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WILL YOUNG
RELEASES NEW TRACK ‘MIDNIGHT’
Listen HERE / Watch The Video HERE
Taken from the award-winning British pop star’s ninth studio album
‘Light It Up’ – out 9 August 2024 (via BMG)
Pre-order HERE
Sold-out 56-date “Light It Up Live Tour 2024” kicks off in September
Multi-award-winning British pop star and actor Will Young has unveiled ‘Midnight’, the second track from his forthcoming album “Light It Up”
One of the more poignant moments on his new album, this wistful electronic-pop number is written by Young with long-time collaborators Jim and Mima Elliot, who worked with him on his defining album “Echoes”.
‘Midnight’ plays out the inner dialogue of a single man in his forties – with a glint of Young’s humour in the tongue-in-cheek lyrics (‘Why does no one tell me they are married?’).
Will Young says: “‘Midnight’ was the last song written for the album and it happened quite unexpectedly. The song draws inspiration from being single in your 40s and how you can still not have your sh*t together! It is deliberately humorous, truthful and open – all set to a fantastic groove.”
He adds: “The video, that I directed in Mexico, is playing on the theme of being single and perhaps ‘othered’ by society. I wanted to be almost a glamorous alien alone in a disco.” Watch the music video HERE.
Will Young’s forthcoming ninth studio album “Light It Up” – out on 9 August via BMG – is his first album of originals in five years. Hailed as his return to “joyous pop”, the 10-track collection also features the ‘80s-inspired single ‘Falling Deep’.
Young says: “I really hope this is the go-to pop album for a dance, for a cry and for a celebration. I know I do all three with it. It feels empowering to write songs about what it is to be mid-40s, in a different shape, still frustrated with certain aspects of my life.”
The album sees the acclaimed singer-songwriter team up with new collaborators pHD, the Scandinavian pop production/writing duo who has worked with Little Mix. He also reunites with Andy Cato of Groove Armada and Jim and Mima Elliot.
Pre-order “Light It Up” here and visit the store for bundles and merch.
“Light It Up” album tracklisting
- Falling Deep
- Light It Up
- Feels Just Like A Win
- Midnight
- Me Without You
- The Worst
- No Man’s Land
- Talk About It
- Everything But You
- I Won’t Let You Down
To celebrate his forthcoming new album, Will is embarking on his most intimate tour yet. The sold-out “Light It Up Live 2024 Tour” is taking shape as an up close and personal evening of acoustic performances of all his hits and new songs, stories and conversation.
He said: “I’m very excited to be going to a lot of places I haven’t been. I wanted to go to smaller venues so I could properly get around the country rather than just playing the big cities.”
The extensive UK tour runs from 3 September through to early December 2024, with a handful of new dates just added. Full list of shows is as follows (with any remaining tickets available here);
3 September Southend Palace Theatre (SOLD OUT)
4 September Hayes Beck Theatre (SOLD OUT)
5 September Reading Concert Hall (SOLD OUT)
7 September Barrow-in-Furness – The Forum (SOLD OUT)
8 September York Opera House
10 September Bridlington Spa Theatre
11 September Ilkley Kings Hall
12 September Stamford Corn Exchange (SOLD OUT)
14 September Wolverhampton – The Wulfrun (SOLD OUT)
15 September Leicester – The Y Theatre (SOLD OUT)
16 September Shrewsbury Theatre Severn (SOLD OUT)
18 September Northampton Royal & Derngate Theatre (SOLD OUT)
20 September Isle Of Wight – Shanklin Theatre (SOLD OUT)
28 September Ayr Gaiety Theatre
29 September Inverness Eden Court
1 October Dundee Gardyne Theatre (SOLD OUT)
2 October Aberdeen Tivoli Theatre (SOLD OUT)
4 October Edinburgh Queens Hall (SOLD OUT)
5 October Glasgow Clyde Rooms (SOLD OUT)
6 October Gateshead – The Glasshouse Sage 2 (SOLD OUT)
8 October Sunderland Fire Station (SOLD OUT)
9 October New Brighton Floral Pavilion (SOLD OUT)
10 October Crewe Lyceum (SOLD OUT)
12 October Scarborough Spa Theatre
13 October Chester Storyhouse (SOLD OUT)
15 October Sheffield Memorial Hall (SOLD OUT)
16 October Lincoln Theatre Royal (SOLD OUT)
17 October Leeds City Varieties
19 October Aberystwyth Arts Centre
20 October Manchester RNCM Concert Hall (SOLD OUT)
28 October Guildford Yvonne Arnaud Theatre (SOLD OUT)
29 October Cambridge Junction (SOLD OUT)
30 October Norwich Playhouse (SOLD OUT)
31 October Peterborough Key Theatre (SOLD OUT)
2 November Bury St Edmunds – The Apex (SOLD OUT)
3 November Cardiff Glee Club (SOLD OUT)
5 November Gloucester Guildhall (SOLD OUT)
6 November Exeter Corn Exchange (SOLD OUT)
7 November Barnstaple Queens Theatre
9 November Newbury Corn Exchange (SOLD OUT)
10 November Poole Lighthouse Theatre (SOLD OUT)
11 November Tunbridge Wells Assembly Hall Theatre (SOLD OUT)
13 November Chelmsford Theatre (SOLD OUT)
14 November Worthing Assembly Hall (SOLD OUT)
15 November Brighton St George’s Church (SOLD OUT)
17 November Cheltenham Town Hall (SOLD OUT)
18 November Swindon Wyvern Theatre (SOLD OUT)
19 November Bristol St George’s (SOLD OUT)
21 November Falmouth Princess Pavilion
25 November London Cadogan Hall
26 November London Cadogan Hall (SOLD OUT)
27 November London Cadogan Hall (SOLD OUT)
29 November Gateshead – The Glasshouse Sage 2
1 December Manchester RNCM Concert Hall
2 December Bristol St George’s
4 December Cardiff Glee Club
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