01 November 2012
Newsdesk
Plan B (AKA Ben Drew) has confirmed the release of his new single ‘Playing With Fire’ out December 3rd. The track also features the vocals of Labrinth, who recently joined Plan B on stage at the iTunes Festival to perform the track live.
If you weren’t there, tickets are now available for the 11-date headline UK arena tour in February. Kicking off at Newcastle’s Metro Radio Arena, Plan B will play Manchester, Cardiff, Nottingham, Bournemouth, Birmingham, London’s O2 Arena (2nd time he’s played the venue), Brighton, Plymouth, Glasgow and Aberdeen.
Plan B recently received a slew of nominations for his critically-acclaimed album ill Manors, including for the Mercury Music Prize, 5 Mobo Awards (Best Male, Best Album, Best Song, Best Video, Best Hip Hop/Grime) and a Q Award for ‘Best Song’ for the single ill Manors - which he went on to win at their awards ceremony in London last week. The Sweeney, which Ben starred in debuted at no. 1 in the UK box office and iLL Manors – the film – is now available to purchase on DVD.
Plan B’s February Arena tour, with support from Labrinth and Rudimental, is as follows:
01 – Newcastle Metro Radio Arena
02 – Manchester Arena
04 – Cardiff Motorpoint Arnea
05 – Nottingham Capital FM Arena
07 – Bournemouth International Centre
08 – Birmingham LG Arena
09 – London O2 Arena
11 – Brighton Centre
12 – Plymouth Pavilions
14- Glasgow Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre
15 – Aberdeen AECC