International music icon Lionel Richie has announced a string of UK and Ireland dates including a Birmingham show (Image: Supplied)

Lionel Richie tour coming to Birmingham Utilita Arena - how to get tickets

Lionel Richie has announced his Say Hello To The Hits 2025 UK Tour - and tickets are on sale this week

by · Birmingham Live

Huge international superstar Lionel Richie has announced a UK tour next year - and he's coming to Birmingham. The UK and European headline tour Say Hello To The Hits will visit venues in 2025.

The award-winning musician will kick off the tour with five arena dates across the UK - including Birmingham's Utilita Arena - before continuing across Europe for a summer of live shows.

Lionel will start his UK tour at the SSE Arena in Belfast in May, before heading to OVO Hydro in Glasgow, London's The O2, Utilita Arena in Sheffield, Birmingham's Utilita Arena with the tour ending at Manchester's new Co-op Live in June. The Say Hello To The Hits tour will see a new production not seen in the UK before.

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The Grammy Awards, Oscar and Golden Globe winner has sold more than 125 million records worldwide. His career has spanned multiple decades with hits such as Hello, All Night Long, Say You Say Me, Easy and more.

Full UK tour dates

  • Wednesday, June 4 - OVO Hydro, Glasgow
  • Friday, June 6 - The O2, London
  • Sunday, June 8 - Utilita Arena, Sheffield
  • Monday, June 9 - Utilita Arena, Birmingham
  • Thursday, June 12 - Co-op Live, Manchester

How to get tickets

Tickets will be available for the Say Hello To The Hits Tour from 10am on Friday, October 25. Tickets will be available from Ticketmaster, as well as AXS, Alt Tickets and Gigantic.

For the Birmingham show, you can also buy tickets directly through the Utilita Arena's ticket partner AXS, here. According to Utilita Arena's website, tickets will start from £65.20.

A Birmingham show tickets pre-sale is available from 10am on Thursday, October 24. VIP packages will also be available.