Paul Heaton's double date in Sheffield - ticket details
SINGER songwriter Paul Heaton is celebrating 25-year in show business with a series of live dates to promote his new album - including two appearances in Sheffield.
The former Beautiful South and Housemartins star will perform forthcoming solo album Acid Country on a nine date tour, stopping at the Leadmill on Thursday, September 30.
Then he's touring with Madness and will be at the O2 Academy Sheffield on Wednesday, December 1.
It follows his headline appearance on the Leftfield Stage at Glastonbury in June and sets at Latitude and V Festival.
Acid County, his 15th studio album, is out on September 13.
But fans can get a taste of what to expect with the first single released from it next week, called The Ladder's Bottom Rung.
The follow up to 2008's widely acclaimed The Cross Eyed Rambler, Acid Country is Paul's 15th studio album.
Recorded earlier this year with his band in Colne, Lancashire, it was co-produced by Heaton and Christian Madden, of The Earlies. It features guest vocals from Sally Ellyson of New York's Hem and Ruth Skipper from Moulettes.
Paul previewed some of the songs from Acid Country, as well as tracks from his previous solo outing and a couple of classic offerings from his Housemartin days, when he embarked on the Pedals and Beer Pumps Tour, in May.
He travelled to 16 pubs by bicycle, including the Rockingham Arms at Wentworth, cycling over 1000 miles in the process.
He started at the Rovers Return on Coronation Street and including a date at the Woolpack in Emmerdale. The dates saw him highlighting the plight of local boozers and celebrating cycling as an environmentally friendly method of touring.
* His nine UK tour dates are:O2 Academy Liverpool, September 20; King Tuts, Glasgow, Sept 21; O2 Academy Newcastle, Sept 22; 02 Academy Manchester, Sept 24; Thekla, Bristol, Sept 25; Glee Club, Birmingham, Sept 26; Borderline, London, on Sept 28 and 29; Leadmill, Sheffield, Sept 30. Tickets are 16.50, except 17.50 in London. Buy at
www.gigsandtours.com or www.ticketmaster.co.uk, or call the 24-hour hotlines on 0871 2200 260/0844 826 2826.
* The Madness tour dates are: Empress Ballroom, Blackpool, November 26; O2 Academy Glasgow, Nov 27; Newcastle O2 Academy, Nov 28; Apollo, Manchester, Nov 30; O2 Academy Sheffield, December 1; Arena, Hall, Dec 3; DM Hall, Leicester, Dec 4; O2 Academy Leeds, Dec 5; Rock City, Nottingham, Dec 7; Intl Centre, Bournemouth, Dec 8; Rivermead, Reading, Dec 10; 02 Academy Birmingham, Dec 11; Arena, Cardiff, Dec 13; Pavilions, Plymouth, Dec 14; Centre, Brighton, Dec 15; Earls Court, London, Dec 17. For tickets and details visit www.gigsandtours.com or www.ticketmaster.co.uk , or call the 24-hour hotlines on 0844 811 0051 & 0844 826 2826.
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