Doves kicked off the summer festival season with a slot at the Tomavastas Festival in Madrid on Friday evening then a headline slot at Wychwood on Sunday evening. It was all-change on keys, with Matt Steele (You may have seen him play live with ACR) taking over from Christian Madden. Links to setlists for both performances can be found at the 2025 tour page. Both setlists linked are on Setlist.fm

Tomavistas Photo by @listodelacompra on IG

Tomavistas Photo by @jero_romero_fotografia on IG

Wychwood Festival photo by the @wtchwoodfestival on IG

‘Cally’ is out now

Previously only available as a bonus track, Doves has now released their latest single across all digital platforms.

Talking about the themes of the song, Jimi says, “It’s about seemingly, permanently shambling people, those who just never seem to get anywhere and they deserve so much better. A story of lovely ne’er-do-wells who always seem to grab the wrong end of a dirty stick.”

Andy: A song for the misfits! Possibly the only song that me and Jimi both play drums on. Both our drum parts are used in the final mix.

Listen now: https://doves.lnk.to/Cally

Constellations For The Lonely bonus tracks Cally and Lean Into The Wind have been released on double A-side 10″ vinyl for Record Store Day in the UK on April 12th. 2000 copies were pressed, and they can still be found online for the retail price of around £18-20. Fans reported that the prices in London were around £20-22.

Nick Yates has kindly transcribed the guitar tabs for both tracks: Lean Into The Wind / Cally

Doves have confirmed the following summer appearances.

MAY

30 – Madrid, Tomavistas Festival Tickets

JUNE

01 – Wychwood Festival Tickets

JULY

17 – Englefield Estate, Reading Tickets
26 – Bexhill-on-Sea De La Warr Pavilion Lawns Tickets
27 – Latitude Second Stage Tickets

AUGUST

22 – Solfest Cumbria headliner Tickets
23 – Halifax Piece Hall Tickets
31 – Mosely Folks & Arts Festival Tickets

Doves will headline the De La Warr Pavilion lawns on Saturday, July 26th. Tickets go on sale at 9am, Friday March 28th. Tickets will be available from THIS LINK.

With much thanks to Nick Yates. Here are the guitar tabs for the 10 tracks from Constellations For The Lonely. Nick has also done tabs for Cally and Lean Into The Wind. These will be available after the Record Store Day release.

I’ve linked all 10 tracks below. They’re also available using the menu tab above, where you can also find Doves entire discography that Nick has kindly transcribed over the years.

As always. The tabs are designed so that you can strum along to Doves’ tracks. The tabs may not reflect exactly how Doves play the songs as some of the recordings are detuned and they are designed so that you don’t have to be Jez or play a right-handed guitar upside down to enjoy them!

We invite you to submit any corrections where necessary

Renegade

Cold Dreaming

In The Butterfly House

Strange Weather

A Drop In The Ocean

Last Year’s Man

Stupid Schemes

Saint Teresa

Orlando

Southern Bell

Oxford setlist thanks to Jayne! Space Face was played.

Thanks to Kath for the setlist from the show at the Southampton Engine Rooms.

House of Coco reviewed the gig, which you can read an excerpt from below. You can read the full review here.

It was followed up with ‘Carousel’ and ‘Words’ from 2002’s ‘The Last Broadcast’ which really got the crowd going. Jez, stepping up to perform lead vocals, should be really proud of himself; it must have been daunting to take on the mantle from Jimi, but he was absolutely brilliant and was superbly supported by his brother Andy too.

The live sound was elevated by the addition of three incredible musicians in their own right which included the always-superb Christian Madden on keys.

From the anthemic yet introspective ‘Renegade’ with the poignant line ‘And nothing, lasts forever’ to the dreamy vibes of ‘Rise’, this was an assured spin through their career-spanning back catalogue, as well as serving up highlights from their critically-acclaimed latest album ‘Constellations For The Lonely’ which showcase their exemplary musical craftsmanship and is a bona fide masterpiece.

Brighton setlist thanks to Claire Frost at Doves forum. Space Face was played. I’ll get more reaction from the last few gigs over the coming days. Apologies for the lack of updates! I was at three shows from London, updating on the run proved to be difficult. A full recap of the full tour will also soon follow

Southampton Setlist thanks to Kath! Here’s an exerpt of a review of the show from Bristol247 You can read the full review here.

It finally dawned on me what it is Doves really took from acid house. For all the skyscraping melodies and electronic textures, what counts is the sense that music is a shared experience. The mutual support between band and audience. The Williams brothers are still here out of dedication to the idea of Doves, what it can offer people.

It’s why this felt less a gig, and more a communion.

After the final, urgent pulse and escape of Black And White Town, first encore The Cedar Room sounded somehow both enormous and intimate, Jez’s notes rippling out over the swaying crowd.

Then, finally, inevitably, it was There Goes The Fear, ending in a carnival of percussion, lives momentarily lost (and found) in the riot of rhythms.

These are songs that coax out the feelings buried in your chest. This gig was communal catharsis on a Friday night.