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Level 42 will embark upon The 'World Machine' 40th Anniversary Tour in 2025, visiting 28 UK venues - among them Portsmouth Guildhall. The tour will celebrate this landmark – and indeed breakthrough – album for Level 42, and the band will also, of course, be breaking out many of their classic era-defining hits as well.

'World Machine' was the album that changed everything for Level 42, and set them on the path to true super-stardom. Released in 1985, it was a hit both in the UK and the States, and has now been certified double Platinum. It was on this album, the band's sixth, that arguably they nailed down the sound and the style that made them one of the biggest groups in the world. On this album they refined the funky pop fusion that had grown from their jazz roots – and had already brought them serious success – and truly made it their own.

'World Machine' features the singles 'Something About You' (the band's only American top 10 hit) and 'Leaving Me Now'. It showed the band's progression in style and confidence that would lead to their massive 'Running In The Family' album the following year.

Four decades on from the release of 'World Machine', Level 42 are still in demand the world over. This UK tour celebrates a great album, but is also an opportunity simply to witness one of the most popular and enduring British bands doing what they do best.