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Born 7 June 1993, George Ezra is a singer-songwriter from Hertford, England, UK, who focuses on the folk, blues, and rock genres.

His strong upbeat rhythms and Ezra’s deep soulful voice that has drawn comparison to artists like Ray LaMontagne Ezra’s hit single “Budapest” has reached platinum status in several countries and he has toured around with notable musicians like Lianne La Havas and Tom Odell.

Prior to rising to fame, Ezra created the word “petan” as a means of bonding with fans — a word completely made up by Ezra and his friends with no real meaning. Fans devoured it and still use it to this day in any and every situation.

The petan of Ezra’s style is his voice: sonorous, deep, and growling without sounding angry or disheveled. His voice sounds like it’s coming from another era — an era when baritones belted, and bluesmen hopped boxcars around the American South.

Ezra became interested in music at a young age. He grew up listening to the American folk musicians Bob Dylan and Woody Guthrie, whose music greatly influenced him. Before he released any EPs or albums, Ezra played the BBC Introducing Stage at the Glastonbury Festival, where he showcased his musical talents to a large audience. In October 2013, he released his first EP, Did You Hear the Rain?, which was released by Sony Music Entertainment. The EP featured the songs “Did You Hear the Rain” and “Budapest,” which received constant airplay on BBC Radio 1.

In 2014, Ezra was starting to break through into the spotlight, with MTV, Vevo, and iTunes referring to him as an artist to look out for. BBC’s “Sound of…,” an annual list of rising musical talent that is conducted by industry figures and music critics, listed George Ezra No. 5 on the list.

Ezra released his second EP, Cassy O, in March 2014, followed by his debut studio album Wanted on Voyage that June. The album received positive reviews, with most critics commenting on its simple but sweet presentation and Ezra’s talented singing abilities. The album was also commercially successful, climbing to the No. 1 spot on the UK Albums Chart and placed on the charts in numerous countries like Australia, Ireland, Germany, and Switzerland.

Ezra has been quick to launch into the music scene and has immediately captured everybody’s attention with his catchy songwriting.

Later in 2014, Ezra appeared at the Glastonbury Extravaganza as a support for none other than Led Zeppelin frontman Robert Plant. The 2015 Brit Awards nominated him four times over for Best British Male Solo Artists, British Breakthrough Artist, Best British Single, and Best British Album.

Ezra started off 2015 by opening for Sam Smith and Hozier on two tours of North America. 2015 also saw Ezra perform on Saturday Night Live, The Late Late Show with James Corden, Radio 1’s Big Weekend at Norwich, at Montreal’s Osheaga Festival, and on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.

In 2017, Ezra announced a 10-date tour of the UK and Ireland that he stressed was to be “top secret” and meant to showcase new material. The tour touched places like Derry, Dublin, Rhyl, Cardiff, and Barnstaple, among other spots. Sure enough, he began releasing singles for the album Staying at Tamara’s months later. The single “Shotgun” even became Ezra’s first number-one track released in his home country as well as Australia and Ireland.

Staying at Tamara’s came out on May 18, 2018. The momentum carried him through the end of the year and well into the next. Just over a year after its release, he headlined the Neighbourhood Weekender 2019. Ending the two-day festival on the main stage, he played hits like “Budapest,” “Blame It On Me,” “Barcelona,” and “Shotgun.”

Some artists thrive on quantity; Ezra is one who thrives on quality. It’s taken nearly four years for fans to be graced with a new album, but on January 12, 2022, he teased them with a new website called Gold Rush Kid. This was a holding page for an upcoming album. On January 28, he released “Anyone for You (Tiger Lily),” the first single from his third album. The album dropped on June 10 via Columbia Records.

It was a masterstroke; an album written and produced entirely by Ezra and his collaborator Joel Pott in London. He performed at Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee in June that year as the album topped charts around the globe.

The Financial Times once wrote that Ezra’s music “approximates rock…but without any hint of danger, or unpredictability.” In other words, he has found his style and he’s digging deep into it. He’s certainly one of the most powerful new voices on the music scene.

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I seldom write reviews for anyone / anything when a follow-up service is requested, as is done by Songkick, but I enjoyed George's show so much that I feel compelled to write and maybe encourage anyone who might be on the fence about seeing him perform sometime.

George has an amazingly warm and positive spirit about him, along with that voice that sounds years and years older than he is - you'd never expect a baby-faced kid who probably can't even grow facial hair (I'm a blond guy, too, so I feel his pain), to sound the way he did.

All throughout his set, he cracked smiles as his band played, and responded to the crowd, he told jokes, and MAN THAT BOY CAN SING.

I went to the show with my girlfriend, and she (and other female audience members) kept gushing that 'HE'S SO CUTE!' - but more than that, the dude's a great singer, and when you see someone who's as genuinely happy when they're up on that stage, performing their music, it makes you feel good inside, too.

