aaamusic | On 10, Nov 2010

2011 UK TOUR ANNOUNCED

Wednesday 10 November 2010 – American superstar singer-songwriter Ne-Yo has announced that he is set to embark on his next adventure in UK arenas in 2011. Kicking off on Tuesday 22 February at the Glasgow SECC, the global superstar will play 6 UK dates including a show at London’s O2 Arena on Saturday 26 February. Tickets for the tour go on sale at 9am on Friday 12 November.

Full UK Tour Dates:

FEBRUARY 2011
Tuesday 22                  Glasgow SECC
Wednesday 23             Liverpool Arena
Friday 25                      Manchester MEN
Saturday 26                 London O2

MARCH 2011
Wednesday 2               Birmingham NIA
Thursday 3                   Newcastle Arena

This is the first opportunity for UK fans to see Ne-Yo since his show stopping performances in the UK in 2009. The dates follow the release of Ne-Yo’s fourth studio album the impressive ‘Libra Scale’ which was released on 1 November and includes the smash hit singles “Beautiful Monster”, which reached No.1 in the UK charts, “Champagne Life” and “One in a Million” which is currently soaring through the charts.

Having started out his career as a songwriter, with past successes including “Let Me Love You” written for Mario, Ne-Yo was signed to Def Jam by LA Reid. His debut album ‘In My Own Words’ was released in 2006 and went straight in at number one in the US with hit single “So Sick”. Success followed with the release of ‘Because of You’ in 2007 which also topped the US charts while his third studio album ‘Year of the Gentleman’ released 2008 produced massive singles including “Closer” and “Miss Independent” and earned Ne-Yo four Grammy nominations. With collaborations with the likes of Beyonce, Rihanna and Leona Lewis, Ne-Yo has also won two MOBO’s and been nominated for two Video Music Awards.

Tickets on sale from 9am on Friday 12 November and available from:
www.aeglive.co.uk
or by calling 08444 775 775