JLS announce Manchester date as part of huge UK and Ireland tour

JLS have announced they will reuniting for a huge 15-date arena tour - and they're coming to Manchester.

Aston Merrygold, JB Gill, Marvin Humes and Oritsé Williams will bring their catalogue of unforgettable hits to Manchester's AO Arena on Thursday, November 2. Tickets for 'Everybody Says JLS: The Hits Tour' will go on sale on Friday, March 3, at 9am.

The huge tour will kick off at Dublin's 3Arena on October 20 - exactly two years to the day since they embarked upon the ‘Beat Again’ tour - and will draw to a close at Sheffield's Utilita Arena on November 11.

JLS commented: "We couldn't be more excited to announce another UK and Ireland arena tour! Last time out was totally surreal and we’ve been eagerly awaiting the right time to do it all over again.

"Playing live and seeing our amazing fans is definitely the best part of being JLS!"

The group rose to fame on the X Factor in 2008, but split in 2013, before reuniting for a UK tour in 2021. They broke through with their smash hit 'Beat Again' in 2009, which went straight through to Number 1 - their first of five UK chart-topping smashes. They followed up with popular releases including 'Everybody In Love’, ‘The Club Is Alive’, ‘Love You More’ and ‘She Makes Me Wanna’.

With another five Top 10 hits in the bag, JLS also impacted the album charts with their self-titled Number 1 debut and three more Top 3 records before saying goodbye in 2013 with their ‘Greatest Hits’ album.

In February 2020 they announced details of their ‘Beat Again’ reunion tour, which was quickly extended and then completed in November 2021, post-lockdown. They also returned to the charts when their album ‘2.0’, which debuted at Number 4 in the charts.

General sale starts on Friday, March 3 from 9am on Live Nation and See Tickets.