Alfie Boe has invited busker Hattie Briggs to support him on his 2019 UK spring tour after hearing her sing at Paddington Station.
Hattie Briggs, a 25-year-old singer-songwriter, who busks regularly at London Network Rail stations, was fortunate enough to be spotted by platinum-selling singer Alfie Boe, while she was performing in Paddington Station in October.
A fan of Alfie Boe since seeing him in Les Misérables a few years ago, she was understandably surprised and thrilled when he came up and put money into her guitar case, and even more so when he messaged her on Instagram complimenting her voice.
Hattie will be joining Alfie as the support artist on his 22 date UK tour starting on March 17th 2019 in Cardiff and finishing at the Royal Albert Hall on April 17th. She'll be performing a selection of songs from her 2018 deluxe ‘Young Runaway’ album during the tour.
In a recent BBC Radio London interview with presenter Jo Good, Alfie said ‘I found her busking at Paddington Station and she's incredible, she's very very cool.’
Tour dates:
Sun, MAR 17 St David's Hall Cardiff, United Kingdom
Mon, MAR 18 St David's Hall Cardiff, United Kingdom
Wed, MAR 20 Cymru Theatre Llandudno, United Kingdom
Fri, MAR 22 The Glasgow Royal Concert Hall Glasgow, United Kingdom
Sat, MAR 23 Blackpool Opera House Blackpool, United Kingdom Mon,
MAR 25 Sage Gateshead Gateshead, United Kingdom
Tue, MAR 26 Sage Gateshead Gateshead, United Kingdom
Thu, MAR 28 Usher Hall Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Sat, MAR 30 Sheffield City Hall Sheffield, United Kingdom
Sun, MAR 31 Liverpool Philharmonic at The Friary Liverpool, United Kingdom
Tue, APR 02 Symphony Hall Birmingham, United Kingdom
Wed, APR 03 Symphony Hall Birmingham, United Kingdom
Fri, APR 05 The Bridgewater Hall Manchester, United Kingdom
Sat, APR 06 Harrogate International Centre Harrogate, United Kingdom
Mon, APR 08 The Bridgewater Hall Manchester, United Kingdom
Wed, APR 10 Theatre Royal Concert Hall Nottingham, United Kingdom
Thu, APR 11 De Montfort Hall Leicester, United Kingdom
Sat, APR 13 Bournemouth International Centre Bournemouth, United Kingdom
Sun, APR 14 Mayflower Theatre Southampton, United Kingdom
Tue, APR 16 Brighton Dome Brighton, United Kingdom
Wed, APR 17 Royal Albert Hall, London
