Triple Grammy winners announce 2025 Dublin and Belfast shows
The shows will come in support of their second album, Moisturizer, out July 11 via Domino, and containing the previously released single Catch These Fists.
Made up of Rhian Teasdale, Hester Chambers, Ellis Durand, Henry Holmes, and Joshua Mobaraki, Wet Leg released their self-titled debut in 2022 and garnered No.1 chart placements, three Grammys, two BRITs and more than half a billion streams. — MCD Productions (@mcd_productions) July 1, 2025
On their new record Moisturizer, all five members of the band have writing credits: 'We were just kind of having fun and exploring, says Chambers.'
'We focused on: Is this going to be fun to play live? It was very natural that we would write the second record together' adds Teasdale.
Wet Leg are also set to play a set at this year's All Together Now festival across the bank holiday weekend on July 31 – August 3 at the Curraghmore House Estate in Waterford.
Tickets for Wet Legs Dublin and Belfast shows go on sale this Friday, July 4, here.
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