LEWIS CAPALDI'S HOT TICKET

Lewis Capaldi is one of the first artists in history to announce a U.K. arena tour ahead of the release of a debut album. He’s set to play four arena dates in Glasgow, Dublin, Cardiff and London in March next year, alongside two shows at the Manchester Apollo.

All in all, the five dates have the capacity to shift 53k tickets. Capaldi has one of this year’s biggest selling singles in Blighty, “Someone You Loved” (Virgin EMI), which has so far racked up seven weeks at #1, contributing to a total 600m plays across streaming services for his catalog. His debut, Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent, is out on 5/17.

Before the arena dates, Capaldi has a 12-date U.K. tour in. November that sold out in under a minute, including a night at London’s 5k capacity O2 Academy Brixton, as well as festival dates and support shows across the summer with Ed Sheeran and The Killers. The November run is his fifth sold-out headline tour so far, bringing his total ticket sales to 150k.