Paul Heaton has announced two Irish headline gigs for spring 2025, including a date in Dublin’s 3Arena on March 20 and another in Belfast’s SSE Arena on March 21.

He will welcome guest singer Rianne Downey, as well as special guests The Lightning Seeds, who are both featured on Heaton’s new record The Mighty Several, out now.

The album marks the former Housemartins and Beautiful South frontman’s new solo venture, and features 12 new original songs performed by Heaton, his band and a number of special guest singers, including Downey, Yvonne Shelton and Danny Muldoon.

It was produced by Ian Broudie of the Lightning Seeds and recorded at Blueprint Studios in Salford.

Dublin & Belfast shows announced! We're delighted to announce new dates at @3ArenaDublin on 20th March & @SSEBelfastArena on 21st March 2025. Special guests at both these shows will be the @Lightning_Seeds. Tickets go on sale this Friday at 9:30am from https://t.co/U68Dtq8Zp2 pic.twitter.com/9S6h3g6qil

— Paul Heaton (@PaulHeatonSolo) October 21, 2024

Heaton is widely considered to be one of the UK’s most successful songwriters, with five No 1 albums and some 15 million album sales to his name.

He first came to prominence in the early 80s as front man of The Housemartins (with Norman ‘Fatboy Slim’ Cook), who released two albums before the formation of The Beautiful South in 1988.

In 2001, Heaton took a break from The Beautiful South and released his first solo album Fat Chance, going on to release two further records The Cross-Eyed Rambler and Acid Country.

Tickets for Heaton’s headline shows in Belfast and Dublin go on sale this Friday, October 25 here.