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Starting out at Glasgow’s SECC on Monday 12 May, he’ll be playing 10 dates, with his homecoming scheduled as his penultimate show when he arrives at the MEN Arena on Sunday 25 May, just in time for a big Bank Holiday blow-out!

Shayne Ward at the Xmas Lights Switch-On

Shayne, who has just released his sophomore long player, has had a great year. Alongside his platinum album sales, he went into the top ten with both the singles from Breathless – the double A-side No U Hang Up/If That's OK With You and the title track – and drew a huge crowd when he joined Chesney Hawkes and Tina O’Brien to turn on the lights in Albert Square last month.

Breathless is his second album to sell more than 300,000 copies in its first week – his eponymous debut did the same back in 2005 and went on to sell more than two million worldwide.

Shayne Ward plays the MEN Arena on Sun 25 May 2008. Tickets are £26.50 (on sale from Fri 14 Dec)