After landing the biggest hit of his career with ‘Talk Dirty’ which went straight to #1 with first week sales of 160,000, Jason Derulo’s new album ‘Tattoos’ became his biggest album to date.
His continuing run of success is now extending to the live arena too with the confirmation of his biggest UK and Ireland tour to date.
The dates – scheduled as below – represent Jason Derulo’s first full tour on this shores since February 2011. His previous UK tour, planned for February 2012, was cancelled after the serious neck injury that put him out of action for several months:
March:
19th – Cardiff, Motorpoint Arena
20th – Manchester, O2 Apollo
22nd – Birmingham, NIA
24th – London, Hammersmith Apollo
27th – Leeds O2 Academy
28th – Bournemouth, BIC
30th – Dublin, O2 Arena
31st – Glasgow, O2 Academy
Tickets go on sale from 10am on October 11th priced at £39.50 / £29.50 / £22.50 for London, and £38.50 / £28.50 for all regional dates. They’re available from www.gigsandtours.com, www.ticketmaster.co.uk, 0844 811 0051 and 0844 826 2826.
‘Talk Dirty’ and the recent single ‘The Other Side’ have amassed over 55,000 UK radio plays, and both feature on the ‘Tattoos’ album. Other highlights include ‘Vertigo’ his collaboration with girlfriend Jordin Sparks; the romantic ballad ‘Marry Me’; the future pop smash ‘Trumpets’; and features from Pitbull and The Game on ‘Fire’ and ‘Side FX’ respectively.
Jason wrote all eleven songs which feature on the album, with production credits including Ammo (Pitbull, Jessie J), Jonas Jeberg (The Wanted, Jordin Sparks), DJ Frank E (Flo Rida, B.o.B.), The Cataracs and RedOne (Lady Gaga, Nicki Minaj) amongst others.
‘Tattoos’ is the latest chapter in a career that has already amassed 26 million single sales and 1.2 million albums. In the UK alone, Jason has twice previously topped the singles chart with ‘In My Head’ and ‘Don’t Wanna Go Home’, and has also landed seven Top 10 singles.
Jason’s online profile has continued to grow exponentially since ‘The Other Side’ was released, with a total of over 11 million likes on Facebook and an astonishing 550,000,000 views of his official YouTube channels. In recent weeks, Jason has appeared on Celebrity Juice, Daybreak, Sunday Brunch and Britain’s Got More Talent and was profiled in The Guardian.
