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MAN WITH A MISSION have announced their 15th anniversary HOWLING ACROSS THE WORLD UK & European tour dates for October 2025. The Japanese superstars will play three shows in the UK starting with London’s Shepherd’s Bush Empire (Oct 2nd), Manchester O2 Ritz (3rd) and Birmingham XOYO (5th), before heading off across Europe for nine dates.

In a video message to fans about the tour MAN WITH A MISSION guitarist, vocalist and rapper Jean-Ken Johnny says, “This year marks our 15th anniversary and to celebrate it, we're bringing you MAN WITH A MISSION, THE 15TH MISSION, HOWLING ACROSS THE WORLD TOUR 2025. This fall we'll be hitting the stages across the UK and Europe. Make sure and check out our newest EP, dropping on March 12th. Please listen to it, repeat it, and get ready. We're so excited to meet you all, return, and see you all again.”

The half man, half wolf rock phenomenon will release their new XV EP via Century Media as part of the year of 15th anniversary celebrations. The EP will be available digitally everywhere on March 12th, with an international physical release to follow later in the year.

The XV EP features 12 tracks, including four brand new songs - the heavy ‘Vertigo’, uplifting ‘Circles’, touching rock ballad ‘whispers of the fake’ and lead single ‘REACHING FOR THE SKY’. A taste of their frenzied and feral live shows can also be heard with eight live tracks featuring on their record, captured from their latest ‘Kizuna no Kiseki’ world tour. The live songs on the XV EP were recorded at Pabellón Oeste del Palacio de los Deportes, Mexico City in 2024 with songs pulling from their extensive catalogue of 15 years as a band.

Consisting of Tokyo Tanaka (vocals), Jean-Ken Johnny (guitar, vocals, rap), Kamikaze Boy (bass), DJ Santa Monica (DJ), Spear Rib (drums), MAN WITH A MISSION are one of the most successful rock bands in Asia today. They regularly sell out arenas across their homeland and have also completed sold-out headline tours of the UK, Europe and US. MAN WITH A MISSION have been a part of major cultural moments in Japan and beyond. Their songs have sound tracked numerous films, TV shows, video games, sporting events, TV commercials and more.