Aitch announces 'Close To Home' UK tour dates
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Last updated 6th Jul 2022
Following on from the super exciting announcement that he would be dropping his debut album, Aitch has just announced UK and Ireland dates for his upcoming 'Close To Home' tour!
He posted a video on Instagram announcing the exciting news, and sharing that fans could get early access to tickets by pre-ordering his 'Close To Home' album. He followed this with a photo of all of his tour dates, writing: 'See you all soon ❤️😁'.
The tour takes place throughout October and kicks off in Dublin. Aitch is set to visit major cities across the UK including Glasgow, Leeds, Newcastle, Nottingham, Birmingham, Bristol, and London, before bringing the show to his hometown Manchester.
Tickets went on sale on 1st June at 9am. Get your tickets now from KISS Tickets.
Aitch's 'Close To Home' UK tour dates
October 2022
Glasgow, O2 Academy - Thursday 6th
Leeds, O2 Academy - Saturday 8th
Newcastle, O2 City Hall - Sunday 9th
Liverpool, O2 Academy 1 - Tuesday 11th
Sheffield, O2 Academy 1 - Wednesday 12th
Nottingham, Rock City - Friday 14th
Leicester, O2 Academy 1 - Sunday 16th
Birmingham, O2 Academy - Monday 17th
Cardiff, The Great Hall - Wednesday 19th
Bournemouth, O2 Academy 1 - Thursday 20th
Bristol, O2 Academy 1 - Friday 21st
London, Alexandra Palace - Saturday 22nd
Manchester, O2 Victoria Warehouse - Monday 24th
Check out these interesting facts about Aitch:
Aitch wasn't always so smooth on Instagram
Aitch is extremely active on social media, but if you scroll back to his very first post, he wasn't as smooth as he comes across now. He also wasn't always so well dressed on Instagram as his first post on the 'gram was a very cheeky video of him covered by just a towel.
Aitch regularly treats his fans
He really loves his fans, no really! In 2021, Aitch treated a fan to a shopping spree at Selfridges for her birthday and documented the whole thing on Tik Tok. Do you think he'll repeat the gesture?
He used to be a labourer
Aitch knows what it's like to do a hard day's graft. Before making the big time in the world of music and rap, he worked with his Grandad as a labourer.
He's known for his freestyles
If you cast your minds back to 2018, Aitch went viral after dropping a freestyle rap, at just 18-years-old. The video catapulted him to fame, and kickstarted a pretty epic career.
He's not afraid to speak his mind
Aitch will tell it how it is! In 2021, the rapper spoke out against criticism surrounding the 'Learning Curve' artwork'. Following negative comments about the diverse models featuring in his 'Learning Curve' music video, he spoke out on Spotify's Who We Be TALKS_ podcast, where he admitted he found it "hard to witness."
He said: "All the negative stuff was mad to see; obviously, rappers get hate all the time, but it was a lot, and it was also s--t to see men hating on girls that much, it's hard to witness."
He’s a Manchester boy
He's often jetting all over the world and enjoying global success, but Aitch still lives in his hometown of New Moston, Manchester. He was born and raised in the major city, and speaking to NME he said: "The Manchester scene is getting bigger and bigger and artists are getting more views online a lot quicker. It feels like it's gradually moving forward."
'Rain' with AJ Tracey is his most viewed music video
With over a whopping 61 million views, Aitch and AJ Tracey's track 'Rain' serves as the rapper's most viewed music video on YouTube at the minute.
His other most viewed videos include 'Taste (Make It Shake)' (48 million), 'Straight Rhymez' (26 million), 'Buss Down' (20 million) and 'Baby' (18 million).
Watch the official music video for 'Rain' here on YouTube.
He has a sister
Aitch likes to keep his personal life private, however touched all of our hearts in August 2022 when he released his track 'My G'. The song is dedicated to his sister, Gracie Armstrong, who has Down Syndrome, with Aitch revealing that all the funds generated from the song were donated to the Down's Syndrome Association.
Introducing the music video, Aitch writes: 'This song is dedicated to Gracie Armstrong. You have the biggest heart in the world! Don't change for no one. Love you kid x'.
Gracie has been spotted regularly on Aitch's TikTok and Instagram Stories - and it's clear the pair are incredibly close!
Watch the official music video for 'My G' here on YouTube.
He's won a BRIT Award for Best Hip Hop/Rap/Grime Act
On 11th February, Aitch won Best Hop/Rap/Grime Act at The BRIT Awards 2023! The rapper gave an inspiring acceptance speech, telling fans: "I just want to say not many people where I'm from, especially my side of Manchester, get the opportunity to stand up here and receive such an amazing gift or reward. I think that's the main reason I do it, to set examples, to make people know that, it's possible no matter where you're from and just because not 5 million people have done it before you, that you can do it. So yeah big up everyone."
He has performed with Coldplay
As 'A Sky Full Of Stars' legends Coldplay brought their 'Music Of The Spheres' world tour to Manchester in June 2023, the band celebrated the city's musical talent by bringing none other than Aitch onto the stage! Standing alongside the band, Aitch performed his hit 'Buss Down', much to the delight of the adoring crowd!
Last week, Aitch released his incredible single '1989' which features part of The Stone Roses' track 'Fools Gold'. Sharing the music video he said: 'This ones for my old school Manchester heads! And the people who wish they was born earlier to experience it all 👊
Put your shades on and rave like it’s 89’.'
You can hear Aitch's music on KISS!
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