George Ezra is set to play a second date at the Manchester AO Arena, due to ‘phenomenal demand’ for tickets. The new date will be September 17, the night after the previously announced show.
Tickets for the newly announced date are all set to go on sale at 10am tomorrow morning (June 16). Ezra is hitting the road on the back of his album Gold Rush Kid, which was released in the UK last week.
He’ll mark the release first with a major show at Finsbury Park in London in July, supported by Stockport’s own Blossoms, Holly Humberstone, Mimi Webb, The Big Moon, Mychelle and the London International Gospel Choir.
The star is also hoping to offset the environmental impact of the tour, by providing a large donation to the National Trust, which will use it to plant 17,000 trees.
He said: “I am conscious that creating, touring and promoting a record has an impact on the environment, so I am delighted to announce I will be working with YouTube Music as their Sustainability Partner for 2022.
“They have very generously provided a significant financial contribution to support a cause of my choosing; this is going to be The National Trust, who are working hard to reverse the decline in nature and reduce the impact of climate change by planting trees and restoring landscapes. Together, we’ll directly use this money to plant 17,000 trees across the UK.”
National Trust Director General Hilary McGrady said: “We are enormously grateful to George for this donation, and it serves as an important reminder that only by a collective will and everyone playing their part will we help reverse some of the impacts of climate change and help the nation to reach net zero.
“This gift represents an important step as part of our ambition to try and tackle the effects of climate change. We are planting the trees in the right places to maximise the impact they will have in locking in carbon.”
Here are his tour dates in full:
July 17 - Finsbury Park, London
September 13 - M&S Bank Arena, Liverpool
September 14 - Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff
September 16 - The AO Arena, Manchester
September 17 - The AO Arena, Manchester
September 20 - Utilita Arena, Newcastle upon Tyne
September 22 - Utilita Arena, Birmingham
September 25 - P&J Live, Aberdeen
September 26 - The Ovo Hydro, Glasgow
September 28 - SSE Arena, Belfast
September 29 - 3Arena, Dublin
October 1 - Motorpoint Arena, Nottingham
October 2 - Utilita Arena, Sheffield
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