Wed 04 Jun – O2 Apollo, Manchester
Fri 06 Jun – SEC Armadillo, Glasgow
Sat 07 Jun – Usher Hall, Edinburgh
Mon 09 Jun – O2 City Hall, Newcastle
Wed 11 Jun – Beacon, Bristol
Fri 13 Jun – Brighton Centre
Sat 14 Jun – International Centre, Bournemouth
Fri 20 Jun – Opera House, Blackpool
Sat 21 Jun – First Direct Arena, Leeds
Mon 23 Jun – Empire Theatre, Liverpool
Wed 25 Jun – Royal Albert Hall, London
Fri 27 Jun – University of Wolverhampton at The Civic Hall, Wolverhampton
Sat 28 Jun – Utilita Arena, Cardiff
Mon 30 Jun – Royal Concert Hall, Nottingham
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British-Caribbean R&B singer with a career spanning five decades.
Before he was Billy Ocean, the influential R&B singer was born in Trinidad and Tobago as Leslie Charles. Moving to England with his parents at ten, he quickly became immersed in London’s music scene, and flirted with a future as a recording artist from his early teen years. It wasn’t until 1971, however, that a twenty-one-year-old Ocean released his first single, ‘Nashville Rain’, under the name Les Charles. He continued to use the name for several years.
It wasn’t until it came time for him to release his debut album that ‘Les’ decided to change his moniker, lifting ‘Ocean’ from the name of a local football team back home in Trinidad and Tobago. The album and artist debuted under the same name, Billy Ocean. With his label GTO, Ocean released four further albums, until his shift to Jive Records gave him his biggest break yet. His fifth studio album, Suddenly, was released in 1984, yielding his first number one single on the US Billboard Hot 100 with lead track ‘Caribbean Queen (No More Love on the Run)’. The song went on to win Ocean a Grammy Award, and Suddenly made the top ten in the US and UK album charts. Ocean saw similar success with albums Love Zone and Tear Down These Walls, released in 1986 and 1988 respectively. He is considered on of the most successful British R&B artists of the 80s.
To date, Ocean has released eleven studio albums, with his latest, One World, arriving in September 2020. In October 2010, Ocean was honoured at the Music of Black Origin (MOBO) Awards with the Lifetime Achievement Award. In 2020 Ocean was further honoured with an MBE for services to music.
Encore
As the 'Caribbean Queen' singer prepares for his 2025 UK tour, we look back at Billy Ocean's breakout album in its 40th year
Venue well organised, all staff very helpful and cheery , The main man Mr Billy ocean was fantastic had the crowd on their feet with his second song , well done sir you are amazing
A fantastic evening entertained by Billy Ocean. He was amazing as were his 10 piece band and 3 backing singers. Lots of favourite songs and he encouraged us to sing along. Perfect as it also gave listening time too. He balanced lovely numbers with quieter ones masterfully. Np longer he's survived so long in the trade. Thankyou Billy, band, support crew and staff at O2 Apollo for making my night unforgettable.
Had a brilliant time. His voice is still amazing and he had the crowd completely engaged from minute 1
Fantastic performance 👏 gets better every time we see him took my grandson was his first time and he was amazed all the crowd up on their feet 👏
Absolutely fantastic we thoroughly enjoyed every second 😊
Honestly this man is a treasure! Amazing voice and fantastic band, it's a real pleasure to watch Billy Ocean live! Loved all the energy on stage, great moves and smile and can't wait to see him again.
this man is a weapon… definitely shags loads as well…
Tried to order pre sale tickets from O2 Priority… re directed to ticketmaster.. no tickets available.. complete sham
