Biffy Clyro London 2022: when is the O2 gig, possible setlist, support act - and when are tickets on sale?

Glasgoweigan rock band Biffy Clyro have announced a brand new UK tour, that is due to kick off in November 2022.

The band have just headlined one of the biggest rock festivals of the year, performing at the popular Download festival last weekend, which is dubbed the ‘UK’s premiere rock festival’.

It’s been a busy time for the band, who performed a headline set at festival, which led to Kerrang! declaring that “nobody does it better than Biffy Clyro”.

When are they performing in London?

Their London performance comes towards the back end of their tour, with the band taking to the stage at the iconic O2 Arena on 12 November 2022.

The band are no strangers to performing in London and played in the capital as recently as January 2022, when they played an acoustic set at the Hackney Church.

Where else are they performing?

As mentioned, London is towards the tail end of the tour. Before London, they will visit Leeds, Glasgow, Dublin, Belfast and Birmingham. After London, they will travel to Cardiff and wrap up the UK and Ireland tour on the south coast, in Bournemouth.

Below is the full UK and Ireland tour dates, including the London show.

5 November – First Direct Arena, Leeds

6 November – OVO Hydro, Glasgow

8 November – 3Arena, Dublin

9 November – SSE Arena, Belfast

11November – Resorts World Arena, Birmingham

12 November – The O2, London

14 November – Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff

15 November –International Centre, Bournemouth

How can I get tickets?

Tickets for the UK and Ireland dates are set to go on sale at 9am on Friday, 24 June.

Tickets will be made available through Live Nation and Ticketmaster.

The tickets first go on and artist presale, which begins at 9am, and ends on Friday at 8am.

Then the tickets will be moved to a Live Nation presale, which is only live for 23 hours. It will begin at 9am on Thursday and end on Friday at 8am, just an hour before general sale.

Who is the support act?

ut on tour with Biffy Clyro this autumn are British metalcore band Architects.

The band hail from Brighton, East Sussex and were formed in 2004 by twin brothers Dan and Tom Searle, with the latter leaving since the band was form 18 years ago.

What did the band say about the tour?

Speaking about the upcoming UK and Ireland tour, Biffy Clyro said – “It’s been way too long... we are so excited to announce our tour of UK/Ireland this November and over the moon to have Architects join us on what is going to be a very special tour. You will not want to miss it”.

Who are Biffy Clyro?

Biffy Clyro are a Scottish rock band that formed in Kilmarnock East Ayrshire.

The band is more of a trio as it consists of Simon Neil, James Johnston and Ben Johnston.

Out of their nine studio albums, five have reached the top five in the UK Albums Chart, with their sixth studio album ‘Opposites’ being the first one to reach number one in the UK.

As of 2022, The band’s singles have spent a total of 79 weeks in the UK Singles Charts, with six weeks in the top ten and 42 in the top 40.