With multiple dates sold out, Billy Ocean has today announced three extra dates to his huge UK tour for 2025 due to demand. ‘The Very Best of Billy Ocean’ will see him now perform all of his greatest hits and fan favourites across 17 dates including new shows at Stockton Globe, Oxford New Theatre and Birmingham BP Pulse Live next summer. The news follows 40th anniversary of his landmark album ‘Suddenly’ and special vinyl re-release.
Billy Ocean had enjoyed chart success with a pair of #2 hits prior to ‘Suddenly’ (‘Love Really Hurts Without You’, ‘Red Light Spells Danger’) but this record catapulted him to new heights. Its lead single ‘Caribbean Queen (No More Love On The Run)’ raced to #1 in the States and #6 in the UK, with the follow-ups ‘Loverboy’ and the title track also international smash hits. The album was similarly successful, leading to his first Top 10 album positions in both the UK and US, while ‘Caribbean Queen’ would later be rewarded with a Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Performance.
Billy Ocean’s success continued in the wake of ‘Suddenly’, achieving similarly great things with the subsequent albums ‘Love Zone’ and ‘Tear Down These Walls’, as well as further signature hits such as ‘When The Going Gets Tough, The Tough Gets Going’, ‘There’ll Be Sad Songs (To Make You Cry)’ and ‘Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car’.
After some years out of the spotlight, his reputation flourished again in the 21st century with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the MOBOs, a return to the upper reaches of the charts with both the ‘Here You Are’ compilation and the ‘One World’ studio album, an Ivor Novello for International Achievement, and an MBE. His recent UK tours have included major London shows at the Royal Albert Hall and the Palladium, while his total global album sales have exceeded 30 million.
Following a run of summer festival shows and a North American headline tour next month, Billy is excited for his major UK tour in summer 2025. Tickets for the new dates go on general sale at 10am on Friday 4th October with all remaining dates on sale now HERE.
UK TOUR DATES 2025
Wed 04 June Manchester O2 Apollo SOLD OUT
Fri 06 June Glasgow SEC Armadillo
Sat 07 June Edinburgh Usher Hall
Mon 09 June Newcastle O2 City Hall SOLD OUT
Wed 11 June Bristol Beacon
Fri 13 June Brighton Centre
Sat 14 June Bournemouth International Centre
Fri 20 June Blackpool Opera House SOLD OUT
Sat 21 June Leeds First Direct Arena
Mon 23 June Liverpool Empire Theatre SOLD OUT
Wed 25 June London Royal Albert Hall
Fri 27 June Wolverhampton The Civic Hall SOLD OUT
Sat 28 June Cardiff Utilita Arena
Mon 30 June Nottingham Royal Concert Hall SOLD OUT
Wed 02 July Stockton Globe NEW DATE
Fri 04 July Oxford New Theatre NEW DATE
Sat 05 July Birmingham Bp Pulse Live NEW DATE