Mariah Carey announced today she is bringing her All I Want For Christmas Is You tour to the UK for the first time. The singer will be in Britain in December for two performances of her special Christmas show - her only gigs in Europe. Carey will bring her Christmas concert to the Manchester Arena on December 10 and London's O2 Arena on December 11.
All I Want For Christmas Is You was the lead single from Carey's festive album Merry Christmas in 1994 and has become a staple song in the holiday period. The song missed out on a UK number one that year when it was pipped to the post by East 17's Stay Another Day but is her best-selling single in the country because of its continued popularity. The album has sold 14 million copies worldwide.
Carey has also enjoyed huge global success with self-penned tracks including Always Be My Baby, Hero, Fantasy, Touch My Body and We Belong Together. and has sold 220 million records worldwide. She was recently the subject of a docu-series, Mariah's World, on E! After her UK dates she will return to Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas, where she has enjoyed a long residency.
Carey split from her fiance James Packer in 2016 and she has since been engaged in a romance with dancer Bryan Tanaka. Tickets for the All I Want For Christmas Is You tour go on sale on September 8 and a pre-sale starts on ticketmaster tomorrow at 9am.
(Chronicle Live)
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