ASH bring their busy year of new releases to a close by sharing their version of the Christmas classic Santa Claus Is Coming To Town. Of course, lead singer and guitarist Tim Wheeler is no stranger to penning a Christmas song or two, having released the This Is Christmas album with Emmy The Great in 2011, but Santa Claus Is Coming To Town is the first time Ash have released a Christmas single.
It arrives just as the band are gearing up to embark on a sold out tour of Ireland before returning to the UK for more headline shows in support of this year’s new album Ad Astra in February 2026.
Drummer Rick McMurray comments: “Here we are then; the final month of 2025 and what a year it’s been. A flurry of touring, a brand new album, a summer of festival appearances – all gone in a flash. It feels like only yesterday we were touring with The Darkness and preparing to drop our first single from the album in the form of a cover of the classic Jump The Line. But wait; we’re not done yet. Because we’re wrapping this year up the way we started with another surprise cover, this time it’s Santa Claus Is Coming To Town. So get your reind-ears around this future Christmas classic and let’s get festive!”
DECEMBER 2025
Wed 03 Kilkenny Set Theatre
Fri 05 Listowell Mike The Pies
Sat 06 Dundalk Spirit Store
Sun 07 Galway Roisin Dubh
Tue 09 Cork Cyprus Avenue
Wed 10 Limerick Dolans Warehouse
Thu 11 Dublin The Academy
Sat 13 Belfast Ulster Hall
FEBRUARY 2026
Tue 03 London Scala
Wed 04 York Crescent
Fri 06 Tunbridge Wells Forum
Sat 07 Cambridge Junction
Sun 08 Milton Keynes Craufurd Arms
Tue 10 Exeter Phoenix
Wed 11 Bristol The Trinity Centre
Fri 13 Liverpool Grand Central Dome
Sat 14 Stoke On Trent Sugarmill
Sun 15 Hull The Welly
Tue 17 Norwich Epic Studios
Wed 18 Southend Chinnerys
Thu 19 Birmingham O2 Academy