Lauren Mayberry, lead singer of synthpop band Chvrches, has announced a six-date headline tour across the UK in March 2025, marking the start of a new chapter as a touring solo artist. The tour will follow the December 6 release of her debut solo album, Vicious Creature, on EMI Records, an early example of Mayberry’s solo work which has seen her collaborating with several prominent producers, including Greg Kurstin, Matthew Korma, Tobias Jesso Jr., Ethan Gruska, and Dan McDougal.
The Vicious Creature tour will start with a hometown performance at Glasgow’s Barrowland Ballroom on March 20, 2025. It will then move through Edinburgh, Birmingham, Manchester, and Leeds, concluding at London’s Shepherd’s Bush Empire on March 26. Tickets will be available for pre-sale on November 6 for those who have pre-ordered the album, with general ticket sales opening on November 8.
This tour announcement comes on the heels of Mayberry’s recent release of the single “Crocodile Tears,” which adds to a collection of singles she has shared this year, including “Something in the Air,” “Shame,” “Change Shapes,” and “Are You Awake?” The singer describes this solo project as a journey to reconnect with her creative independence and artistic intuition. “So much of this process has been an exercise in empowering myself to listen to my own intuition – something I really trained myself out of,” Mayberry said, adding that creating this album was about “relearning that kind of independence.”
In an interview with NME, Mayberry discussed her decision to pursue a solo career, admitting to feeling both excitement and anxiety at the prospect of working alone. “There’s always nervousness… For any frontperson in a band, but especially a woman, as soon as you say the words ‘solo material’ people get very upset with you,” she said. She reassured fans, however, that her solo career does not signal the end of Chvrches, stating, “I feel grateful, but I’m trying to be reassuring to them – ‘Just give us a couple more years, guys, it’s going to be fine’.”
Vicious Creature, represents a personal and artistic exploration distinct from her work with Chvrches, which she describes as “fun, freaky, sad, weird, joyful.” The album’s recently released single Crocodile Tears channels 80s influences, launching with kitschy synth-brass fanfare and a bubbling bass in a sparse arrangement that slowly fills up.
In addition to the UK tour dates, Mayberry is set to support London Grammar on their UK and European tour this November. This follows her September and October solo performances in the United States, the UK, and Europe, where she debuted songs from Vicious Creature and experimented with covers. In a recent show at KOKO in London, she performed renditions of Madonna’s “Like A Prayer” and the Spice Girls’ “Viva Forever,” alongside eight of her new original songs.
