Shawn Mendes releases extra tickets and confirms UK support

Shawn Mendes has released new tickets for his London shows on 1st June and 2nd June at The O2. Also released are more tickets for his shows at The SSE Hydro, Glasgow (27th April) and Manchester Arena (28th April). As part of his first-ever arena world tour, the second headline date at The O2 was added due to phenomenal demand. The previously announced Illuminate World Tour will kick off April 27th in Europe before going on to North and South America, with more dates to be announced soon. The North American leg of the tour begins July 6th in Portland, OR and finishes September 20th in Mexico City.

Charlie Puth will be direct support on all US and Canadian dates and James TW will be direct support on all UK and European dates.

Tickets will go on sale on Friday 24th February at 10am. Additional tickets will also be released for select European show dates on Friday. For more details, visit illuminateworldtour.com. 

Shawn is touring in support of his second album Illuminate (Virgin EMI Records), which
became an instant Top 3 smash in the UK Official Charts upon release. The multi-platinum artist’s second offering features the global hit ‘Treat You Better,’ which catapulted to the #1 in 40 countries, has amassed over a whopping 700 million views on YouTube and quickly became his second Top 10 hit in the UK Official Charts since releasing the #1 single ‘Stitches,’ and the latest single ‘Mercy.’ In just a year, Shawn has sold over 2 million singles in the UK alone, of which ‘Treat You Better’ and ‘Stitches’ finished in the Officials Charts’ ‘Top 40 Official Biggest Songs of 2016’ chart, and ‘Mercy’ recently became certified Gold.

Full tour details and tickets here.

Shawn Mendes adds second London show due to phenomenal demand

Due to phenomenal demand, Shawn Mendes has added a second date at London's The O2. First Access pre-sale begins on Wednesday 23 November at 4pm, Fan Club pre-sale begins on Thursday 24 November at 10am, before General Public Sale on Saturday 26 November at 10am.

Following electrifying performances at MTV’s EMA Awards and X Factor this month, Canadian star Shawn Mendes has announced an extra UK date to his 2017 Illuminate World Tour. Due to huge demand, Shawn will be performing an extra night at London’s The O2 on Friday 2nd June 2017 which will follow a sold out performance the night before on 1st June. For fan club pre-sale info, head to www.ShawnAccess.com.

Shawn’s latest album Illuminate became an instant Top 3 smash in the UK Official Charts upon release. The multi-platinum artist’s second offering, which is out now via Virgin EMI UK Records, features the global hit ‘Treat You Better,’ which catapulted to the #1 in 36 countries, has amassed over a whopping 383 million views on YouTube and quickly became his second Top 10 hit in the UK Official Charts since releasing the #1 single ‘Stitches,’ and the current single ‘Mercy.’

Following a recent sold-out headline show at one of New York’s most distinguished venues, Madison Square Garden, the Illuminate World Tour will see the Canadian native embark on his first-ever set of arena performances across the world. The huge string of 45 shows will kick off in the UK at Glasgow’s SSE Hydro on 27 April 2017 and will continue across Europe and North America until 23 August 2017. The tour will now stop off at London’s The O2 for two consecutive nights as well as Manchester Arena along the way. First Access pre-sale begins on Wednesday 23 November at 4pm, Fan Club pre-sale begins on Thursday 24 November at 10am, before General Public Sale on Saturday 26 November at 10am.

Shawn’s powerful and emotive songwriting has lead him to selling over 10 million tracks worldwide, with ‘Stitches’ equating to 1.3 million single sales in the UK alone and 4 million albums globally; his first album Handwritten has now also reached Gold status in the UK. At just 18 years old, he is also fast becoming one of the most recognised artists of his generation winning a People’s Choice Award 2016 for “Favourite New Artist,” named one of Time Magazine’s “Most Influential Teens” of 2014 and 2015 and, more recently, included in Forbes’ esteemed “30 Under 30” list earlier this year. To end a monumental year, fans will be able to catch Shawn headlining Capital FM’s Jingle Bell Ball on Sunday 4th December following his biggest US TV appearance to date on Saturday Night Live the night before.

Full tour details and tickets here.

Shawn Mendes wins Best Male at MTV EMA 2016

Huge congratulations to Shawn Mendes as the singer received the Best Male award at the 2016 MTV EMAs in Rotterdam last night.

Read the Billboard article in full here.

“Thank you so much,” said Mendes, collecting the award for best male from model Jourdan Dunne at Rotterdam’s Ahoy arena and dedicating it to his “incredible fans worldwide.”

“You guys are outstanding,” said the singer who also used the occasion to wish happy birthday to his mum to loud cheers from the crowd. Earlier in the show, Mendes performed a stirring rendition of his hit “Mercy” from within a inverted holographic pyramid, which slowly lifted to reveal the 18 year-old seated at a piano. He also triumphed in the Canadian category of the worldwide act prize.

Shawn Mendes wins two awards at Radio One Teen Awards

What a weekend for Shawn Mendes! He was the big winner at this year's BBC Radio One Teen Awards, scooping the prize for Best International Solo Artist and Best Single for Stitches.

Shawn also performed his latest single Mercy. Missed it? Watch again here.

Sunday evening saw Shawn appear on ITV's The X Factor, bringing the house down with his performance of Mercy which you can watch again here. Skip to 16 minutes.

Shawn returns to the UK with his Illuminate World Tour in 2017. See him live in Glasgow (27 April) and Manchester (28 April) and London (1 June). Tickets and full details here.