Gang of Four, the legendary British post-punk band, has announced a farewell tour for 2025 with stops in 25 cities in the United States and Canada.

The “Long Goodbye Tour” is meant to celebrate the band’s pioneering music, give a hat-tip to longtime fans and pay tribute to the 45th anniversary of Gang of Four’s 1979 debut album, “Entertainment!” The influential band, formed in 1976 in Leeds, made its fame with a percussive, stripped-down sound that blends punk rock with funk and dance music. Gang of Four’s lyrics also made a strong impression on listeners, pointing to social and political topics.

“2025 will be the 45th anniversary of the release of ‘Entertainment!’ in the US, and will be our final year as a band,” Gang of Four said via a press release. “It’s been wonderful, but all things must end. We want to go out with a bang and celebrate with our fans and friends. So, on what will be our last US tour, we’ll play two sets at each show: ‘Entertainment!” from start to finish in the first, and the best of the rest in the second. Come and join in, it’ll be a blast!”

Gang of Four has 10 studio albums to its credit, released 1979-2019, along with live albums, compilations and EPs. In the United States, the band’s best-known song probably is “I Love a Man in a Uniform,” a 1982 single from the album “Songs of the Free.” (A Matador Records reissue of “Songs of the Free” is set for release on Oct. 25, remastered from the original tapes recorded at Abbey Road.)

Gang of Four also charted in the U.S. with “Is It Love?” and “Don’t Fix What Ain’t Broke.” The band’s signature songs include “Anthrax,” “Damaged Goods,” “To Hell With Poverty,” “He’d Send in the Army,” “Cheeseburger,” “At Home He’s a Tourist” and more.

Gang of Four has influenced artists ranging from R.E.M. to Nirvana to Red Hot Chili Peppers, and “Entertainment!” was ranked by Rolling Stone as the fifth greatest punk album of all time — right behind classic albums by the Ramones, the Clash, the Sex Pistols and the Stooges.

“Fusing James Brown and early hip-hop with the bullet-point minimalism of the Ramones, Gang of Four were a genuine revolutionary force in their pursuit of working-class justice,” Rolling Stone said in its 2016 ranking. “The Leeds foursome bound their Marxist critique in tightly wound knots of enraged funk and avenging-disco syncopation, slashed by guitarist Andy Gill’s blues-free swordplay.”

Gang of Four’s lineup has changed several times over the years; the current tour features founding members Jon King on vocals and Hugo Burnham on drums, along with David Pajo on guitar.

No Alabama dates are scheduled on the “Long Goodbye Tour,” but the band has concerts set for Southern cities such as Atlanta (April 29, Variety Playhouse), Nashville (May 5, Basement East) and Chapel Hill, North Carolina (April 27, Cat’s Cradle). There are two shows in Texas, as well: May 1 at the Granada Theater in Dallas and May 2 at the Paper Tiger in San Antonio.

Tickets for the tour go on sale Friday, Oct. 4, via Ticketmaster and other outlets. (See the full list of tour dates in the Instagram post below.)