James Arthur adds massive homecoming show to his 2024 tour: Tickets and dates

6 November 2023, 10:29 | Updated: 6 November 2023, 11:26

James Arthur to play massive Middlesbrough homecoming show at Riverside Stadium

James Arthur goes on the road next year.

James Arthur has added a giant homecoming show to his upcoming Bitter Sweet Love world tour.

The former X Factor winner had already sold out a number of massive arena dates and added several more, before now announcing a concert at Middlesborough's Riverside Stadium on Saturday, June 8.

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James – a Middlesborough FC fan – will be supported at the show by special guests McFly and Lauran Hibberd.

Tickets for the new date go on sale on Friday, November 10 at 9am from here.

As with the rest of the tour, the show is in support of James's upcoming fifth studio album Bitter Sweet Love, which is released on January 26, 2024. The album is the follow-up to 2021's It'll All Make Sense in the End.

"It's truly unbelievable. I don't think that I can put it into words," said James.

"As someone who came to the Riverside as a young lad with a season ticket and walked through the turnstiles, it's just crazy to think that people are going to be walking through the turnstiles to watch me perform.

"It's very much like the end of a movie, a full circle moment. It has been bit of a pipe dream of mine to play my team's ground; I'm really honoured."

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The full James Arthur Bitter Sweet Love 2024 UK arena tour dates are as follows:

• March 05 – Bournemouth, UK @ International Centre SOLD OUT
• March 06 – Birmingham, UK @ Birmingham Utilita Arena SOLD OUT
• March 08 – Sheffield, UK @ Sheffield Utilita Arena SOLD OUT
• March 09 – Newcastle, UK @ Newcastle Utilita Arena SOLD OUT
• March 10 – Hull, UK @ Connexin Live SOLD OUT
• March 13 – Glasgow, UK @ OVO Hydro SOLD OUT
• March 15 – Manchester, UK @ Manchester AO Arena SOLD OUT
• March 16 – London, UK @ Wembley OVO Arena SOLD OUT
• March 19 – Nottingham, UK @ Motorpoint Arena
• March 20 – Cardiff, UK @ Utilita Arena
• March 22 – London, UK @ The O2
• June 8 – Middlesborough, UK @ Riverside Stadium