Check out the new video for PUP’s epic new video Paranoid which drops ahead of their UK and Europe tour

Words by Felix Bartlett | Jan 10, 2025

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Toronto punk rockers PUP are gearing up for their highly anticipated return to the UK and Europe this May.

The 18-date tour kicks off in Birmingham on May 7 and wraps up in San Sebastian, Spain, on May 30. After supporting Jimmy Eat World last November, this marks PUP’s first headline tour in the UK since 2022.

If that wasn’t enough, the band have also dropped their first new music in two years with the release of Paranoid — accompanied by an equally epic music video packed with hidden gems.

Speaking on the track frontman Stefan Babcock shares “My favourite part of this song is the breakdown 1:45 in,” says frontman Stefan Babcock. “Whenever we try and do a heavy breakdown with catchy vocals we end up sounding like the world’s worst melodic hardcore band. But somehow it worked on this song. I think because it’s so intense in that moment that it’s actually kind of funny and a bit hard to take seriously. There’s some humour in that and how it plays against what I’m yelling about in a way I really like. Plus Nestor [Chumak, bass] plays the melody from The Lion Sleeps Tonight on the bass at the heaviest moment in the song which really cracks me up every time I hear it.”

Catch PUP on tour this spring at one of the dates below – get your tickets now.

PUP UK and Europe tour 2025

May

7 Birmingham, UK, XOYO Birmingham
8 Leeds, UK, Project House
10 Manchester, UK, O2 Ritz
11 Glasgow, UK, SWG3 (TV Studio)
12 Newcastle, UK, Newcastle University
13 Bristol, UK, Marble Factory
15 Southampton, UK, Engine Rooms
16 London, UK, O2 Forum Kentish Town
18 Amsterdam, Netherlands, Melkweg
20 Cologne, Germany, Club Volta
21 Hamburg, Germany, Logo
22 Berlin, Germany, Hole44
23 Munich, Germany, Strom
25 Paris, France, Bellevilloise
27 Madrid, Spain, Sala Mon
28 Barcelona, Spain, Upload
29 València, Spain, Loco Club
30 San Sebastian, Spain, Dabadaba​​​​​​