Paul Heaton

Name: Paul Heaton
Start: 2027-06-05T18:30:00+01:00
Location: 3Arena

About the show

Fresh off scoring his first-ever solo number 1 album today, Paul Heaton has announced a series of major shows in the UK and Ireland for summer 2027 with his band featuring special guest singer Rianne

Paul will perform two arena dates in Belfast and 3Arena on the 4th and 5th June 2027 respectively. Lightning Seeds will join as special guest support on all Irish dates.

Paul will start his summer of shows with a headline appearance at Warrington’s Neighbourhood Weekender on Saturday 29th May – Bank Holiday Weekend. More information about Neighbourhood Weekender is available here.

Paul Heaton’s fabulous new number 1 album ‘Jenius’ is produced by legendary producer Ian Broudie of Lightning Seeds and recorded at Blueprint Studios in Manchester. It features 15 new original songs, performed by Paul and his band with his regular live vocalist Rianne Downey. ‘Jenius’ is Paul’s 23rd album and comes almost exactly 40 years since his first, The Housemartins’ era-defining ‘London 0 Hull 4’. What a way to celebrate his first solo number 1!

The album’s title is a symptom of Paul’s modest style. “If anybody ever calls me a genius,” he explains, “I always say, ‘What?! With a J?!’ The spelling would obviously be wrong.” Fans who tuned in to the BBC’s ‘Paul Heaton Night’ in their droves on Saturday 8th August might beg to differ; viewing figures exceeded over 800,000! Watch Paul Live at Bramall Lane on BBC iPlayer HERE.

Paul’s songs, both on Jenius and throughout his career, of love and loneliness, pubs and booze, community and counsel, a nod to football, the state of the nation, and the overall wisdom of kindness – are distinguished by his notably tender voice, his enchanting melodies and a meticulous, effortless craft.

Paul’s live shows will see him performing songs from throughout his career including classic tracks by The Beautiful South and The Housemartins.

About Paul Heaton:

Paul Heaton’s songwriting genius was recognised at the prestigious Ivor Awards in 2022. Heaton is one of the UK’s most successful songwriters, with five No 1 albums and some 15 million album sales under his belt. He first came to prominence in the early 80s as front man of The Housemartins (the same group that gave us Norman ‘Fatboy Slim’ Cook). The Housemartins released two albums ‘London 0 Hull 4’ (’86) and ‘The People Who Grinned Themselves To Death’ (’87). In ’88 Heaton formed The Beautiful South, who released 10 hugely successful albums - ‘Welcome To The Beautiful South’ (’89), Choke (’90), ‘0898 Beautiful South’ (’92), ‘Miaow’ (’94), ‘Blue Is The Colour’ (’96), ‘Quench’ (’98), ‘Painting It Red’ (2000), ‘Gaze’ (’03), ‘Golddiggas, Headnodders & Pholk Songs’ (’04) and ‘Superbi’ (’06). In 2001 Heaton took a break from The Beautiful South and released his first solo album ‘Fat Chance’. The Beautiful South called it a day in 2007 citing ‘musical similarities’. Paul Heaton went on to release two further solo albums: ‘The Cross-Eyed Rambler’ (’08) and ‘Acid Country’ (’10). In 2011 Heaton wrote a musical called ‘The 8th’ based on the Seven Deadly Sins and asked former Beautiful South singer Jacqui Abbott to perform in it. Paul and Jacqui went on to record five acclaimed albums as a duo: ‘What Have We Become’ (’14), ‘Wisdom, Laughter and Lines’ (’15), ‘Crooked Calypso’ (’17), ‘Manchester Calling’ (’20) and ‘N.K-Pop’ (’22). 2024’s ‘The Mighty Several’ saw Paul back in solo mode (with various guest singers). In 2019 Paul released a career spanning compilation of his biggest hits entitled ‘The Last King Of Pop’.

ORDER PAUL HEATON’S NEW NUMBER 1 ALBUM ‘JENIUS’ HERE