Music megastar Sean Paul to play Bonus Arena this summer

COMING TO HULL: Sean Paul

By Simon Bristow

Music superstar Sean Paul is set to bring his own special brand of Jamaican sunshine back to British shores this summer, with two live arena shows in Hull and Brighton between a string of festival dates.

Paul will perform at Hull’s Bonus Arena on Tuesday, August 8, and in Brighton the following night. Tickets go on sale at 10am on April 4 for pre-sale, and on general sale at 10am on April 6.

He aims to show some “extra special love” to Hull and Brighton, as the cities were not included in his eight date ‘Scorcha’ UK tour last summer that promoted his 8th studio album of the same name.

The eight-date UK tour last August was his first in the UK in over three years, following a 2019 UK tour, which also saw Paul headline the John Peel stage at Glastonbury Festival.

With over 26 million records sold, Paul has taken the dancehall genre global, from its origin in clubs in Kingston, Jamaica, to the pinnacle of the charts. He has maintained his relevance in the music industry since his rise to international fame in 2000, with smash hits including Mad Love, Rockabye, Baby Boy, No Lie, and Body, and superstar collaborations with Beyonce, Dua Lipa, David Guetta, Major Lazer, Damian Marley, Ellie Goulding, Migos, Clean Bandit, Tory Lanez, Idris Elba and Sia - with whom he has collaborated again for his most recent single Dynamite to follow up the global smash Cheap Thrills.

Paul is the undisputed biggest crossover dancehall artist of all time, with a staggering 6.6 billion audio streams and 4.3 billion video streams.

Born Sean Paul Henriques in Jamaica, Paul has earned several Grammy and Billboard Music Award nominations, an American Music Award, MOBO Awards, Soul Train Awards, MTV Music Awards, ASCAP Rhythm and Soul Music Awards, a Source Award, a BET Award, and is the only Jamaican artist to win an American Music Award for Favourite Pop/Rock Male artist.