Lewis Capaldi announces massive Leeds gig on 2023 UK and Europe tour

Lewis Capaldi has announced a huge gig in Leeds next year as part of his upcoming UK and European tour.

The Scottish singer will be tackling a massive 31-date arena tour, including a night at the First Direct Arena in January.

He also confirmed a new album is finally on the way, with Broken By Desire to be Heavenly Sent set for release on 19 May 2023.

The Someone You Loved songwriter recently made his long-awaited return to music with the release of single Forget Me, which marked his third UK number one.

Now approaching 100 million streams, the song also came with a music video that exactly re-enacts Wham’s 1983 hit Club Tropicana, shot-for-shot.

His debut album was the biggest-selling album of both 2019 and 2020 – seriously, this man knows how to make a hit.

His mission with his second album is, apparently, to do the same thing again.

He said: “I don’t want to create a new sound for myself, or reinvent myself.

“The songs I want to write are emotional songs, about love or loss.”

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Lewis recorded the new album with a small set-up of a small interface, laptop, speakers, and a Shure SM7B vocal mic.

He said: “I felt like I was sounding better because I was just chilled out in my own gaff. Also, a lot of this record was made with most of the same people who I worked with on the first one: TMS, Phil Plested, Nick Atkinson and Edd Holloway. At least one of them’s on almost every song.”

Broken By Desire to be Heavenly Sent is due for release on 19 May 2023.

Tickets for Lewis Capaldi’s tour will go on pre-sale on 26 October, and general sale on 28 October.

Full Lewis Capaldi 2023 tour dates

JANUARY
Sat 14th Leeds, First Direct Arena
Mon 16th Sheffield, Utilita Arena
Wed 18th Manchester, AO Arena
Thu 19th Liverpool, M&S Bank Arena
Sat 21st Newcastle, Utilita Arena
Mon 23 Aberdeen, P&J Live
Tue 24th Glasgow, OVO Hydro
Thu 26th Birmingham, Utilita Arena
Fri 27th Nottingham, Motorpoint Arena
Sun 29th Belfast, SSE Arena
Mon 30th Dublin, 3Arena

FEBRUARY
Wed 1st Cardiff, International Arena
Thur 2nd Exeter, Westpoint Arena
Mon 13th Warsaw, Torwar – Poland
Tue 14th Vienna, Stadthalle – Austria
Thu 16th Berlin, Mercedes-Benz Arena – Germany
Fri 17th Prague, O2 Arena – Czech Republic
Sun 19th Hamburg, Barclays Arena – Germany
Tue 21st Frankfurt, Festhalle – Germany
Thu 23rd Antwerp, Sportpaleis – Belgium
Sat 25th Amsterdam, Ziggo Dome – Netherlands
Sun 26th Paris, Accor Arena – France
Tue 28th Cologne, Lanxess Arena – Germany

MARCH
Thu 2nd Copenhagen, Royal Arena – Denmark
Fri 3rd Oslo, Spektrum – Norway
Sun 5th Stockholm, Avicii Arena – Sweden
Tue 7th Zurich, Hallenstadion – Switzerland
Wed 8th Milan, Mediolanum Forum – Italy
Fri 10th Barcelona, Palau Sant Jordi – Spain
Sat 11th Madrid, WiZink Center – Spain
Tue 14th Stuttgart, Schleyerhalle – Germany
Wed 15th Munich, Olympiahalle – Germany

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