Go see this guy. He'll feel good, and then he and his band will make you feel good (too).

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Sun was shining, picnic made, me and my daughter Alex headed off to Cannock Chase Forest. Easy to find, parked up & joined the queue. Everyone friendly & chatty, got through bag check and chose our spot. Support was Shadowlark - not heard them before, ok sounded a bit like British Fleetwood Mac. George came on at 9.00, straight into Cassy O, that got (some) of the crowd going. Then a couple of tracks from Staying at Tamaras (he had a chat with the crowd in between songs which was nice) then some more tracks from previous album, by 9.30 most of the crowd were up on their feet dancing and singing along. Sound was very good and his band were excellent. I would definitely recommend going, it was a brilliant evening just a shame it finished so early. ( he was supposed to be on till 10.30, but finished at 10.15)Only negative point was the total shambles trying to get out at the end. All the staff we had seen earlier seemed to have disappeared and it became a free for all with cars cutting everyone up and a couple of very near misses.

George Ezra is one of those annoyingly talented singer songwriters who has achieved a huge amount of success over the last year with his chart topping singles, gaining critical acclaim from some of the music industry’s biggest names such as Zane Lowe and Huw Stephens. His fantastically successful song “Casio” charted in the UK, Belgium and The Netherlands, and his sophomore single “Budapest” became an international hit making it to number one in Austria and even New Zealand. Consequently, his album, “Wanted on Voyage” became a top twenty in ten countries. Not bad for 21 years of age. He can carry it off live with great style too, sporting hit vintage hollowbody guitar. This T in the Park are absolutely loving the vibe and they go absolutely wild when he plays his hit song “Budapest”. They sing every single word, making this vibe almost like a campire for about 10,000 people. Well done Ezra… you talented and jammy git.

being relatively new to the George Exra hype I didn't really know what to expect, what I didn't expect was to be blown away by his voice and stage presence. He commanded the crowds attention without being cocky or overbearing, he moved just enough to keep us interested but not enough to make us dizzy. His voice is so mature for a 21 year old, he didn't appear nervous at all despite a reasonably large and busy crowd. His support act Hanna Leess was a real surprise, I never heard of her before but I was really impressed, she has an incredible voice and real guts to stand on stage alone with her guitar at such a young age, she got more than a few offers when she mentioned she had nowhere to stay yet and needed a couch to crash on. The sound at LKA longhorn was also great, no dodgy feedback or distortion, all in all it was a great gig, I'll definitely be getting George's album and following Hannas career closely!

George Ezra put on a great show support acts were good also can't really fault the music side of the show but there could have been better organised seating arrangements and for the merchandise shop . Seating was unreserved which ment if you had to bring child to toilet you weren't guaranteed your seat would still be there on way back would be Better for numbered seating . The merchandise shop was on the pitch. Anyone with seating tickets were refused entry onto the pitch to the shop resulting in a disappointed child before the concert started . But I didn't give up after a few attempts to get to the merchandise shop we we're finally let onto the pitch. Got our merchandise and returned to the seating area . Overall a good show. Like the way George Ezra told the story of how the songs came about before he sang them really had the crowd interested would definitely go to see him again

The concert was far beyond expectation! His vocals are flawless and he manages to make a whole audience go silent with the power of his voice when there's nothing left on stage but him and a guitar. Additionally, his band is great and he's funny and engaging with the audience.

It's hard to believe that this kid not only has such a powerful soul voice but can already carry a concert like a pro.

The show was not that long: one hour exactly but then again, he only has one album out and one truly hit song. This ends up being a point in his favor as you feel satisfied with all that was delivered in that hour but also makes one want to follow his career for years to come.

Extra treat: an unexpected and yet all sorts of awesome cover of "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun".

When is George back in town?!

The concert in Hamburg was very well organized, I enjoyed the side effects behind the singing, the atmosphere on the whole was very chilled, the band was dancing and having great time, and that joy they exuded into the public.

Amongst the critic moments I found George himself could have invested more on the whole, sing more and tell a bit more about the history behind his songs. He is not a one hit star, so why only hold onto the hits and keep the half the repertoire out? And - that sounds demanding but still - do connect more to your auditorium, please. You have said no word about Hamburg, neither you asked if anyone has a b-day or whatever else could singers can mention... a bit disappointing performance. Though the singing was great, no question.

When i first heard George Ezra was going on tour i immediately looked up the dates and saw he was coming to my hometown. The only thing was the date wasn't for the date of my concert, but three days prior. I was so upset, but luckily i kept scrolling and found out he was in fact coming the day i had purchased tickets for.

When he came on stage it was an absolutely phenomenal performance to watch. You could tell he was having a lot of fun and was so happy to be there. He is amazing live and connected well with the audience by giving some personal anecdotes to go along with the song.

10/10 would recommend to anyone who wants to have a good time and see a unique artist play. Next time i hope to see him at his own concert, not just as the opening act.

