PREVIEW: R&B star Mario announces new album and 2025 UK tour - here's how to get tickets
BUY TICKETS: Mario’s headline tour are on sale now and available from www.gigsandtours.com and www.ticketmaster.co.uk
Tour dates - full details below - are for April/May 2025 in support of his highly anticipated new album, Glad You Came, which is set for release on 1December 13 - pre-order here.
Kicking off in Leeds at the O2 Academy onApril 26, Mario will perform six very special dates across the country, concluding with a huge show at Manchester O2 Victoria Warehouse on May 3. He also plays Glasgow, Newcastle, London and Birmingham.
He will be joined, on all dates, by by special guest Eric Bellinger.
A dominant 2000s run, which began after the church-bred singer was signed by Clive Davis to J Records during his teenage years, included Top 5 hit “Just A Friend,” and “Let Me Love You,” the generation-defining serenade that spent nine weeks at no. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, earning the singer widespread acclaim.
Mario’s subsequent album, Turning Point, generated a ‘Best Contemporary R&B Album’ GRAMMY nomination as well as two Billboard Awards, and is part of a robust catalogue that includes four debuts inside the Top 5 of Billboard R&B/Hip Hop Albums chart, beginning with his gold-certified debut, Mario.
Mario’s hit-making prowess and status as a superior vocal performer led to a spot on Billboard’s ‘Artist of the Decade’ list.
His expanded entertainment profile includes an independent label, New Citizen, launched in 2016, and a slew of marquee acting appearances, including major roles in blockbuster films and shows Step Up, Freedom Writers, and Empire. Mario will make his film production debut this holiday season, when his New Citizen-produced Christmas film, Style Me For Christmas, airs on BET.
This December, Mario is releasing his sixth studio album as part of a new deal with Epic Records in partnership with his label New Citizen, marking his first solo LP since 2018.
Glad You Came, is executive-produced largely by James Fauntleroy, who worked for over a year on the project in-studio with Mario. “James and I have a similar philosophy when it comes to the love of timeless music. The omnipresence of all of the things that lends itself to the writing process. Our stories, our lives, what we observe and absorb.” The new album includes Mario’s new single “Glad You Came” and his previously released track “Space.”
Sat 26 April Leeds O2 Academy
Sun 27 April Glasgow O2 Academy
Mon 28 April Newcastle O2 City Hall
Wed 30 April London Indigo at The O2
Thu 01 May Birmingham O2 Academy
Sat 03 May Manchester O2 Victoria Warehouse
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