Chart-topping 'Jenius' Paul Heaton announces huge Leeds AMT Headingley Stadium show - get tickets

The pop superstar will play AMT Headingley Stadium on Saturday, June 12, 2027.

BUY TICKETS: They go on general sale next Friday, September 4, 2026, at 9.30am, through www.ticketmaster.co.uk and www.gigsandtours.com.

LISTEN: Buy or stream his new album Jenius - CLICK HERE.

Paul is promising fans a career-spanning set, including classic tracks from his former bands The Beautiful South and The Housemartins, alongside songs from his solo career and new chart-topping album Jenius.

So get ready for a back catalogue featuring the likes of Perfect 10, Rotterdam (Or Anywhere), A Little Time, Don’t Marry Her, Song for Whoever, Happy Hour, You Keep It All In and Caravan of Love.

He will be joined in Leeds by his regular live vocalist Rianne Downey, with Echo & The Bunnymen, The Guestlist and Curiosity Shop appearing as special guests.

Pau; has tasted chart-topping success five times previously during his career. Three No.1 albums came with The Beautiful South – Carry On Up The Charts (1994), Blue Is The Colour (1996) and Quench (1998). A further two followed alongside former bandmate Jacqui Abbott – Manchester Calling (2020) and N.K-Pop (2023).

But Jenius has now given him his first No.1 solo album.

The title reflects Paul's typically modest style.

“If anybody ever calls me a genius,” he explains, “I always say, ‘What?! With a J?!’ The spelling would obviously be wrong.”

Fans who tuned into the BBC's Paul Heaton Night on Saturday, August 8, might beg to differ, with viewing figures topping 800,000.

WATCH: Paul Live at Bramall Lane on BBC iPlayer here.

The Headingley date will be his only Yorkshire performance among the newly announced summer shows, hot on the heels of two sold-out arena concerts in the county this autumn – at First Direct Bank Arena in Leeds on Saturday, October 31, and Utilita Arena Sheffield on Friday, November 6.

He is one of Britain's most successful songwriters, with around 15 million album sales. He first found fame as frontman of The Housemartins before forming The Beautiful South in 1988, while his songwriting was recognised with the Ivor Novello Award for Outstanding Song Collection in 2022.

Paul's songs span love and loneliness, pubs and booze, community and counsel, football and the state of the nation, all delivered with his distinctive voice, melodies and sharp lyrical craft.

Released 40 years after The Housemartins' debut album. London 0 Hull 4, Jenius is his 23rd album and features 15 new original songs.

It was produced by Lightning Seeds frontman Ian Broudie at Blueprint Studios in Manchester and features Rianne Downey, who also performs with Heaton live.

Paul begins his summer 2027 run with a headline appearance at Neighbourhood Weekender in Warrington on Saturday, May 29, over the Bank Holiday weekend - more details here.

He then heads to The O2 in Belfast on Friday, June 4, and Dublin's 3Arena on Saturday, June 5, before arriving at Headingley Stadium on June 12.

The announced dates conclude at Live at the Marquee in Cork on Saturday, July 3, with Lightning Seeds appearing as special guests at all three Irish shows.

2027 DATES

Saturday, May 29 – Neighbourhood Weekender, Warrington – headline set

Friday, June 4 – The O2, Belfast – with Lightning Seeds

Saturday, June 5 – 3Arena, Dublin – with Lightning Seeds

Saturday, June 12 – AMT Headingley Stadium, Leeds – with Echo & The Bunnymen, The Guestlist and Curiosity Shop

Saturday, July 3 – Live at the Marquee, Cork – with Lightning Seeds

* Tickets for all 2027 UK dates go on general sale Friday, September 4, at 9.30am at www.ticketmaster.co.uk and www.gigsandtours.com. Tickets for Ireland will be available via www.ticketmaster.ie.