News: Leon Bridges Announces The Leon Tour
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Leon Bridges is very pleased to share details of Leon Bridges: The Leon Tour – a five-date UK/Ireland live run for next Summer, and three European performances too.
The six-times Grammy Award nominated Texan artist released his broadly acclaimed fourth LP, LEON last Autumn, and will head to the UK in July for a spate of shows in support of it including his biggest UK headline show to date at London’s Alexandra Palace Park on 18th July.
The run kicks off in London, ahead of dates at Dublin’s Iveagh Gardens, Glasgow, Manchester, Halifax’s Piece Hall on 24th July, concluding at the Latitude Festival in Suffolk on 26th July. Leon precedes these dates out in Europe to play Mad Cool in Madrid, Cruilla in Barcelona, the Montreux Jazz Festival, Gent Jazz Festival, and a standalone headline show in Paris at Salle Pleyel too. Full listings are detailed below
Tickets for all headline dates go on sale from 10:00am (local time) on Friday 7th February via www.leonbridges.com.
Fans can register now for first access to the pre-sale via Leon’s website.
Support for all UK/Ireland headline dates comes from Leeds trio Gotts Street Park, except London where San Diego’s Thee Sacred Souls and Swedish producer Daniel Kadawatha’s project Arc De Soleil will open.
Bridges has recently returned from Australia having played sold out shows in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane. He commences a full North American tour through May/June.
Leon Bridges: The Leon Tour:
10th July – Mad Cool Festival, Madrid
11th July – Cruilla Festival, Barcelona
13th July – Montreux Jazz Festival, Montreux
15th July – Salle Pleyel, Paris
16th July – Gent Jazz Festival, Gent
18th July – Alexandra Palace Park, London (w/ Thee Sacred Souls + Arc De Soleil)
20th July – Iveagh Gardens, Dublin (w/ Gotts Street Park)
22nd July – Barrowland Ballroom, Glasgow (w/ Gotts Street Park)
23rd July – O2 Victoria Warehouse, Manchester (w/ Gotts Street Park)
24th July – Piece Hall, Halifax (w/ Gotts Street Park)
26th July – Latitude Festival, Southwold
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