Will Young has announced that “The Love Revolution Tour”, his first tour in four years, will start in York on 29th October and will come to the Brighton Centre on Monday 2nd November before continuing around the UK and Ireland and then finishing in London at the Eventim Apollo Hammersmith on 29th November.
The tour announcement came as Will’s brilliant brand new album, 85% Proof, went straight into Number One on the Official UK Album Chart. 85% Proof is the sixth album from the multi-million selling Brit Award winning singer songwriter and represents his most accomplished work to date.
The record is an eclectic, hugely confident and startlingly human record which Clash described as “The most deliciously instinctive and relentlessly endearing pop music you’ll hear this year. A masterclass in delivering a mature pop record.” Meanwhile The Sun called the album “pure class” and The Guardian said it was “A reminder of how good Young can be.”
85% Proof follows up Will’s No 1 album Echoes, released in 2011, which has sold over half a million copies. In the intervening years Will moved back to theatre staring as The Emcee in Cabaret (for which he was nominated for an Olivier Award); presented an ITV documentary on surrealist artist Magritte; filtered his passion for politics via blogs for the likes of Huffington Post; wrote a best-selling biography and fronted a campaign for Stonewall. He also started teaching and mentoring other singer-songwriters.
Produced by previous collaborator Jim Eliot (Mikky Ekko, Ellie Goulding), 85% Proof is a creative reflection of Will’s extracurricular activities post-Echoes and his most personal/honest songwriting to date. Writing and recording for the new record also coincided with a move to a brand new label, Island Records.
Will Young appears at the Brighton Centre on Monday 2nd November with tickets, from £35.00, available from the Brighton Centre Box Office, over the phone on 0844 8471515 or online at www.brightoncentre.co.uk.
