Usher Announces Fifth Night At London's O2 Arena & Tickets
Thursday, 16 December 2010
Written by Jon Stickler
Multi-platinum selling R&B star Usher had added a fifth O2 Arena show to his forthcoming European leg of his 'OMG Tour', which will take place next year. Tickets for the new London show are onsale from 9am on Friday 17th December.
The American R&B icon will now play thirteen UK arena shows, starting at Manchester's MEN Arena on January 26th. Other Gigs listed for the UK stint include shows in Birmingham, Glasgow, Belfast, Liverpool Sheffield and London. The new tour will be Usher's first visit to the UK for six years and will follow a busy 2010 for the star who has mentored protege Justin Bieber.
Fresh from his recent performance at the MTV Video Music Awards, Usher will kick-off his 'OMG Tour' in Seattle before crossing the pond for UK fans. The star is expected to perform his greatest hits as well as tracks from his sixth studio album 'Raymond vs Raymond' and the deluxe edition 'Versus', which were both released earlier this year.
Thrown into the spotlight following his 1990 smash hit 'U Make Me Wanna', Usher's commercially and critically acclaimed albums have notched up sales of over 45 million to date. He is also the first artist to have a number-one single on the UK Singles Chart and the Billboard Hot 100 during the 1990s, 2000s, and the 2010s.
Usher tour dates for early next year are as follows:
January 2011
26th MEN Arena, Manchester
27th NIA Arena, Birmingham
29th SECC Arena, Glasgow
30th Echo Arena, Liverpool
February 2011
2nd O2 Arena, London
3rd O2 Arena, London
6th Odyssey Arena, Belfast
17th O2 Arena, London
18th O2 Arena, London
20th MEN, Manchester
21st O2 Arena, London - NEW DATE
23rd Motorpoint Arena, Sheffield
24th Echo Arena, Liverpool
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