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George Ezra doesn't just perform, he shares. With the first number he got the Royal Oak, Michigan audience involved and shared the song and stage with us. His stories gave the songs depth, then the songs were performed with feeling and our understanding.

George and his band were excellent. After involving the audience at the beginning, they kept us involved throughout - singing, applauding, and enjoying every minute.

Having seen George here in 2015, I was concerned that his success would change him. It did, but not in a negative way. He seemed more confident and mature as a performer, and the audience was better prepared to enjoy his offering.

A great show.

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George Ezra | Rescheduled

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• Date 6 Apr 2023
• Venue The O2 arena
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Hi everyone, unfortunately although George’s symptoms are improving, he is still experiencing acute vertigo. Upon a further consultation with a doctor this morning, his show at the First Direct Arena in Leeds tonight will not be able to go ahead as planned. 

Fortunately, we have been able to reschedule both of the postponed shows. George’s show at the First Direct Arena in Leeds will now take place on Wednesday 5 April 2023. And George’s show at The O2 Arena in London will now take place on Thursday 6 April 2023.

Again, we would like to apologise greatly for the postponement of both the London and Leeds dates, and for everyone who had travelled in advance to the shows. All tickets will remain valid for the new dates and we really hope you can make it.

Thank you for all your support and well wishes to George.

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Everything you need to know about George Ezra's 2022 arena tour

His tour has now finished

This year, George Ezra has released ' Anyone For You ' and ' Green Green Grass ', followed by his comeback album ' Gold Rush Kid ', then he took his new album on the road with his UK arena tour. George had several dates across the country, where he was supported by Beatenberg.

Sharing a reel on the day his tour started, George wrote: 'I’ve heard your suggestions and maybe I’ve added some new songs to the setlist for my UK tour that starts tonight… maybe 👀'.

The video he shared was of him singing 'Sweetest Human Being Alive' from his current album 'Gold Rush Kid'.

Taking to his Instagram Stories, George also announced his support act, Beatenberg.

Beatenberg are a trio from Cape Town, who according to their website: 'deliver a unique sound that effortlessly owns mainstream South African pop.' They are very excited to be joining George on tour, telling their fans in an Instagram post: 'Surprise announcement: We’re very excited to be supporting @george_ezra on his UK tour starting TOMORROW! Stay tuned for more updates and things 🚲'.

See all of the dates for George Ezra's UK arena tour:

George's tour has now finished, but below are the dates where he performed on his UK arena tour if you're interested.

September 2022

Liverpool M & S Bank Arena - Tue 13th

Cardiff Motorpoint Arena - Wed 14th

Manchester The AO Arena - Fri 16th

Manchester The AO Arena - Sat 17th

Newcastle Utilita Arena - Tue 20th

Birmingham Utilita Arena - Thu 22nd

Aberdeen P & J Live - Sun 25th

Glasgow The SSE Hydro - Mon 26th

October 2022

Nottingham Motorpoint Arena - Sat 1st

Sheffield Utilita Arena - Sun 2nd

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'Green Green Grass'

George released the second song from his upcoming album ' Gold Rush Kid ', called 'Green Green Grass'. Speaking about his new song, George explained the inspiration saying: "I was on holiday in St Lucia with a few friends at Christmas 2018, with two of my closest mates from home.

"We were in this beach bar, drinking homemade rum punch and Piton, the local lager, flip-flopping between the two, p-ssing about with three local guys who worked there. And this music started up, three streets back from the sea.

"After about half an hour, I had to go see what it was. And there was a street party going on, with three different sound systems, people cooking in the street. I asked a woman what was going on and she told me it was a funeral – for three people. They were celebrating three lives! I thought: that is not how we do this at home. And it’s really beautiful."

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Now take a look through George Ezra's career:

George moved to Bristol in 2011 to study at the British and Irish Modern Music Institute. George wasn't the only musical one in his family, his elder sister Jessica accompanies him on tour and his younger brother, Ethan, is a talented singer and songwriter under the stage name Ten Tonnes.

2013: First appearance at Glastonbury

George's music was first played on radio stations in 2012 - and as a result, George got his big moment; he was asked to play the BBC Introducing Stage at Glastonbury 2013.

2014: 'Budapest'

Following the release of George's hit single, 'Budapest' his career really started to take off. The iconic track reached Number 1 in several countries and was nominated for 'British Single of the Year' at the Brit Awards and the MTV VMA's.

2014: Debut album ‘Wanted on Voyage’

George's debut album included hits such as, 'Budapest', 'Blame it on Me' and 'Cassy O' and reached Number 1 in the UK charts.

2015: BRIT Award Nominations

At the 2015 BRIT Awards, George was nominated in four categories: Best British Album, Best British Male Solo Artist, Best British Single, and British Breakthrough Artist as a result of the success of his first album 'Wanted On Voyage.'

