{"id":20324,"date":"2022-04-22T11:06:16","date_gmt":"2022-04-22T10:06:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/?p=20324"},"modified":"2022-04-22T11:06:17","modified_gmt":"2022-04-22T10:06:17","slug":"george-ezra-announces-full-uk-arena-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/2022\/04\/george-ezra-announces-full-uk-arena-tour\/","title":{"rendered":"George Ezra announces full UK Arena Tour"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

New single<\/strong> Green Green Grass<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The second song to be taken from new album Gold Rush Kid<\/em>, due 10 June<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Announces full UK arena tour, to follow biggest ever headline show at London\u2019s Finsbury Park<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

28 September: The SSE Arena Belfast<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

29 September: 3Arena Dublin<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tickets on sale Friday 29 April at 10<\/strong>am<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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George Ezra – Photo : Adam Scarborough <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201canother insatiable earworm\u201d <\/em><\/strong>– The Guardian<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201ca sugar-sweet pop banger that\u2019ll catapult his ascent even higher,\u201d <\/em><\/strong>– DIY<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cits arena-friendly chorus already sounds like classic Ezra\u201d <\/em><\/strong>– The Times<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

BRIT Award-winning, multi-platinum selling musician George Ezra<\/strong> today debuts his hugely infectious new single \u2018Green Green Grass<\/strong>,\u2019 the second song to be lifted from his forthcoming new album Gold Rush Kid<\/em><\/strong>, due for release on 10 June<\/strong> via Columbia Records<\/strong>. The single arrives alongside the announcement of a huge nationwide UK arena tour<\/strong>, scheduled for September and October, following George\u2019s special show at London\u2019s Finsbury Park in July.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Listen to \u2018Green Green Grass\u2019<\/strong><\/a><\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pre-order \/ pre-save <\/strong><\/a>Gold Rush Kid<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018Green Green Grass\u2019 is an irresistibly joyful song about making the best of things, even when it might feel like the worst of things are afoot: \u201cGreen green grass, blue blue sky, you better throw a party on the day that I die.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI was on holiday in St Lucia with a few friends at Christmas 2018, with two of my closest mates from home,\u201d explains George. \u201cWe were in this beach bar, drinking homemade rum punch and Piton, the local lager, flip-flopping between the two, pissing about with three local guys who worked there. And this music started up, three streets back from the sea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAfter about half an hour, I had to go see what it was. And there was a street party going on, with three different sound systems, people cooking in the street. I asked a woman what was going on and she told me it was a funeral \u2013 for three people. They were celebrating three lives! I thought: that is not how we do this at home. And it\u2019s really beautiful.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018Green Green Grass\u2019 follows the euphoric first single and album opener \u2018Anyone For You<\/strong>,\u2019 which continues to climb the UK Official Singles Chart and is the number one song at UK radio, with A-list rotation across all major stations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

George debuted both songs to a rapturous reception at his recent intimate gigs in London, Manchester and Edinburgh – shows praised as “a joyous singalong that was impossible to resist”<\/em> (5*, The Telegraph), “blazing sunshine tempered by subtle shadow”<\/em> (4*, Evening Standard) and a set filled with “hooks so plentiful he could go long-line fishing with them”<\/em> (4*, The Guardian).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Listen \/ watch \u2018Anyone For You\u2019<\/strong><\/a><\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Gold Rush Kid? That\u2019s me,\u201d says George, reflecting on the title of his third record \u2013 a 12-strong suite of marvellous, transporting, elevational songs, that more than anything \u201csound like me. That\u2019s what ties them together.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After two blockbuster albums \u2013 Wanted On Voyage<\/em><\/strong> (2014) and Staying At Tamara\u2019s<\/em><\/strong> (2018), both of which reached number 1 in the UK and sold millions around the world, and the latter of which earned him his first number 1 single in \u2018Shotgun\u2019 and won him the 2019 Brit Award for British Male Solo Artist \u2013 it was time to return to heart and hearth, with an album written and produced entirely in London with longstanding collaborator Joel Pott.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

George Ezra – Gold Rush Kid album art (download high res assets<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Following the release of Gold Rush Kid<\/em>, Ezra will play his biggest headline show to date, a special all day event at London\u2019s Finsbury Park<\/strong> on 17 July 2022<\/strong>. Joining George at his first live show in almost three years, presented by Festival Republic, will be special guests Blossoms<\/strong>, Holly<\/strong> Humberstone<\/strong>, Mimi Webb<\/strong>, The Big Moon<\/strong>, Mychelle<\/strong> and the London International Gospel Choir<\/strong>. Tickets are available via Ticketmaster<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He today announces a full nationwide UK arena tour to follow in September and October, beginning at Liverpool M&S Bank Arena on 13 September and taking in 11 shows, finishing at Sheffield FlyDSA Arena on 2 October. Fans who pre-order Gold Rush Kid<\/em> before 3pm on Tuesday 26 April can access tickets via exclusive pre-sale, before they go on general sale at 10am, Friday 29 April via Ticketmaster<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

George Ezra tour 2022<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sunday 17 July<\/strong> – Finsbury Park, London<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tuesday 13 September <\/strong>– M&S Bank Arena, Liverpool<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wednesday 14 September <\/strong>– Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Friday 16 September <\/strong>– The AO Arena, Manchester<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tuesday 20 September<\/strong> – Utilita Arena, Newcastle upon Tyne<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thursday 22 September<\/strong> – Utilita Arena, Birmingham<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sunday 25 September<\/strong> – P&J Live, Aberdeen<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Monday 26 September <\/strong>– The Ovo Hydro, Glasgow<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wednesday 28 September<\/strong> – SSE Arena, Belfast<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thursday 29 September<\/strong> – 3Arena, Dublin<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saturday 1 October<\/strong> – Motorpoint Arena, Nottingham<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sunday 2 October<\/strong> – Utilita Arena, Sheffield<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alongside the tour announcement, George has partnered with YouTube Music to be their Sustainability Partner for 2022. He says: \u201cI am conscious that creating, touring and promoting a record has an impact on the environment, so I am delighted to announce I will be working with YouTube Music as their Sustainability Partner for 2022. They have very generously provided a significant financial contribution to support a cause of my choosing; this is going to be The National Trust, who are working hard to reverse the decline in nature and reduce the impact of climate change by planting trees and restoring landscapes. Together, we\u2019ll directly use this money to plant 17,000 trees across the UK.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The National Trust has committed to planting or establishing 20 million trees covering an area the size of Birmingham as part of their plan to become net zero by 2030. The carbon benefits from the 17,000 trees will go towards the charity\u2019s own net zero ambitions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

National Trust Director General Hilary McGrady said: \u201cWe are enormously grateful to George for this donation, and it serves as an important reminder that only by a collective will and everyone playing their part will we help reverse some of the impacts of climate change and help the nation to reach net zero.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis gift represents an important step as part of our ambition to try and tackle the effects of climate change. We are planting the trees in the right places to maximise the impact they will have in locking in carbon.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

YouTube Music is a music app made for music listening, on top of the magic of YouTube: making the world of music easier to explore and more personalised than ever.  Whether you want to listen, watch or discover – all the ways music moves you can be found in one place – not just music videos, but official albums, singles, remixes, live performances, covers and hard-to-find music you can only get on YouTube.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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