A superstar duo have confirmed a Hydro date ahead of their new album.
Michael Ball and Alfie Boe will perform in the city on Tuesday, April 8 next year with their new music.
Together At Home, the pair’s brand new sixth studio album arrives on Friday, November 8 marking their 10th year making music together.
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It is dedicated to their army of fans along with the people and places that mean the most to the much-loved collaborators.
The singers will take to the road in a 12-date marathon across the UK next spring for a huge run of arena headline shows that will bring this special album to life.
The first single from the album, ‘Proud’, is released today, and is the 2000 debut solo single from former M People singer Heather Small.
“It's a song that was used for the 2012 London Olympics,” begins Ball. “And this summer I went to the Paris Olympics to watch Grace, my granddaughter, playing in the rugby sevens with Team GB.
“There's me and [my partner] Cathy [McGowan] sat in the Stade de France, 66,000 people.
“On she runs and genuinely, I've never felt so proud in my life – or as nervous! And when she scored a try, and there's her name up on the scoreboard, it was wonderful.
“The heart-bursting pride Cath and I both felt – incredible!”
“We’re proud of where we're from. Proud of this country, of being British and welcoming people home. And welcoming people into our home,” Boe adds pointedly, “is something that I think is important.”
Each singer is long used to being away on tour for months on end, so, when it came to selecting songs for the new album, for each of them, certain songs were immediate no-brainers.
“For me the first one was probably ‘Homeward Bound’ by Paul Simon,” says Ball.
“It's obviously written by an American, and from an American perspective, but it was written in the UK, at Widnes train station.
“It's about people who are on the road, far from home.” Ball could very much relate.
“You get tired, you get jaded, you get homesick. Paul Simon articulately and musically describes that feeling.”
After decorated careers in theatre and opera, Michael and Alfie were suddenly chart superstars. As a duo, they have now sold over 1.5 million albums in the UK, received two Classic Brit Awards, sold-out three headline arena tours and presented three ITV Specials.
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