Imelda May Confirms Full November UK Tour & Tickets
Tuesday, 08 March 2011
Written by Jon Stickler
Imelda May, an Irish soul chanteuse, described as KT Tunstall with a funk implant, has announced plans to take her bluesy folk-pop on the road this autumn.
Hailing from The Liberties area of Dublin, May began her career in music at 16 and released her debut album in 2005. She won the Best Female Artist of the Year award at the 2009 Meteor Awards.
More recentl;y, on 31st January 2010, May performed at the 52nd Grammy Awards with Jeff Beck in tribute to Les Paul. After some promotional performances at festivals, such as the Eurosonic Festival in Groningen, Netherlands, she released her third studio album, 'Mayhem', in Ireland on September 3rd 2010 — again reaching #1 in the Irish Album Charts — and in the United Kingdom on 4th October 2010.
May has shared the stage with a variety of stars including Wanda Jackson, Alison Moyet, Dionne Warwick, Bryan Ferry, Anastasia, The Supremes, Sister Sledge, Scissor Sisters, The Dubliners, Madeleine Peyroux, Matt Bianco, Elvis Costello, Jools Holland, Jeff Beck and Elton John. May also sings in The Candy Box Burlesque Club in Birmingham. She has appeared alongside The World Famous Palookaville! Burlesque Orchestra at every Candy Box show since it started in February 2006.
Imelda May has announced the following tour for November, more dates could be announced soon.
York Barbican - Friday 11th Nov 2011
O2 Apollo Manchester - Saturday 12 Nov 2011
Brighton Dome - Monday 14th Nov 2011
O2 Academy Bournemouth - Tuesday 15th Nov 2011
The Regal, Oxford - Wednesday 16th Nov 2011
Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry - Saturday 19th Nov 2011
O2 Academy Sheffield - Tuesday 22nd Nov 2011
City Hall, Hull - Wednesday 23rd Nov 2011
Corn Exchange, Cambridge - Friday 25th Nov 2011
The Engine Shed, Lincoln - Saturday 26th Nov 2011
The Empire, Middlesborough - Sunday 27th Nov 2011
O2 Academy Glasgow - Tuesday 29th Nov 2011
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