2017: Touring and Festivals

After a busy and successful few years George took some time off in 2016, returning to the charts in 2017 with single 'Don't Matter Now' as well as some live performances on a 'secret' tour through April, May and June. George also went on tour and played a number of festivals in the summer of 2017 including, Sziget, V Festival, Way Out Festival and Lollapalooza.

2018: Second album and 'Shotgun'

George released follow-up album 'Staying at Tamara's' in 2018, featuring singles 'Paradise', 'Pretty Shining People' and 'Hold My Girl' which were all hugely popular among George's fans. George then dropped 'Shotgun' which went on to become his first Number one song in the UK, Irish and Australian charts and was later awarded platinum certification here in the UK. Following the success of 'Shotgun' George's second album 'Staying at Tamara's' reached Number One in the UK album charts in May 2018. George then went on to tour the album and played a number of festivals including headlining the Neighbourhood Weekender.

2019: BRIT Awards and headlining Glastonbury

In 2019, George won 'British Male Solo Artist' at the BRIT Awards following the success of his first two albums and huge hits such as 'Shotgun' and 'Paradise' which dominated radio playlists and became two of the biggest tracks of the year. George also launched his own podcast series 'George Ezra and Friends', which features conversations between George and his guests. He's previously interviewed the likes of Nile Rodgers, Lewis Capaldi and Ed Sheeran. George also returned to play Glastonbury Festival in 2019, but this time he played the world-famous Pyramid stage on the Friday evening.

2021: George announces he's performing on the Glastonbury global livestream

In 2021, George announced on his Instagram that he was going on a hiking trip with his friends for a couple of months. Four weeks in, the singer revealed the exciting news that he was going to be performing at Glastonbury's global livestream on Saturday 22nd May.

2022: New single 'Anyone For You'

In January 2022, George revealed that he was making his grand return with a brand new single called 'Anyone For You'. He released 'Anyone For You' on 28th January.

2022: George Ezra announces third album 'Gold Rush Kid'

On the day George Ezra released his comeback single he also announced his third album 'Gold Rush Kid' would be released in June.

2022: George Ezra performs at Queen Elizabeth II's Platinum Jubilee concert

George Ezra was one of the many talented artists to perform at the Platinum Party at the Palace in celebration of Her Majesty's 70 year reign. He took to the stage on 4th June to perform some of his biggest hits including his new song 'Green Green Grass'. He later wrote on Instagram: 'Here's that time we played at Buckingham Palace… won't forget that in a hurry 🎉 What an incredible honour to play at the Queen's Platinum Jubilee, thank you for having me x' (sic).

2022: George Ezra headlines at Finsbury Park

George Ezra played the biggest headline show of his career at Finsbury Park in London on Sunday 17th June. He closed the show after performances from the London International Gospel Choir, Mychelle, The Big Moon, Holly Humberstone, Mimi Webb, and Blossoms, with songs from his latest album as well as some of his biggest hits.

2022: George Ezra announces film End to End

George Ezra announced a film called End to End that was shown in cinemas. The film follows the singer's adventure as he walked the length of the country with his best friends to meet musicians and battle the elements.

2023: George Ezra is nominated for two BRIT Awards

George Ezra was nominated for two BRIT Awards in January 2023 - Artist of The Year and Song of The Year for 'Green Green Grass'. Sadly, he lost out on both to Harry Styles !

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George Ezra announces new UK and Ireland arena shows for 2023

He'll play a fresh string of dates early next year.

By Hollie Geraghty

George Ezra has announced three new arena shows in the UK and Ireland for his 2023 tour.

The ‘Green Green Grass’ singer previously announced a UK tour in support of his third album Gold Rush Kid , which kicks off later this year.

The singer will now also perform at Dublin’s 3Arena on 8 March, before heading to Killarney, Kerry for a show at the INEC Arena on 10 March. He will then play a show at London’s O2 on 13 March.

Tickets for the new dates will go on sale Friday (22 July) at 1am BST, and can be purchased h ere .

Yesterday (17 July) Ezra played a huge gig at London’s Finsbury Park, which followed his surprise set at Glastonbury last month.

The singer also performed at the Platinum Party At The Palace concert for the Queen’s Jubilee last month, where he was asked to change the “day I die” lyric in ‘Green Green Grass’.

Speaking to  The Sun Ezra said: “I think the reaction to it has kind of worked in our favour to say it was unnecessary.

“My gut instinct was that you don’t need to change it. I don’t know if it came from the royals or the producers of the show, but it’s pretty obvious that if you’re playing for the royal family and the powers that be say ‘We don’t want you to sing that lyric’, then you’re not going to argue.”

Reviewing Ezra’s intimate show at the London Palladium earlier this year , Rolling Stone UK wrote that “it was Ezra’s past charms and perennially sunny-side-up appeal that won through, especially with a closing run of hits that saw him going straight from the arena-filling charms of ‘Paradise’ into fan favourite ‘Blame It On Me’ and ‘Budapest’”.

