Huge Noughties band announce they're REUNITING for a string of arena shows to celebrate the 20th Anniversary of their debut album

The Scissor Sisters have announced they're reuniting for a string of shows in 2025, to celebrate the 20th Anniversary of their debut album.

The beloved Noughties band, best known for their hit track I Don't Feel Like Dancing, will perform 10 concerts at venues across the UK, including Glasgow, Cardiff, London and Manchester.

2024 marks the 20 year anniversary of the band's debut album Scissor Sisters', one of the UK's 40 best-sellers of all time. 

To celebrate this, the era-defining pop disruptors – lead singer Jake Shears plus multi-instrumentalist Babydaddy and guitarist Del Marquis – will fill the UK's arenas next May with their signature mix of hits.

The band plan to perform every single track from the album on the tour, as well as highlights from their three subsequent albums, 2006's Ta-Dah, 2010's Night Work and 2012's Magic Hour.

Jake said: 'It's the 20th anniversary of our debut album, so it really feels like the right time to revisit all the intense excitement of that moment. 

'I think the impetus for this reunion was really a YouTube screening of Scissor Sisters: Live at The O2 that happened during lockdown. 

'I don't think I'd seen that show since it was filmed in 2007, but we were all kind of surprised by how great it was. And chatting with fans during the screening really brought back what a special moment it was for all of us.'

Babydaddy added: 'There's something really special about us being a gay band, a queer band, who really pushed into the mainstream with that album. 

'We want to revisit that because there weren't as many queer acts breaking through in that way 20 years ago. 

'We do acknowledge that we did something pretty unique back then just by putting ourselves out there as queer people. We put queer culture in the mainstream at a time when there wasn't much of it there.'

Del says: ' There will always be a little bit of anarchy and chaos in our live shows. That's the magic ingredient of the Scissor Sisters, and we're definitely going to bring that 'anything can happen' energy back again. 

'This time I want to be really present on stage and celebrate how lucky we are to have achieved what we achieved. I don't think I was mature enough to deal with everything the first time around because it happened so fast.'

The album Scissor Sisters was the best-selling album in the UK of 2004, selling over three million copies globally (a staggering two million of these were UK sales).

Ranked as the 20th biggest-selling album of the 21st century in the UK and the 35th biggest-selling album of all time, the album went nine times Platinum in the UK, and won three BRIT Awards in 2005, including Best International Album, Best International Group and Best International Breakthrough Act, making Scissor Sisters the first act ever to win all three international categories.

The tour will also have a different dynamic as singer Ana Matronic has decided not to join the tour as she has other projects she is focusing on right now. 

'The 20th anniversary only happens once and now has to be the time for us to celebrate that album', BabyDaddy said.

'We've spent a lot of time collectively thinking about what we can add to our show that isn't a 'replacement' for Ana in any way,' Del added. 'She's part of the spirit of this band and we want to honour that.' 

For Jake, reconvening as a trio adds to the 'fun challenge' of working out what their live show looks and feels like after 12 years away. 'The way I see it is this,' he adds, 'If it's gonna be different, why not make it an interesting kind of different?'

Tickets will go on pre-sale on Wednesday 6th November at 9am, with the general sale beginning on Friday 8th November at 9am.