PREVIEW: Beverley Knight's 50th birthday tour heads this way
The tour – full details below – will see her perform 20 headline dates across major cities throughout October and November 2023, including a highly anticipated stop at Sheffield City Hall on Monday, October 23.
BUY TICKETS: Tickets go on sale Friday, March 24, at 9 am – for Sheffield visit www.sheffieldcityhall.co.uk and for UK dates see www.gigsandtours.com and www.ticketmaster.co.uk.
A limited number of VIP packages are available for £131.50, including the chance to watch an exclusive two song soundcheck, from one of the very best seats in the house and Q&A before the main show, plus a limited edition signed tour art print and a souvenir VIP tour laminate and lanyard.
Beverley said of her landmark birthday and career: “It’s been a minute! I am so looking forward to finally getting back on the road with my band again! There is nothing like the energy of a live audience showing love in return for you giving them everything you’ve got.”
The Wolverhampton-born singer has gained a legion of famous fans over the years, from David Bowie to Stevie Wonder, and has collaborated on stage and on record with the likes of Prince, Jamiroquai, Bocelli, Take That, Chaka Kahn, Joss Stone and Marvin Gaye.
Her outstanding live performances have made her a British treasure, earning her three MOBO Awards, a nomination for Best Female at the Brit Awards three times, and an MBE in 2007 for services to British music and charity.
The Sheffield City Hall show promises to be a fun-filled night of classic hits and fan favourites, as Beverley performs with her live band.
This performance, along with the rest of the tour, will be a celebration of her milestone birthday and her incredible career. The tour will also include brand new songs as she works on her first studio album in seven years.
Beverley is currently mid working on new material for her first studio album in seven years.
She’s had several Top 10 albums, including the platinum selling Voice: The Best Of Beverley Knight and sold over a million albums in the UK, including four gold certified albums.
Her most recent studio album, 2016’s Soulsville, went straight into the UK Top 10, whilst her celebration of 25 years in music for BK25: Beverley Knight with The Leo Green Orchestra at The Royal Festival Hall was testament to her career of hits.
In recent years, Wolverhampton born Knight has forged a formidable parallel career in theatre.
Her West End debut was the starring role in The Bodyguard followed by leading the Tony winning Memphis The Musical. At the request of Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber she joined the cast of Cats, playing the iconic role of Grizabella.
In 2021 Beverley took the lead in The Drifters Girl, at the Garrick Theatre, as the formidable manager of soul group The Drifters, which was Olivier nominated Best New Musical, and Beverley for Best Actress.
Following a sold-out summer last year playing Deloris Van Cater opposite Jennifer Saunders in the revival of Sister Act, Beverley was delighted to return to London’s iconic Old Vic for the new production of Sylvia.
Currently starring to huge acclaim as Emmeline Pankhurst, Beverley has been nominated for Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Musical at the Olivier Awards in April. The show uniting dance, hip hop, funk & soul to tell the revolutionary story of the Suffragette movement has also received nominations for Best New Musical and Best Choreographer (Kate Prince).
Beverley is also currently on screen every Saturday night as a panel judge in ITV’s talent 2nd series of Starstruck.
Broadcasting work beyond this current hit show, include presenting 4 series of Radio 2 show, Beverley’s Gospel Nights, and two series of the BBC1 show, Just the Two of Us.
She recently appeared in the all-star cast of Amazon’s new live action movie Cinderella (2021) with Camilla Cabello in the title role.
UK TOUR DATES 2023
OCTOBER
17 - Reading Hexagon
18 - Bath Forum
19 - Cardiff St David's Hall
21 - Aylesbury Waterside Theatre
23 - Sheffield City Hall
24 - Nottingham Royal Concert Hall
16 - Glasgow SEC Armadillo
28 - Gateshead Sage
29 - Northampton Derngate
31 - Leicester De Montfort Hall
NOVEMBER
02 - Liverpool Philharmonic Hall
03 - Manchester Bridgewater Hall
04 - Birmingham Symphony Hall
06 - Cambridge Corn Exchange
07 - Brighton Dome
09 - York Barbican
10 - Stoke-on-Trent Regent Theatre
11 - Bournemouth Pavilion
13 - Southend Cliffs Pavilion
14 - London Palladium
Beverley Knight Links
Website www.beverleyknight.com
Twitter @beverleyknight
Instagram www.instagram.com/beverleyknight