Following the 40th anniversary of his landmark album ‘Suddenly’ and special vinyl re-release, last September Billy Ocean announced a huge UK tour for this June, which is titled ‘The Very Best of Billy Ocean’. This will see him perform all of his greatest hits and fan favourites across the UK including a very special show at London’s iconic Royal Albert Hall.
Billy Ocean had enjoyed chart success with a pair of No.2 hits prior to ‘Suddenly’ (namely ‘Love Really Hurts Without You’, and ‘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 No.1 in the States and No.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 June. Tickets went on general sale on Friday 27th September and according to his latest concert flyer 13 of the 17 dates have now sold out, with only a limited amount of tickets still available for his Brighton Centre show on Friday 13th June, Leeds First Direct Arena on Saturday 21st June, Cardiff Utilita Arena on Saturday 28th June, and and Birmingham BP Pulse Live on Saturday 5th July shows.
Find yours at www.gigsandtours.com and www.ticketmaster.co.uk.
Tickets for the Brighton Centre concert can also be found HERE.
UK TOUR DATES 2025:
Wed 04 June – Manchester O2 Apollo (Sold Out)
Fri 06 June – Glasgow SEC Armadillo (Sold Out)
Sat 07 June – Edinburgh Usher Hall (Sold Out)
Mon 09 June – Newcastle O2 City Hall(Sold Out)
Wed 11 June – Bristol Beacon (Sold Out)
Fri 13 June – Brighton Centre (Limited Tickets)
Sat 14 June – Bournemouth International Centre (Sold Out)
Fri 20 June – Blackpool Opera House (Sold Out)
Sat 21 June – Leeds First Direct Arena (Limited Tickets)
Mon 23 June – Liverpool Empire Theatre (Sold Out)
Wed 25 June – London Royal Albert Hall (Sold Out)
Fri 27 June – University of Wolverhampton at The Civic Hall (Sold Out)
Sat 28 June – Cardiff Utilita Arena (Limited Tickets)
Mon 30 June – Nottingham Royal Concert Hall (Sold Out)
Wed 02 July – Stockton Globe (Sold Out)
Fri 04 July – Oxford New Theatre (Sold Out)
Sat 05 July – Birmingham PD Pulse Live (Limited Tickets)
