ShareWolf Alice performing their The Clearing Tour at The Motorpoint Arena Nottingham on Monday 8th December 2025.
Images and Review by Kevin Cooper
English rock band Wolf Alice thundered into Nottingham on Monday night to entertain a sold out crowd at the Motorpoint Arena, and their commanding stage presence was an absolute pleasure to behold.
This arena tour is to celebrate the release of their fourth studio album, The Clearing, and is a culmination of a career spent putting in the hours which has resulted in a number of music accolades with even this latest album earning them their fourth Mercury nod.
After the band took their place on stage, front woman Ellie Rowsell burst from behind a dazzling wall of metallic streamers and opened with Thorns, an opulent piano led new song which immediately had the crowd’s attention. Bloom Baby Bloom was followed by White Horse which saw drummer Joel Amey take the lead vocals and Rowsell joining him for a dreamy harmonic duet.
With Joff Oddie’s textured guitar playing, Theo Ellis’ bass rhythm lines, Joel Amey’s precision drumming and the addition of their tour mate Ryan Malcolm on keys, they all serviced Rowsells captivating vocals as Formidable Cool slinked in with lots of swagger before Just Two Girls lifted everything to another level.
A particular stand out of the early half was Bros, an emotional song about friendship. You’re A Germ blasted in before the tender Safe From Heartbreak (If You Never Fall In Love) saw the band leaving the crowd to vocally step in. The delicate Leaning Against The Wall was gorgeously skippy with its acoustic riffs swirling around the Arena, before the sirens of Yuk Foo grabbed the crowd.
Play It Out stripped everything back but the tempo was upped as Giant Peach exploded, clearing the path for main set closer Smile, where the crowd screamed out every word, making the energy turn electric.
After twenty songs highlighting a decade of Wolf Alice’s shape shifting catalogue, the encore pulled everything together. The Arena was filled with glittering phone lights for the delicate twinkling ivories of The Last Man On Earth and finally Don’t Delete The Kisses, their biggest song to date, arrived in a rush causing the crowd to become one delirious and euphoric giant voice.
With their impressive accolades and cult following, along with their musical ability to back it all up, Wolf Alice has one hell of a well earned reputation and this performance showed exactly why.
