Lewis Capaldi will be hitting the stage in Manchester next year as part of a huge new UK and European tour.
The Scottish singer has confirmed details of a new album, Broken By Desire to be Heavenly Sent, with a 31-date tour to go with it.
He’s set to take on a full arena tour, including a date at the AO Arena in Manchester in January.
The Someone You Loved songwriter recently made his long-awaited return to music with the release of single Forget Me, which marked his third UK number one.
Now approaching 100 million streams, the song also came with a music video that exactly re-enacts Wham’s 1983 hit Club Tropicana, shot-for-shot.
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Album artwork for Lewis Capaldi’s new album, Broken By Desire To Be Heavenly Sent. Credit: Publicity picture
His debut album was the biggest-selling album of both 2019 and 2020 – seriously, this man knows how to make a hit.
His mission with his second album is, apparently, to do the same thing again.
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He said: “I don’t want to create a new sound for myself, or reinvent myself.
“The songs I want to write are emotional songs, about love or loss.”
Lewis recorded the new album with a small set-up of a small interface, laptop, speakers, and a Shure SM7B vocal mic.
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He said: “I felt like I was sounding better because I was just chilled out in my own gaff. Also, a lot of this record was made with most of the same people who I worked with on the first one: TMS, Phil Plested, Nick Atkinson and Edd Holloway. At least one of them’s on almost every song.”
Broken By Desire to be Heavenly Sent is due for release on 19 May 2023.
Tickets for Lewis Capaldi’s tour will go on pre-sale on 26 October, and general sale on 28 October.
Full Lewis Capaldi 2023 tour dates
JANUARY Sat 14th Leeds, First Direct Arena Mon 16th Sheffield, Utilita Arena Wed 18th Manchester, AO Arena Thu 19th Liverpool, M&S Bank Arena Sat 21st Newcastle, Utilita Arena Mon 23 Aberdeen, P&J Live Tue 24th Glasgow, OVO Hydro Thu 26th Birmingham, Utilita Arena Fri 27th Nottingham, Motorpoint Arena Sun 29th Belfast, SSE Arena Mon 30th Dublin, 3Arena
FEBRUARY Wed 1st Cardiff, International Arena Thur 2nd Exeter, Westpoint Arena Mon 13th Warsaw, Torwar – Poland Tue 14th Vienna, Stadthalle – Austria Thu 16th Berlin, Mercedes-Benz Arena – Germany Fri 17th Prague, O2 Arena – Czech Republic Sun 19th Hamburg, Barclays Arena – Germany Tue 21st Frankfurt, Festhalle – Germany Thu 23rd Antwerp, Sportpaleis – Belgium Sat 25th Amsterdam, Ziggo Dome – Netherlands Sun 26th Paris, Accor Arena – France Tue 28th Cologne, Lanxess Arena – Germany
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MARCH Thu 2nd Copenhagen, Royal Arena – Denmark Fri 3rd Oslo, Spektrum – Norway Sun 5th Stockholm, Avicii Arena – Sweden Tue 7th Zurich, Hallenstadion – Switzerland Wed 8th Milan, Mediolanum Forum – Italy Fri 10th Barcelona, Palau Sant Jordi – Spain Sat 11th Madrid, WiZink Center – Spain Tue 14th Stuttgart, Schleyerhalle – Germany Wed 15th Munich, Olympiahalle – Germany
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Nelly announces massive Manchester gig on Where The Party At Tour
Daisy Jackson
Hip-hop star Nelly is heading to Manchester on his upcoming Where The Party At Tour, celebrating the 25th anniversary of his debut album Country Grammar.
The Hot In Herre singer and rapper has announced a run of shows across the UK and Europe for next year.
Those include a massive gig at the AO Arena in Manchester, where Nelly will perform hits from across his career.
He’s lined up some huge support acts to join him on the UK leg of the Where The Party At Tour too, including Eve, Fabolous, Jermaine Dupri and St. Lunatics.
Expect to hear chart-topping hits like Hot In Herre, Dilemma, and Ride Wit Me, in a show that he promises will be ‘packed with surprises’.
Nelly is a multi-platinum, three-times Grammy Award-winning entertainer and entrepreneur, who very recently landed a gig as a special guest for Janet Jackson’s Together Again Tour.
His newly-announced 54-date tour will take him across New Zealand, Australia, Canada, Europe, and the United States, kicking off on 21 March 2025.
Nelly said: “Yo, ‘Where Da Party At Tour’ we are taking this tour worldwide – I got my folks with me Ja Rule, Jermaine Dupri, Eve, the St. Lunatics, and Fabulous — so you know it’s all 2025… LETS GOOOOO..!!! Da Party AT…!!”
Nelly will be at the AO Arena in Manchester on Saturday 7 June 2025.
General sale tickets are available from 10am on Friday 13 December, with various presales live from Tuesday 10 December.
Lidl are offering a reward for their Liam Gallagher plaque to be safely returned
Danny Jones
Supermarket chain Lidl are desperate and in dire need of our help: they’re offering a reward to whoever safely returns one of their most treasured possessions – a Liam Gallagher plaque.
If you don’t remember the rather silly story from earlier this year, Oasis’ soon-to-return lead singer did plenty of poking fun at the Co-op Live‘s opening date being pushed back and multiple cancellations.
The iconic frontman ultimately ended up playing his four nights at the state-of-the-art arena with no issues, but as a tongue-in-cheek testament to his joke that’d he play a “gig in Lidl” if the venue wasn’t ready in time, the German-founded group erected a plaque in memory of the gag.
However, Lidl’s beloved Liam Gallagher plaque has since gone missing but rather than launch a full-scale manhunt, they’re trying to keep up the festive spirit and instead offering a pretty significant reward to the person that brings it back to them.
Don’t look plaque in anger – we need your help! 🚨
Our Liam Gallagher plaque in Manchester, honouring the gig that almost happened, has gone missing! 📷 Can you help us bring it home in time for Christmas?🎄We've got a £500 Lidl voucher ready and waiting in exchange for its safe… pic.twitter.com/VYr5RygttT
Although leads on the missing bit of royal blue metal are scarce, the plaque that was hung outside their Newton Heath store back in June disappeared this month.
Not only was it an amusing bit of history for the brand but the sign itself actually became a bit of an ironic but nevertheless genuine tourist attraction, with people grabbing snaps next to it and it even featured on the Manchester Taxi Tour itineraries.
This little plaque was actually just the start of a weird love affair between the two; back in October, Lidl also dropped an absolutely perfectly placed advert right in front of a giant poster of Liam Gallagher’s Berghaus ad campaign in the centre of Manchester.
Very good indeed.
All that being said, they really would love to be reunited with the memento of their relationship, so much so that they’re offering a whopping £500 to spend in Lidl vouchers for its safe return.
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Just think of all the nonsense you could buy in the ‘Middle of Lidl’ aisle, a.k.a. the best part of the whole shop.
Those who have any information on the whereabouts of the Liam Gallagher plaque should email the following address: [email protected]. The Burnage brothers aren’t holding grudges anymore and neither are Lidl.
Let’s bring Liam home for Christmas. As you were x
Daisy Jackson -
18th October 2022 
