More Huge Names Added to Live At The Piece Hall for 2025

Four more sensational headline artists are today confirmed for TK Maxx presents Live at The Piece Hall 2025.

Songwriting genius Paul Heaton, Scottish alternative rock greats Travis, Liverpool post-punk legends Echo and The Bunnymen and electronic music icons Faithless will all play the historic Halifax venue’s stunning open-air courtyard next summer.

Paul Heaton will be joined on Wednesday July 23 by not only regular guest singer Rianne Downey but also special guest Billy Bragg, before Travis, and special guests The Magic Numbers, play on Saturday July 26.

Echo & the Bunnymen head to The Piece Hall on Saturday August 9 before Faithless bring their sensational live show to Halifax on Friday August 22.

Tickets for all four shows go on sale at 9am on Friday November 29 from ticketmaster.co.uk

Guaranteed to get the crowds dancing and singing

Nicky Chance Tompson MBE DL, CEO of The Piece Hall charitable trust, said: “Another batch of brilliantly different bookings guaranteed to get the crowds dancing and singing along to some absolute classics.

“Paul Heaton’s phenomenal songwriting skills means we’ll hear a stack of beautifully crafted, often quirky and always catchy songs. Likewise, Travis have a wealth of sing-a-long anthems from their iconic 90s albums which will see voices soar across the courtyard. I’ve wanted to hear the brilliantly unique sounds of legends Echo and the Bunnymen in our venue for some time. And hands in the air moments are 100% guaranteed when Faithless take to the stage with their uplifting and anthemic sound. I can’t wait for the summer!”

National treasure Paul Heaton is widely considered one of the UK’s most successful songwriters, with five Number One albums and 15 million album sales to his name.

Paul, who first came to prominence in the early 1980s as frontman of The Housemartins before the formation of The Beautiful South in 1988, will be joined at The Piece Hall by guest singer Rianne Downey who features on Paul’s new album, The Mighty Several. The album features 12 new original songs performed by Heaton, his band and a number of special guest singers.

Opening Paul’s Halifax show will be special guest Billy Bragg. A fearless recording artist, tireless live performer and peerless political campaigner, Billy has released 11 solo studio albums during an incredible 40-year career.

“Rock music’s top table”

It is 27 years since multi-platinum and BRIT award winners Travis – Fran Healy, Dougie Payne, Andy Dunlop and Neil Primrose – released their debut album, Good Feeling (1997).

It was the Glasgow band’s second album, The Man Who (1999), which catapulted them to worldwide fame. The record – which featured such classics as ‘Driftwood’, ‘Why Does It Always Rain on Me’, ‘Writing To Reach You and Turn’ – spent nine weeks at Number One on the UK Albums Chart.

Their third album, The Invisible Band (2001) again topped the UK charts and cemented their place at British rock music’s top table with such timeless songs as ‘Sing’, ‘Side’ and ‘Flowers in the Window’.

The band’s subsequent discography includes studio albums 12 Memories (2003), The Boy with No Name (2007), Ode to J. Smith (2008), Where You Stand (2013), Everything at Once (2016), 10 Songs (2020) and this year’s stunning L.A Times, which featured the hit single ‘Gaslight’.

Opening the show will be Mercury Prize nominees The Magic Numbers.

Influential

Liverpool’s beloved rock icons Echo & The Bunnymen remain as influential as they are revered five decades on from their formation in 1978.

Frontman Ian McCulloch and long-time collaborator Will Sergeant continue to deliver neo-psychedelic masterpieces. Hits likes ‘The Killing Moon’, ‘The Cutter’, ‘Lips Like Sugar’, ‘Dancing Horses’ and ‘Nothing Lasts Forever’ have won them legions of fans around the world.

Later this week, on November 29, and to mark its 25th anniversary, London Records will release Echo & The Bunnymen’s classic album What Are You Going To Do With Your Life? on vinyl for the very first time.

Electronic music legends Faithless continue to prove it is possible to achieve both critical and commercial success while delivering boundary-pushing dance music with feeling and integrity.

Almost 30 years on from the release of their critically acclaimed debut album, Reverence, Faithless have established themselves as one of the most influential electronic acts of the 21st century – selling more than 20 million albums, including 17 Top 40 singles, six Top 10 albums (three at Number One), and amassing more than a billion combined streams to date.

The band’s cultural significance is unparalleled – leading the charge of dance acts cutting through on a global level and showing electronic music deserves its place on the main stages. This year’s return to the live arena, after eight years away, saw sold-out shows across Europe.

Travis, Paul Heaton, Echo & The Bunnymen and Faithless join Gary Barlow, Pendulum, The Saw Doctors, Weezer, James, The Libertines, Simple Minds, Khruangbin, Texas, Olly Murs, Rag’n’Bone Man, UB40 ft Ali Campbell, Dean Lewis and The Script among headliners for TK Maxx presents Live at The Piece Hall 2025.

The venue has just celebrated a record-breaking summer of live music as close to 200,000 music fans visited its iconic open-air courtyard with headline shows from the likes of Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds, Blondie, Nile Rodgers & CHIC, Sheryl Crow, Loyle Carner, Jungle, Korn, Biffy Clyro, Fatboy Slim and Bryan Adams, plus many more.

For more information on the 2025 series please visit thepiecehall.co.uk