DOVES reveal ‘Best of..’ track listing and announce new Sheffield and Manchester live shows

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DOVES have revealed the name of the unreleased track set to appear on their upcoming collection of three-decade-spanning career highs, ‘So, Here We Are: Best Of Doves’, alongside the 18 other hit singles, album highlights and B-sides, PLUS two additional live dates for their December 2025 UK Tour.

For the first time since 2007, they return to Manchester’s O2 Apollo, heading home for Christmas two nights after performing at Sheffield’s Octagon.

Announced for release earlier this month on multiple formats, becoming the first Doves compilation available on vinyl, ‘So, Here We Are…’ will not only feature the band’s era-defining, radio and dancefloor-friendly classics such as Black And White Town, Pounding and There Goes The Fear, but also the previously unheard Spirit Of Your Friend. It arrives as an unearthed gem, recorded in 2006 as part of the Kingdom Of Rust sessions.

Encapsulating every stage of the band’s storied presence as adored creators of expansive, euphoric melancholia, the running order includes their earliest singles, lifted from their first Mercury Award-nominated album, 2000’s Lost SoulsThe Cedar Room and Caught By The River. Spooling patiently forward through 25 years of music, more recent highs are drawn from 2020’s No.1 album, The Universal Want, such as radio favourite, Prisoners, alongside Carousels, and Broken Eyes.

Renegade and Cold Dreaming, taken from this February’s sixth studio album, Constellations For The Lonely, and 2025’s Record Store Day special, Lean Into The Wind, all shine further light on Doves inspired resurgence following their 2018 return from an almost decade long hiatus.

Band co-founder and singer on many of the band’s hits, Jimi Goodwin says: “So, here we are… a ‘best of’ can be a difficult thing to pull off but it was surprisingly easy once we got thinking. It’s by no means complete but, then how could it be? It’s been revelatory and somehow cathartic, revising what we’ve achieved together. I mean, wow! Did we really write this stuff?”

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Released with EMI North on Fri 14 November 2025, digitally and on double vinyl and CD, offering limited collectors editions across both physical formats, the tracklisting for ‘So, Here We Are: Best Of Doves’ has been confirmed as follows:1. Black And White Town
2. Pounding
3. Snowden
4. Cold Dreaming
5. Catch The Sun
6. Broken Eyes
7. Kingdom Of Rust
8. Darker
9. There Goes The Fear
10. Renegade
11. Prisoners
12. Here It Comes
13. Carousels
14. Caught By The River
15. Walk In Fire
16. Lean Into The Wind
17. Spirit Of Your Friend
18. The Man Who Told Everything
19. The Cedar Room

At the same time as announcing the release of the new compilation, Doves confirmed that the band, led by Andy and Jez Williams in Goodwin’s continued absence from touring, would play a run of new UK dates this winter. Having announced a return to London, Bournemouth and Cambridge in December, they now add a night in Sheffield to follow and an unmissable Christmas return to Manchester.

Inclusive of imminent, remaining summer festival appearances, all previous and newly announced Doves tour dates are confirmed as follows:

Fri 29 Aug – Lindisfarne, Lindisfarne Festival

Sun 31 Aug – Birmingham, Moseley Folk & Arts Festival

Fri 12 Dec – Dundee, LIVEHOUSE

Sun 14 Dec – London, O2 Forum Kentish Town

Mon 15 Dec – Bournemouth, O2 Academy

Tue 16 Dec – Cambridge, Junction

Thu 18 Dec – Sheffield, Octagon – NEW

Sat 20 Dec – Manchester, O2 Apollo – NEW

Tickets for Sheffield and Manchester dates go on general sale on Wed 3 September at 10am BST, with booking links and the opportunity to sign up for advance access with album pre-orders available at www.dovesofficial.com

 

Xsnoize Author
Mark Millar is the founder of XS Noize and host of the XS Noize Podcast, where he interviews top music artists and emerging talent. Known for insightful, in-depth conversations, Mark brings a passionate, fan-first approach to music journalism. Favourite album: Achtung Baby by U2. Follow on X: @mark_xsnoize.

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