If you love getting down to a good guitar riff, some huge bands are bringing their six-string axes to London next year.

Nineties punk band The Offspring, indie heroes The Wombats and pop-rock boybands McFly and Busted are all hitting the road for massive arena shows in 2025.

All three tours go on sale today (Friday, October 18) and fans will need to be quick if they want to snag tickets.

The news broke at McFly’s O2 Arena concert last week that the four-piece will be going head-to-head with friends and fellow noughties band Busted in a ‘Battle of the Boybands’ tour next year.

The Busted vs McFly tour will see both groups play some of their biggest hits, including McFly’s Five Colours in Her Hair and Obviously and Busted’s Year 3000 and Crashed the Wedding.

Both bands have a considerable fanbase here in Kent, which was proven when McFly headlined Margate’s Dreamland in 2023, followed by Busted’s open-air show at the fairground venue this summer.

Tickets for the new tour go on sale at 9am and can be booked online here.

Liverpudlian indie band The Wombats will also be heading out for a series of live concerts next year, with dates in Nottingham, London and Manchester.

The group rose to fame in 2007 with the release of their debut major studio album, a Guide to Love, Loss and Desperation, which spawned singles Moving to New York and Let’s Dance to Joy Division.

Their latest album, Fix Yourself Not the World, was released in 2022 and was the band’s first UK No. 1 album.

Tickets for The Wombats’ 2025 tour are available from 10am. You can book online here.

Those who loved the skate-punk era of the 1990s will be first in line to get tickets to see American band The Offspring.

The Californian five-piece released their album, Americana, in 1998 and found mainstream fame with the record’s singles Pretty Fly (for a White Guy), Why Don't You Get a Job and the Kids Aren't Alright.

The album also resulted in the band being named Modern Rock Band of the Year at the Billboard Music Awards in 1999 and receiving two MTV VMA nominations.

The Offspring will be visiting venues in London, Cardiff, Newcastle, Glasgow and more for their tour in November next year. You can book tickets online here from 9am.

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