ABC announce The Lexicon of Love 40th anniversary UK tour
Including a very special Sheffield homecoming
ABC will celebrate the 40th anniversary of their seminal debut album ‘The Lexicon of Love’ with a very special UK orchestral tour in June 2022.
The 10-date headline tour will see Martin Fry and his band perform ‘The Lexicon of Love’ in its glorious entirety together with other hits from ABC’s back catalogue.
ABC will be joined by the chamber orchestra Southbank Sinfonia at the concerts with longtime collaborator Anne Dudley who will conduct the evening.
Opening at Oxford New Theatre on Friday 17th June 2022 and closing at Southend Cliffs Pavilion on Thursday 30th June 2022, the tour includes a very special homecoming show at Sheffield City Hall on Tuesday 17th 21st June – exactly 40 years to the day since the release of ‘The Lexicon of Love.’
The tour will also see their return to Royal Albert Hall where their first orchestrated show won the hearts of critics and fans alike.
ABC The Lexicon of Love UK Tour tickets:
Tickets to ABC’s The Lexicon of Love UK Tour go on sale from Absolute Radio Tickets at 10am on Friday 17th September 2021.
Widely hailed as a new wave masterpiece and one of the greatest albums of the 1980s, ‘The Lexicon of Love’ shot straight to Number 1 upon its release in June 1982 and it spawned the hit singles ‘Poison Arrow’, ‘The Look Of Love’ ‘Tears Are Not Enough’, and ‘All Of My Heart’.
ABC released the follow-up album ‘The Lexicon Of Love II’ in May 2016 and it entered the Top 5 of the UK album chart.
ABC The Lexicon of Love UK Tour dates:
JUNE 2022
Oxford New Theatre – Fri 17th
Bath Forum – Sat 18th
Birmingham Symphony Hall – Mon 20th
Sheffield City Hall – Tue 21st
London Royal Albert Hall – Thu 23rd
Newcastle City Hall – Fri 24th
Glasgow Royal Concert Hall – Sat 25th
Liverpool Philharmonic Hall – Mon 27th
Manchester Bridgewater Hall – Tue 28th
Southend Cliffs Pavilion – Thu 30th