Find the full UK and Ireland tour schedule below.

August 12 – Boardmasters, Cornwall

September 13 – M&S Bank Arena, Liverpool 14 – Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff 16 – The AO Arena, Manchester 20 – Utilita Arena, Newcastle upon Tyne 22 – Utilita Arena, Birmingham 25 – P&J Live, Aberdeen 26 – The OVO Hydro, Glasgow 28 – SSE Arena, Belfast 29 – 3Arena, Dublin

October 1 – Motorpoint Arena, Nottingham 2 – Utilita Arena, Sheffield

March 2023 8 – 3Arena, Dublin 10 – INEC Arena, Killarney 13 – The O2, London

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George Ezra has announced a slew of arena dates for 2023.

After headlining London's Finsbury Park at the weekend, the 'Green Green Grass' hitmaker has announced three arena shows in the UK and Ireland for next spring.

The 29-year-old pop star will play Dublin's 3Arena on March 8, Killarney's INEC Arena on March 10, and London's The O2 on March 13, 2023.

Before then, George will play nine dates in the UK and Ireland this September and October, kicking off on September 13 in Liverpool.

Tickets for the new dates will go on sale at 10 am BST on Friday (22.07.22).

The run is in support of George's third studio album 'Gold Rush Kid’.

Meanwhile, the 'Shotgun' hitmaker has a new documentary heading to UK cinemas on August 29.

'End To End' gives fans the chance to join George on his 95-day trip from Land’s End in South West England to the top end of mainland UK, John O’Groats.

George said: “I started the walk just after I’d finished the album, and we committed ourselves to three months on this adventure.

“While I was on the walk, I started receiving mixes of the new songs I had been working on, so the journey was sound-tracked by the new album and each made the other more meaningful.

“It wasn’t lost on me that this was a real life-changing moment, it really transformed my perception of the world.

“I’m so glad that audiences will be able to see it on a big screen and we can celebrate the experience.”

George's UK and Ireland tour dates for 2022 and 2023:

SEPTEMBER 2022

13 – M S Bank Arena, Liverpool

14 – Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff

16 – The AO Arena, Manchester

20 – Utilita Arena, Newcastle upon Tyne

22 – Utilita Arena, Birmingham

25 – P J Live, Aberdeen

26 – The OVO Hydro, Glasgow

28 – SSE Arena, Belfast

29 – 3Arena, Dublin

OCTOBER 2022

1 – Motorpoint Arena, Nottingham

2 – Utilita Arena, Sheffield

8 – 3Arena, Dublin

10 – INEC Arena, Killarney

13 – The O2, London

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George Ezra tour 2023: Venues, dates and how to get tickets

14 November 2022, 09:09

How to get tickets for George Ezra this summer as he performs across the UK...

George Ezra is back with a brand new tour this summer and you can get your hands on tickets.

Off the back of his third Number One album release Gold Rush Kid , the BRIT Award-winning and multi-platinum selling artist will be heading to the likes of Belfast, Cork and Suffolk.

Buy George Ezra summer tickets here

Fans will be treated to his latest hit singles Anyone For You and Green Green Grass , as well as tracks from his albums Wanted On Voyage (2014) and Staying At Tamara’s (2018).

His lates album marked a return to heart and hearth, as George wrote and produced the album entirely in London with longstanding collaborator Joel Pott.

George is also heading to Chepstow Racecourse on Sunday, July 2, as the final night in a weekend of special gigs.

Promoter Peter Taylor from Cuffe and Taylor said: “We are absolutely delighted to reveal George Ezra is heading to Chepstow Racecourse as the first of three fantastic headline artists announced for a special weekend of music.

“George Ezra is one of the UK’s most acclaimed talents and his 2022 UK tour was a sell-out. This night will be the perfect way to round off what will be an incredible weekend of live music for fans of all ages.”

George Ezra tour dates:

• 9th June: Belfast – Belsonic at Ormeau Park
• 11th June: Cork – Musgrave Park
• 17th June: Isle of Wight – Isle Of Wight Festival
• 29th June: Lytham - Lytham Festival
• 30th June: Bedford - Bedford Park Concerts
• 2nd July: Chepstow – Chepstow Racecourse
• 7th July: Glasgow – TRNSMT Festival Glasgow Green
• 23rd July: Suffolk – Lattitude Festival

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George Ezra has added three new arenas to his upcoming Gold Rush Kid Tour for 2023.

The singer-songwriter will be hitting the road later this year in support of his third album, but has already extended his run of shows into the new year. 

In 2023, George had added two Irish dates to the tour - where he'll be visiting Dublin's 3Arena on March 8, and Killarney's INEC Arena on March 10. 

He'll then cap off the tour with the biggest show of all - one date at London's O2 Arena on March 13. 

