MJ Cole has announced details of a UK tour to celebrate the 25th anniversary of his debut album Sincere – see all the details below.
The highly influential UK garage producer released the Mercury-nominated record in December 2000, including the seminal title track alongside the singles ‘Crazy Love’ and ‘Hold On To Me’.
To mark the occasion, Cole will tour the UK, kicking off on December 4 in Bristol’s SWX, before heading to Birmingham, Leeds and Manchester and finally rounding off in London’s KOKO on December 11.
Tickets go on sale at 10am on April 4 and you will be able to find yours here. A pre-sale will take place at the same time on Wednesday (April 2).
Cole played a sold-out show in London’s Jazz Cafe this week and took to Instagram the following day to announce the tour. “Last night was absolutely incredible,” he wrote. “Thank you so much to everyone that came through (will be saying more about how special it was soon).”
“It’s made me even more excited to announce this… I’ll be heading on the road this December to play my biggest ever live shows, which will include some VERY special guests at each show.”
‘Sincere’ established MJ Cole as one of the leading figures in UK garage, and he has gone on to work alongside a series of major artists, including Amy Winehouse, Dizzee Rascal, Mary J Blige, Stormzy and Mariah Carey.
He has gone on to record two further studio albums – ‘Cut To The Chase’ in 2003 and ‘MJ Cole Presents Madrugada’ in 2020 – although he has maintained a constant stream of new music since 2000.