The Weeknd announces four-date UK tour in 2013 - tickets
R&B saviour returning next year for live shows
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After a recent 'secret' London show, r&b sensation The Weeknd has announced four live UK dates early next year. Ticket details below.
The 'High for This' star, who has stunned music fans with his slick, laidback sounds in a world crammed with 'Pound The Alarms' will return to the UK in March 2013. His short tour begins on the 20 March at the Manchester Ritz before performing dates in Glasgow and Birmingham before hitting London for a show at the Electric Ballroom.
His recent London show was an exclusive performance for fans following the release of Trilogy, a collection of the mixtapes he has released over the past year.
Tickets for The Weeknd's 2013 shows go on sale at 9am, Friday 7 December 2012.
Speaking to the NME after his recent London show at The Supper Club in London on 25 November has spoke of the pressure of performing his first ever UK show.
"There was so much pressure coming in," he told the magazine. "But I've played it well because being off the circuit has allowed me to practise with this band back home in Toronto for months."
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He also added that his Trilogy had been planned since his first release, saying: "I knew the second I finished the first record – 'House Of Balloons' – and had all this material leftover that a trilogy would be best."
Tickets for The Weeknd's short 2013 tour go on sale Friday, 7 December 2012. For more information visit Gigwise Gig Tickets. Full dates are as follows.
Wednesday 20th Manchester Ritz
Thursday 21st Glasgow 02 ABC
Friday 22nd Birmingham HMV Institute
Sunday 24th London Electric Ballroom
Watch The Weeknd's Jools Holland performance of 'Wicked Games' below.
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