, which was accompanied by a 14-date UK and European tour.

Wolf Alice’s 2025 tour dates are:

SEPTEMBER
10 – Buckhead Theatre, Atlanta, GA
12 – 9:30 Club, Washington, DC
15 – Union Transfer, Philadelphia, PA
19 – Brooklyn Paramount, Brooklyn, NY
20 – House Of Blues, Boston, MA
22 – Beanfield Theatre, Montreal, QB
23 – History, Toronto, ON
25 – Newport Music Hall, Columbus, OH
26 – The Vic, Chicago, IL
27 – First Avenue, Minneapolis, MN
30 – Emo’s, Austin, TX

NOVEMBER
5 – Annexet, Stockholm (Sweden)
6 – KB Hallen, Copenhagen (Denmark)
7 – Georg Elser Halle, Hamburg (Germany)
9 – Progresja, Warsaw (Poland)
10 – Lucerna Great Hall, Prague (Czech Republic)
11 – Barba Negra Red Stage, Budapest (Hungary)
13 – Alcatraz, Milan (Italy)
14 – Le Transbordeur, Lyon, Villeurbanne (France)
15 – Bikini, Toulouse (France)
17 – Palladium, Cologne (Germany)
19 – Columbiahalle, Berlin (Germany)
20 – Tonhalle, Munich (Germany)
21 – Den Atelier, Luxembourg City (Luxemboug)
23 – Adas Live, Amsterdam (Netherlands)
24 – Forest National, Brussels (Belgium)
25 – Le Zenith, Paris (France)
28 – AO Arena, Manchester (UK)
29 – Utilita Arena, Birmingham (UK)

DECEMBER
1 – Utilita Arena, Cardiff (UK)
3 – The O2, London (UK)
5 – First Direct Arena, Leeds (UK)
7 – OVO Hydro, Glasgow (UK)
10 – 3Arena, Dublin (Ireland)

Last month, NME gave ‘The Clearing’ a five-star review, saying: “Just as we all (hopefully) get older and wiser with every year, Wolf Alice are the kind of band that keep on getting better with every record, and here, they raise the bar on themselves once again.”

Recently, the band performed a cover of Olivia Dean’s ‘Nice To Each Other’ in the BBC Radio One Live Lounge.