Orange Goblin, who have a summer of festivals including Bloodstock, will close 2025 with an all-out mammoth farewell concert that is currently in the works for December 2025 in London. Unless plans change, this will be the band’s final year.
If Science, Not Fiction is to be their swansong, then they will close in style. “They have made some stellar albums in their time,” MetalTalk’s Paul Hutchings wrote, “but it’s possible that 27 years since that first album arrived, Orange Fucking Goblin Baby may have just released the album of their career.”
“As Orange Goblin enters its 30th year of existence, we have made the collective decision that 2025 will be our last,” Ben, Joe, Chris and Harry said in a statement from Orange Goblin. “Maybe not forever, and who knows what could be possible further down the line.
“It’s been a wild 30 years and we have had some incredible experiences and are left with magical memories. For that, we are all truly grateful. We started the band with no real preconception of what it eventually became. We started as bored teenagers with a mutual love of Heavy Metal, classic rock and punk rock.
“We feel very fortunate that we have been able to travel all over the world numerous times and have made a network of friends all around the globe. We are proud of everything we have accomplished together. We’ve always maintained a DIY ethic and done things our own way and on our terms. We have never compromised to fit into any specific scene, and we feel we leave a very strong legacy of 10 studio albums, each one a milestone that marks exactly where we were at each point of our journey.
“Of this, we are fiercely proud. It’s not been an easy decision for any of us. We have all given 30 years of our lives to this incredible band, but we feel that now is the right time for us to focus our attention on our families and other interests outside the band.
“We will, of course, be honouring all the shows and festivals we currently have planned for 2025, as well as a few other things that we have in the pipeline, but these could be your last chance to catch Orange Goblin live, wherever you are, for a while!
“We would like to express our gratitude to every single person that has made this possible for us. There are too many to name personally, but especially to our wives and children that have supported us no matter what, our former band mates, Martyn and Pete, the current and former road crew that have kept the show on the road for so long, despite us never making things easy for them.
“But last and by no means least, we thank you, the Orange Goblin fans that have been the bedrock of everything for us. Nothing we have done would’ve been possible without the fans that have bought the albums, the merchandise, the show tickets and ALWAYS showed us and made us feel just how appreciated we are. We thank you all from the bottom of our hearts.
“Orange Fuckin’ Goblin Baby! End of transmission.”
Orange Goblin Final Tour Dates
Fri 07 Mar – Block 33, Thessaloniki, GREECE
Sat 08 Mar – Heavy Psych Sounds Fest, Athens, GREECE
Sun 09 Mar – Mixtape 5, Sofia, BULGARIA
Sat 24 May – Maryland Deathfest, Baltimore, USA
Fri 13 Jun – Into The Grave Festival, Leeuwarden, THE NETHERLANDS
Thu 19 Jun – Hellfest, Clisson, FRANCE
Fri 20 Jun – Graspop Metal Meeting, Dessel, BELGIUM
Thu 31 Jul – Rockstadt Extreme Fest, Rasnov, ROMANIA
Sat 02 Aug – Wacken Open Air Festival, Wacken, GERMANY
Sun 03 Aug – Sylak Open Air Festival, Saint Maurice de Gourdans, FRANCE
Wed 06 Aug – Brutal Assault Festival, Jaromer, CZECH REPUBLIC
Fri 08 Aug – Bloodstock Open Air Festival, Catton Hall, UK
Fri 15 Aug – Frantic Fest, Francavilla Al Mare, ITALY
Fri 05 Sep – Summer Dying Loud Festival, Lodzki, POLAND
