Aloe Blacc Announces Tour

The 'I need a dollar' singer will be in the UK in winter

Published on July 15th 2011.

ONE of the breakout stars of 2011, Aloe Blacc has announced plans for a first headline UK Tour in December. He shot to prominence with the release of the catchy ‘I Need A Dollar’ written shortly after he was made unemployed and which spent eight weeks in the top ten. He followed this up with the hugely successful album ‘Good Things’ which currently sits at Number 20 in the UK album charts.

Tickets are sure to be in huge demand for a man who has emerged as one of the most popular male singer/songwriters of recent years and the tour announcement follows his successful sets at Glastonbury and other festivals.

The tour starts in Birmingham on Sat 3 December. The full date list is:

Sat December 3: Birmingham’s HMV Institute

Sun December 4: Leeds’ O2 Academy

Mon December 5: Nottingham’s Rock City

Weds December 7: Manchester’s Apollo

Thurs December 8: Newcastle’s O2 Academy

Fri December 9: Sheffield’s Plug

Sun December 11: Liverpool’s O2 Academy

Mon December 12: Glasgow’s ABC

Wed December 14: Bristol’s O2 Academy

Thurs December 15: London’s HMV Hammersmith Apollo

Fri December 16: Brighton’s Dome.

Tickets go on sale this Fri, 15 July at 9am and can be bought from www.livenation.co.uk

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