The Bookshop Band's Emerge, Return Tour 2025

The Bookshop Band, known for blending literature and music, is currently embarking on the second leg of their UK tour to present their new album, Emerge, Return. This fourteenth release is a collaboration with Pete Townshend of The Who, who produced the album and plays on every track. Following an initial run of shows in 2024, the band has launched a fresh series of new dates at independent bookshops and venues across the country. After a series of concerts in Frankfurt, t
he 2025 leg of the tour begins with a performance at Glastonbury Festival’s Toad Hall. At each show, Ben Please and Beth Porter introduce the songs and share the literary inspirations behind them.

The album features “The Pull of the Moors", a song inspired by the Brontë sisters and originally written for a National Portrait Gallery exhibition about them. The track references both Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights, with the moors evoking the landscapes central to the Brontës’ novels. The rest of the album draws on a range of other literary sources, with “The Pull of the Moors” being the only song on Emerge, Return directly connected to the Brontë legacy.

Tour

Wednesday, June 25 @ 12:00PM, Glastonbury Festival 2025, Pilton
Wednesday, July 2 @ 7:30PM, The Quay, Sudbury
Thursday, July 3 @ 7:30PM, Caper, Oxford
Friday, July 4 @ 7:00PM, Bristol Folk House, Bristol
Saturday, July 5 @ 7:30PM, The Pound Arts Centre, Corsham
Sunday, July 6 @ 7:30PM, Tolmen Centre, Constantine
Monday, July 7 @ 7:00PM, Ashley Court, Ashley
Tuesday, July 8 @ 7:00PM, Caistor Town Hall, Caistor
Thursday, July 10 @ 7:30PM, Garstang Library, Garstang

Friday, July 11 @ 7:00PM, Ilkley Manor House, Ilkley

Saturday, July 12 @ 7:00PM, Wylam Institute Community Association, Wylam

Sunday, July 13 @ 7:30PM, Paisley Arts Centre, Paisley

Friday, July 18 @ 7:30PM, The Cellar, Cardigan

Saturday, July 19 @ 7:30PM, Saltburn Community & Arts Association Ltd, Saltburn-by-the-sea

Wednesday, July 23 @ 7:30PM, Number 8 Arts Centre, Pershore

Friday, July 25 @ 7:30PM, Theatre By The Lake, Keswick

Saturday, July 26 @ 1:00PM, Read, Holmfirth

Saturday, October 11 @ 7:30PM, Canopy Theatre, Beccles