Billy Ocean

Billy Ocean spent more of his life onstage than anywhere else. Next year, Billy returns to his natural environment with a string of headline shows throughout the UK and a set handpicked with greatest hits and crowd favourites.

Following his sold-out tour earlier this year British Soul icon Billy Ocean has announced a huge UK headline tour for Autumn 2020. Billy will be performing the best of his greatest hits and songs from his upcoming new studio album ‘One World’ which is due for release in Spring 2020.

Billy Ocean is the biggest selling black recording star Britain has ever produced and has sold over 30 million records in his lifetime to date. Having achieved extraordinary success as both an artist and a songwriter, Billy has collected multiple Gold and Platinum records across the world and hit the number one spot worldwide in the pop charts including the USA, Australia, Germany, Holland, and the UK.

2016 saw the ‘Here You Are: The Best Of Billy Ocean’ album released in the UK, gaining a Top 10 chart position at Number 4 this was Billy’s highest charting album since 1989. This year Billy celebrated the 35th year anniversary of his ground-breaking album, ‘Suddenly’. Originally released in 1984 the record spawned the monster hits ‘Caribbean Queen (No More Love On The Run)’, ‘Mystery Lady’ and ‘Loverboy’. Gearing up for the highly anticipated release of his new album, 2020 is set to be another big year for Billy.

Special Guest
Winner of ITV’s The Voice UK 2022 Anthonia Edwards will be joining the legendary Grammy Award-winning vocalist Billy Ocean as a very special guest on his 2023 UK tour. After seeing Anthonia perform on ITV primetime show The Voice and hearing her cover of Love Really Hurts Without You, Billy insisted Anthonia should join him on the road where he will perform his greatest hits.

Anthonia Edwards said: “I’m so excited to be going on my first ever tour, and it’s an absolute honour for it to be with a legend like Billy Ocean. I’ve grown up with his music, and actually released a cover of Love Really Hurts Without You last year so this is all a bit surreal! I can’t wait to get out and perform in front of his amazing fans across the UK.”

Billy Ocean said: “When I saw Anthonia’s performances on The Voice and then her version of Love Really Hurts, I knew she would be the perfect opening artist for the UK tour”

Anthonia Edwards is a 25-year-old qualified nurse from Blackheath, London. She was coached to victory on last year’s series of ITV’s the Voice UK by Sir Tom Jones, beating four other finalists to take the coveted crown. She has since signed a prestigious recording contact with major record label EMI, and released her debut single Anyone, a reimagined version of the hit single by Justin Bieber, with new music planned for release later this year.