MORE: George Ezra's Official Charts history in full

Gold Rush Kid recently became George's third consecutive Number 1 album in the UK - proving that he truly struck gold with this record (sorry), that also debuted at Number 1 on the Official Vinyl Albums Chart, and the Official Record Store Chart.

But even more impressively, it's also seen success on the Official Singles Chart too. So far, the album has birthed two UK Top 40 hits; lead single Anyone For You, which peaked at Number 12 and current single Green Green Grass, which became George's seventh Top 10 hit in the UK and has so far peaked at Number 3.

George Ezra's Gold Rush Kid Tour dates 2022 - 2023

September 2022.

13 – M&S Bank Arena, Liverpool 14 – Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff 16 – The AO Arena, Manchester 20 – Utilita Arena, Newcastle upon Tyne 22 – Utilita Arena, Birmingham 25 – P&J Live, Aberdeen 26 – The OVO Hydro, Glasgow 28 – SSE Arena, Belfast 29 – 3Arena, Dublin

OCTOBER 2022

1 – Motorpoint Arena, Nottingham 2 – Utilita Arena, Sheffield

8 – 3Arena, Dublin 10 – INEC Arena, Killarney 13 – The O2, London

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How to get tickets for George Ezra's new 2023 arena shows

The extra shows come after his 2022 tour and will take place in London and Ireland

• 00:17, 22 JUL 2022
• Updated 09:36, 22 JUL 2022

Singer George Ezra has announced three new arena shows for 2023 in London and Ireland following his hugely successful gig at Finsbury Park.

The Budapest singer has added the new shows to his already-expansive 2022 tour which is in support of his third album 'Gold Rush Kid'. George will be coming to London and Ireland for the new shows in 2023 and tickets for these go on sale at 10am on Friday, July 22 via Ticketmaster and See Tickets .

Ezra performed at London's Finsbury Park on July 17 to huge crowds and was on the line-up for the stars who headlined The Queen's Platinum Party at the Palace in front of Buckingham Palace on June 4, 2022.

As part of his 2022 tour, which begins in September, George will visit the likes of Liverpool, Cardiff, Manchester, Newcastle, Birmingham and more. Scroll down for his full tour dates, including the new 2023 shows.

George Ezra UK tour 2022/2023

• September, 13 - M&S Bank Arena, Liverpool
• September 14 - Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff
• September 16 - The AO Arena, Manchester
• September 20 - Utilita Arena, Newcastle upon Tyne
• September 22 - Utilita Arena, Birmingham
• September 25 - P&J Live, Aberdeen
• September 26 - The OVO Hydro, Glasgow
• September 28 - SSE Arena, Belfast
• September 29 - 3Arena, Dublin
• October 1 - Motorpoint Arena, Nottingham
• October 2 - Utilita Arena, Sheffield
• March 8, 2023 - 3Arena, Dublin
• March 10, 2023 - INEC Arena, Killarney
• March 13, 2023 - The O2, London.
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‘I’ve moved on, and then some’: singer George Ezra on fame, friendship and finding new inspiration

G eorge Ezra walks into the Old Barge, the Hertford pub that’s been his lifelong local, and within three minutes his song, Budapest is on the stereo. “They’re so supportive here,” he says, with shy gratitude, as he stoops under a curtain into a back room. Ezra first came here after school, searching for a loo. At 16, he started working behind the bar. When friends come home for Christmas, this is where they meet, “and where we would have always met”. It still smells the same. (Currently: of yesterday’s log fire, a comforting contrast to the January damp.) Over the next few hours, locals stick their heads in to wave hello to their friendly neighbourhood pop star, drinking lime cordial and soda in crisp double denim, and he greets them all back by name.

This is the approachable figure Ezra, who is 28, cuts in most settings, whether playing a radiant set at Glastonbury or warmly chatting about mental health on his podcast. A music college dropout born George Ezra Barnett, he emerged in 2014 as part of a cohort of middle-class British boys with acoustic guitars. Unlike most of them, he wasn’t lachrymose or ambition-crazed. Instead he had a good-weird sense of humour and a big voice, cultivated after this ardent blues fan became obsessed with the US blues singer Lead Belly .

Ezra’s label sent him Interrailing to inspire his first album, Wanted on Voyage , and he famously saw much of Europe except Budapest, the name of his breakthrough single. That song set the George Ezra template: primary-coloured bonhomie, a yearning for escape, an awed insistence that he’d give up anything for a girl. For album two, Staying at Tamara’s , he Airbnb’d in Barcelona and came back with the rabidly catchy singles Shotgun and Paradise. Both of his albums hit No 1 and spent 336 weeks in the charts (and counting) between them: rare numbers that put you in the Sheeran leagues.

