SCOTTISH pop star Lewis Capaldi has announced that he will be releasing a new album and starting a European tour after his recent chart success.
The singer, who was born in Glasgow, recently teased a tour and the release of new music in a Tweet to fans earlier today.
The hopes of both were confirmed today in a statement released by the musician's management.
The announcement unveiled a whole host of tour dates across Europe and the release of an album including his recent charting single, Forget Me.
new album and tour anyone?
— Lewis Capaldi (@LewisCapaldi) October 18, 2022
Lewis Capaldi's new album
After his long-awaited return to recorded music, Lewis Capaldi is releasing a brand new album.
Broken By Desire To Be Heavenly Sent is the singer's second nonlive album and will feature his silver-certified single Forget Me.
Lewis Capaldi 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 Capaldi European tour dates
Lewis Capaldi announced dozens of new tour dates across Europe in major cities like Glasgow, London, Birmingham, and Madrid.
Here is a full list of all of the tour dates announced by the Scottish singer:
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 Thu 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
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
Lewis Capaldi's Forget Me
Forget me was Lewis Capaldi's first newly recorded song in almost three years and raked up over 100 million global streams.
The song gained a lot of attention after recreating Wham!'s 1983 Club Tropicana music video.
Previous Lewis Capaldi songs include his chart-topping 2019 hit Somone You Loved which was named the Brit Award Song of the Year.
Broken By Desire To Be Heavenly Sent can be pre-ordered here and will be available on May 19, 2023.
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