Rag 'n' Bone Man to headline Edinburgh Hogmanay 2018

Singer-songwriter Rag'n'Bone Man is set to headline Edinburgh's Hogmanay 2018.

2017 has been a big year for the star, with his album 'Human' becoming the decade's fastest-selling debut album so far by a British male. It sold over 750,000 copies in the UK in under five months.

The 2017 double Brit Award winner has played sold out shows across Europe and the UK and has spent the summer playing various festivals.

Rag’n’Bone Man, AKA Rory Graham, said "Excited to be breaking the New Year in with the Scots at Edinburgh's Hogmanay, what a sick event for a debut show.”

Charlie Wood and Ed Bartlam, directors of Edinburgh’s Hogmanay, said “We’re delighted to have one of the UK’s most exciting new artists headlining Edinburgh’s Hogmanay in our first year of producing the event.

"This has been Rag‘n’Bone Man's year and so where better to end it than at the mother of all New Year celebrations in Edinburgh."

Councillor Donald Wilson, Edinburgh’s Culture and Communities Convener, said: "Edinburgh’s Hogmanay is the place to be to send off the 70th anniversary of Edinburgh as the Festival City and kick off 2018 with a stellar musical line-up.

"Rag‘n’Bone Man is a great coup for our world-famous Concert in the Gardens. Get set to enjoy the best New Year party in the UK, if not the world."

10,000 tickets to Edinburgh’s Hogmanay Concert in the Gardens will go on sale on Tuesday 12 September at 9.00am.