Having always used trips as creative inspiration, Ezra intended to write album three as he walked from Land’s End to John o’Groats in the spring of 2020. Instead, he spent five weeks of lockdown alone in London before family and friends convinced him to move back to Hertfordshire. For two months, during that mood-spiking heatwave, he lived in a van on a friend’s farm. “It was dogs that needed walking and fields that needed mowing,” he remembers dreamily. He soon bought his own place. Being back has done him the world of good. He loves community: “When you can walk out your front door and the whole town feels like an extension of a back garden.” And though he knows this might seem weird – regressive or stuck – “I feel comfortable in the fact that I’ve moved on, and then some.”

Ezra says change is beautiful, and it suits him. His strong features sit more comfortably on a man’s face. When his hair grew out during lockdown, he swept it back and realised this was his look. (He has laughably nice skin, another recent change: “I started washing! I said to my sister, ‘Washing your skin really makes a difference doesn’t it?’ She was like, ‘Fuck off, yes.’”) On his first two albums, he often sang about escaping and giving it all up; the transformations on his lovely third album, Gold Rush Kid , are less about tearing up the script than recognising a moment as it’s happening, and discovering contentment within it.

It’s a steadier album, he says. The first time around, he relied on his travels for something to write about. Second time, he had seen the world – played New Year’s Eve in Tasmania – “and so then writing about crocodiles and dreaming becomes quite realistic”. This time, he says, it felt “honest and cool” to write about the everyday substance of his life: assignations in hotel rooms and bars, surrendering to a lover’s beauty on the dancefloor. On the big-chorused title track, he sings of “robbing the bank / Making a run for it and learning to dance” – winging it, basically. He had been thinking about the opportunists who rushed west in the 1850s and “understood it as people deciding: over there is something worth pursuing and it’s finite, so go and get it”. Ezra writes to reinforce the things he needs to hear and he has realised that this is the attitude he wants to cultivate towards his career and his life: “Remember: enjoy this.”

It is odd to hear that George Ezra – who wrote the lyric “bikini bottoms, lager tops, I could get used to this”, and sang it with a giddy whoop – needed that nudge. But his earlier, bright exterior concealed a bleak mindset. “In the past, when I’ve been the most intimidated and the most scared, it was really easy to tip over into nihilism and go, ‘Fuck it, it’s all going to end anyway, so what does it matter?’” he says bitterly. Perhaps that outlook has benefits, he considers. “But I don’t think I ever got there in a good way.”

He is a surprisingly careful conversationalist, taking long pauses to risk-assess any admission. I press him for examples of how he would self-sabotage, but he says it wouldn’t do him any good to go into detail. But he admits he almost let this mentality total his career. In 2020, Ezra insisted that he wanted to quit music, telling his manager: “I don’t identify with it, I don’t understand it, I find it really hard to get my head around why I would pursue what I associate with being quite stressful – because the last album was unenjoyable at times, by my own doing.”

Ezra had become “the kid who just says yes,” he says – a punishing identity that gave him a perverse kind of validation. “The diary would be bursting – you could almost see it pulsating. And I lost control, and therefore I started to try to control the things that didn’t need controlling.” He gives the example of spending three hours packing hand luggage: “Dude, you could throw some underwear in that bag, a few T-shirts and a toothbrush and you would be fine.” (As we chat, he often gives himself a second-person talking-to.) “ But this thing could be on display at a museum.”

He also has Pure O , a form of OCD that involves intrusive thoughts without the physical compulsions. He used to lose weeks to them. During the first lockdown, he found a therapist and practised transcendental meditation, which helped. Now the thoughts might loop for just 30 minutes. He has stopped trying to stop them, “because that’s where I used to wind myself up,” he says.

When life opened up again, Ezra got back to writing with his long-term collaborator Joel Pott (formerly of 2000s indie band Athlete), and rediscovered the pleasures of music that his yes-man persona had trampled. “The reason you do this is because you love it,” he tells himself. “And maybe that’s the payoff, that you get to pursue something you love – but as a result, you’re gonna feel it acutely and care too much at times.” (Pott praises the “good people” around Ezra, who told him he didn’t owe anyone anything.)

Given Ezra’s renewed joy, it may seem counterintuitive that death looms over Gold Rush Kid . He cavorts with her on Green Green Grass, another insatiable earworm. On the twinkly closer Sun Went Down, he repeats, with real warmth, “I could die now.” It’s not the old nihilism but a sense of peace that comes from knowing he is giving life his best shot, of accepting himself in this moment.

While Ezra likes his first two albums, he loves this one. “It doesn’t sound like anything but myself,” he says. The first five tracks are classic Ezra – as bright and buoyant as a new pool inflatable. But then it takes a ruminative shift – the album’s most striking song, I Went Hunting, beautifully addresses his past self-sabotage. It’s not a prelude to him becoming a tortured artist, he says – Ezra disdains artists longing to shed their pop fans and get serious – but the result of “a lot of self-reflection”.

