Sunday, 22 Jun 2025
bp pulse LIVE, Birmingham
Monday, 23 Jun 2025
Motorpoint Arena, Nottingham
Wednesday, 25 Jun 2025
OVO Hydro, Glasgow
Thursday, 26 Jun 2025
Co-op Live, Manchester
Saturday, 28 Jun 2025
First Direct Arena, Leeds
Monday, 30 Jun 2025
M&S Bank Arena, Liverpool
Wednesday, 2 Jul 2025
The O2, London
Diana Ross presents her “Symphonic Celebration” surrounded by an ensemble of great musicians of Soul, Jazz, Rock, Pop and more. The majestic 2025 ‘A Symphonic Celebration’ UK Tour will visit seven arenas in Birmingham, Nottingham, Glasgow, Manchester, Leeds and Liverpool throughout June 2025, before a closing night at London’s The O2 on 2nd July.
For the first time ever on tour, Ms Ross will be accompanied by the grandeur of a symphony in a world of splendour, love and music. Performing five shows with Manchester based Hallé Orchestra, before being joined by the Royal Scottish National Orchestra at Glasgow’s OVO Hydro and the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra for London. Further information on each orchestra can be found below.
Sponsor presales for London, Manchester, Leeds and Glasgow will be available at 10am GMT on Wednesday 29th January with all venue presales taking place at 10am GMT on Thursday 30th January. General tickets will then go on sale Friday 31st January 2025 at 10am GMT here.
These exclusive performances will showcase timeless classics from her iconic wide-ranging repertoire, including beloved hits like ‘Ain’t No Mountain High Enough’, ‘Amazing Grace’, ‘Endless Love’, ‘Stop! In the Name of Love’, ‘Ave Maria’, ‘Home’, ‘Upside Down’, ‘I’m Coming Out’, and many more.”
This tour marks Diana Ross’s return to the UK for the first shows since her 2023 performance at The Royal Albert Hall for “The Music Legacy Tour”. That followed “The Summer of Diana Ross” in 2022, when she delivered iconic televised performances at Buckingham Palace for Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee and the coveted Legend’s Slot at Glastonbury Festival’s Pyramid Stage.
‘A Symphonic Celebration’ Tour dates and orchestras:
22nd June 2025 – Birmingham BP Pulse Live – Hallé Orchestra
23rd June 2025 – Nottingham Motorpoint Arena – Hallé Orchestra
25th June 2025 – Glasgow OVO Hydro – Royal Scottish National Orchestra
26th June 2025 – Manchester Co-op Live – Hallé Orchestra
28th June 2025 – Leeds First Direct Arena – Hallé Orchestra
30th June 2025 – Liverpool M&S Bank Arena – Hallé Orchestra
2nd July 2025 – London The O2 – Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra
About The Hallé Orchestra
Now in its 165th season, the Hallé ranks among the UK’s top symphonic ensembles. With a reputation for artistic excellence, the Hallé remains determined to seek ways to enhance and refresh what it undertakes. Founded in Manchester by Sir Charles Hallé, the Hallé gave its first concert in the Free Trade Hall on 30 January 1858. Based at The Bridgewater Hall in Manchester, the orchestra performs to over 100,000 people every year. The Principal Conductor and Artistic Advisor is Kahchun Wong, and Sir Mark Elder is Conductor Emeritus.
The players in the Hallé are among the finest in the world and have come from 14 countries all over the world to work in Manchester. Many teach at the Royal Northern College of Music and Chetham’s School of Music and other UK wide specialist Conservatoires and schools, playing and teaching in the wider community. All are involved in the Hallé’s concerts in the UK and overseas and are central to their huge community and outreach programme.
Additionally, the Hallé reaches audiences through award-winning recordings on the Hallé Label, filmed concerts released online and radio and television broadcasts. All of this goes alongside a visionary commitment to building audiences, nurturing new talent and developing orchestral repertoire.
About The Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra
The Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra (RPCO) is a dynamic and versatile ensemble that performs a wide range of styles and genres of music in shows across the UK and around the world. The Orchestra’s repertoire includes film music, video game scores, music from the musicals and symphonic arrangements of classic rock and pop songs, as well as new commissions and the traditional core orchestral repertoire, reaching an audience of over 170,000 live listeners per year.
The RPCO continues to be at the forefront of bringing new audiences to orchestral performances, specialising in innovative concert formats and diverse repertoire, regularly appearing at the Royal Albert Hall with pop acts, including Kylie Minogue, Matt Goss and, most recently, Ellie Goulding. It is a regular visitor to the Royal Albert Hall where it has premiered many films ‘Live in Concert’. The 2024–25 Season sees the ‘Live in Concert’ premiere of Top Gun: Maverick, as well as performances of Avatar, Home Alone, a 40th anniversary screening of Ghostbusters, and the final instalments of the Harry Potter series and Lord of the Rings trilogy. In 2023, the RPCO made its debut at the British Summer Time Festival in London’s Hyde Park, giving the Festival’s first orchestral concert since it began in 2013.
About The Scottish National Orchestra
Formed in 1891, the Royal Scottish National Orchestra (RSNO) is one of Europe’s leading symphony orchestras. Led by Music Director Thomas Søndergård, the Orchestra performs across Scotland and appears regularly at the Edinburgh International Festival and the BBC Proms. The RSNO tours internationally, most recently visiting the USA, China and Europe.
The RSNO has a worldwide reputation for the quality of its recordings, receiving a 2020 Gramophone Classical Music Award, two Diapason d’Or awards and eight GRAMMY Award nominations. In recent years, the RSNO has increasingly recorded soundtracks for film, television and video games, with notable titles including Horizon: An American Saga (Warner Bros), Life on Our Planet (Netflix), Star Wars Outlaws (Ubisoft), Avatar Frontiers of Pandora (Meta Quest VR) and The Woman King (Sony Pictures).