Ash – share video for their first ever Christmas single ”Santa Claus Is Coming To Town”

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