Matt Cardle Announces 2012 UK & Ireland Tour

24th October 2011

Matt Cardle, winner of the seventh series of The X Factor, has announced his first solo tour of the UK and Ireland. The tour, which is due to take place in February and March next year, will visit a total of 21 venues across the UK and Ireland, finishing at the Hammersmith Apollo in London.

The tour will be in support of Matt Cardle's debut album, Letters, which just missed out on the number one spot in the UK chart yesterday, having been beaten by Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds.

Matt Cardle will visit the following venues next year, as part of his first major solo tour:

• Rhyl Pavilion - 28th & 29th February 2012
• York Barbican - 1st March 2012
• Cambridge Corn Exchange - 3rd March 2012
• Oxford New Theatre - 4th March 2012
• Birmingham Symphony Hall - 5th March 2012
• Nottingham Royal Centre - 7th March 2012
• Bournemouth O2 Academy - 8th March 2012
• Swindon Oasis - 10th March 2012
• Portsmouth Guildhall - 11th March 2012
• Southend Cliffs Pavilion - 12th March 2012
• Liverpool Philharmonic Hall - 14th March 2012
• Glasgow O2 Academy - 15th March 2012
• Newcastle City Hall - 16th March 2012
• Belfast Waterfront Hall - 18th March 2012
• Dublin Olympia Theatre - 19th March 2012
• Manchester Apollo - 22nd March 2012
• Cardiff St David's Hall - 24th March 2012
• Bristol Colston Hall - 25th March 2012
• Plymouth Pavilions - 26th March 2012
• Brighton Dome - 28th March 2012
• Hammersmith Apollo - 29th March 2012

Tickets to see Matt Cardle on his tour of the UK and Ireland will go on general sale at 9am on Friday 28th October.