He’s chuffed when I single out his favourite line from lead single Anyone for You: “Remember me the way I am, not the way I was.” (Once a month, he prints selected photos from his phone and deletes the rest. “I feel like I’m dragging something along with me,” he says.) He struggles to identify those changes, partly because they’re ineffable, partly because he enjoys privacy. But he gives it a go. He’s discovered that contentment is different from happiness. On this album, he’s telling himself: “You’re all right. You’re not a villain.”

Ezra still walked from Land’s End to John o’Groats with two friends for an upcoming documentary series, ultimately relieved he didn’t have to write an album at the same time. Walking 20 to 30 miles a day gave him the same feeling of peace as transcendental meditation, one that’s stuck around. There was another experience as well: he won’t discuss the specifics on record because he says he hasn’t figured out how to communicate it, but it showed him that the love in his life was inescapable. “I have these people around me, family and friends, that are there. The lesson was: what you don’t get, George, is that they just love you because of who you are. And don’t try to make sense of that because you won’t be able to. But accept it.” He thinks about it all the time. “It felt seismic, but really calm. I think that’s true of a lot of the last few years – these huge changes that actually just took one tiptoe to the left.”

He has learned to look after himself – phone off at 9pm, light the fire, read – and found work-life balance. “I can actually plan meaningful interactions with friends around work,” he says, “which is the thing I’ve always envied in other people.” And no more yes-man. He told management: “Put things in front of me if you think they’re important, and only fight for them if you think they’re really important.”

Still, he wants to give G old Rush Kid a “fighting chance”, especially as he anticipates turning 30 and thinks about “drawing a line in the sand” at some point. “It’s the saddest thing I see in pop music when people just cling on to something,” he says. He isn’t retiring prematurely: he might release music more regularly, but cease touring. “I get a lot from it, positive and negative,” he says. “It’s an insane amount of adrenaline to experience and then to carry that with you.”

Ezra is not the sort of pop star who gameplans their career five years in advance – the opposite, in fact. He definitively does not want to break the US. “It’s too big a place to consider mirroring what my work looks like in Europe and Australia,” he says. “To try to recreate that would kill me. I don’t need it.” He also wants children, which feels incompatible with a career at his level. “There are home videos of me as a child saying I want to be a dad,” he says. “I have to question people that are very famous and pursue that after having kids. It’s lost on me. It sounds selfish.”

The most he will look to his future career is to suggest that being adored by the nation’s children means his songs will ultimately become “throwback party classics”. Any kids that didn’t already know him soon did if they followed Joe Wicks’s lockdown PE lessons . Ezra’s mum, a primary school teacher, told him Wicks said he couldn’t play music on the videos because of copyright. She suggested that Ezra let Wicks use his songs for free. So he did, then donated the royalties to the NHS. “It was just a good thing to be able to do,” he says.

What does it say that pop stars are having to donate to the NHS during a pandemic? He pauses. “There’s a lot I don’t understand,” he says, sadly. “The amount that I don’t understand intimidates me to the point where it probably doesn’t serve me to speak about it because I don’t know where to start. But then I’m like, is that the point? Are you made to feel like you don’t understand when really you do?

“And that’s the thing I found hard about the last few years,” he says, with a sudden ragged breath, “is actually feeling… helpless in some way.” He says the last part in the smallest voice, and we’re both surprised to find he is crying, his grey-blue eyes now red. “Sorry!” he says quickly, and regroups. “There’s a lot of confusing stuff going on in the world. It’s sad, you’re right, why are fucking pop stars donating to the NHS?”

Ezra says he hasn’t generally made political statements because he doesn’t feel qualified – although he recalls his parents, Labour party members, taking him on marches – and not because his fanbase is so broad. He casts aspersions as he gestures around the Old Barge. “I love this pub. It is empty of an evening and it shouldn’t be,” he says emphatically, referencing the fear over Omicron. “Not that it should be busy, but they’re not helped. If people shouldn’t be going out, tell them to close the doors and help them through that time.”

He laments that “making the world an intimidating and confusing place is a really convenient way of pitting people against one another”. It runs counter to his worldview. He comes back to the walk, on which they regularly met “two types of farmer: people that live hand to mouth, up at 4am on Christmas, and they were lovely, pointing us in the right direction. We also met men who wear gold rings on their little fingers and live in big houses on the farms, and they were lovely, and told us which direction to go. It’s why he loved Gogglebox so much, he says, “because it’s good to be reminded you’re all the same in many ways.”

Ezra’s music has always expressed his faith in collective goodness: we’re all right together, we’re just human; as he sings on the song Gold Rush Kid. “You’re just like everyone, you’re holding on.” Has that belief been shaken in the past two years, when it’s often seemed as though we aren’t all in this together? “I don’t think so,” he says. “Getting out and walking the country and meeting people – it just isn’t true. I get terrified that everyone’s out to get each other. For the most part, they are – until you step out your front door.”

The single Anyone For You is out now; the album Gold Rush Kid follows on 10 June on Columbia Records

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