After making his eagerly-awaited return last month and rocketing straight to the top of the UK singles chart with ‘Forget Me’, making it his third UK number 1, Lewis Capaldi today announces his brand new record Broken By Desire To Be Heavenly Sent - out May 19th 2023 on EMI Records. It is the follow up to his debut, Divinely Uninspired To A Hellish Extent, which was the biggest selling UK album of both 2019 & 2020. From announcing the single via a TikTok live stream during the closing night of his two sold-out London’s O2 Arena shows, ‘Forget Me’ arrived with high anticipation from the start, and was shortly followed by a true spectacle of a music video that saw Lewis re-enact Wham’s 1983 hit ‘Club Tropicana’ shot-for-shot. The song - now silver certified, and approaching 100 million streams globally - made him just the third artist this year to have a single go straight in at Number 1 in its first week.
It’s safe to say that debut album Divinely Uninspired To A Hellish Extent was a success. Selling over 10 million copies worldwide, the album propelled Capaldi from bedroom musician to superstar. Few have seen a debut release quite like it, becoming the biggest selling UK album of 2019 & 2020, spawning two UK number 1 singles and a number 1 smash hit on both sides of the globe in ‘Someone You Loved’, as well as bagging a few BRITs and a Grammy nomination along the way.
After selling out headline shows to hundreds of thousands across the continents, Lewis sold out London’s SSE Arena Wembley ahead of his debut album release, making him one of the first artists to ever achieve such a feat. Just this summer, he re-emerged to headline his first ever festivals, on top of two rapturous sold out nights at London’s O2 Arena last month. He will now take to the road next year for a full arena headline tour across the UK & Europe.
Tickets are avaialble on the 28th October at 09:00 via gigsandtours.com
UK TOUR 2023 Dates:
Saturday 14th January - Leeds, First Direct Arena
Monday 16th January - Sheffield, Utilita Arena
Wednesday 18th January - Manchester, AO Aren
Thursday 19th January - Liverpool, M&S Bank Arena
Saturday 21st January - Newcastle, Utilita Aren
Monday 23rd January - Aberdeen, P&J Live
Tuesday 24th January - Glasgow, OVO Hydro
Thursday 26th January - Birmingham, Utilita Arena
Friday 27th January - Nottingham, Motorpoint Arena
Sunday 29th January - Belfast, SSE Arena
Monday 30th January - Dublin, 3Arena
Wednesday 1st February - Cardiff, International Arena
Thursday 2nd February - Exeter, Westpoint Arena