After teasing us last month with news of a new Neighbours event, today it has been confirmed that the cast of Neighbours will be returning to the UK in 2025 to celebrate the show’s 40th anniversary.
Some of your favourite faces from Erinsborough will be taking to the stage in 6 UK cities in February 2025, just ahead of the show’s milestone birthday. Neighbours is the first Australian TV drama to ever reach such an anniversary.
Back by popular demand, following the phenomenal success of The Celebration Tour of 2023, will see 6 dates across the UK including Birmingham, Cardiff, Glasgow, Manchester and at the world-famous London Palladium; home to the best entertainment shows in London.
The show’s producers, Mapletree Entertainment, have promised a brand-new line up and a brand new reason to celebrate in the tour, which will be hosted once again by Sky News presenter Leah Boleto, herself a life-long fan of the show.
The audience can expect surprises, never before-heard stories, and all the inside scoop on what life is really like in Erinsborough. The night promises to be the ultimate toast to over 9000 episodes of Neighbours which originally debuted in March 1985.
The show was cancelled by its original broadcaster, Channel 7, after just a few months, being picked up by rival network, Channel 10 the following year.
The show once again was axed in 2022 after UK broadcaster, Channel 5, pulled out their financing of the show. Just 4 months after the ‘final’ episode aired, Amazon announced that they were picking the show back up for their Freevee streaming platform and the show returned to production in April 2023. Since the show debuted on Amazon in September 2023 it has consistently been their most-streamed show on Freevee in the UK, but is also available to viewers in South Africa, the USA and Canada on the platform.
In 2023 six cast members toured the UK for Neighbours – The Celebration Tour. The tour was a huge sell-out success and received 5 star reviews from national press.
Tickets will go on general sale on 10 April at 10am. Pre sale 8 April at 10am.
Cast of the show are yet to be confirmed, but it is guaranteed to be a night of joy and delight for every Neighbours fan there.
NEIGHBOURS 40TH ANNIVERSARY TOUR DATES:
Monday 3rd February: Birmingham Symphony Hall
Wednesday 5th February: Newcastle City Hall
Friday 7th February: Glasgow SEC Armadillo
Wednesday 12th February: London Palladium
Sunday 16th February: Cardiff Wales Millennium Centre
Tuesday 18th February: Manchester Bridgewater Hall
For full details and to subscribe for pre-sale head to mapletreeentertainment.com/#vip.