Professor Green - Announces follow up to NUMBER ONE single

 â€˜ Read All About It’

‘NEVER BE A RIGHT TIME’

Release date Jan 22^nd 2012

*and is confirmed to join COLDPLAY on European Tour*

*New Date Added To 2012 Headline Tour*

After incredible live performances on the XFactor and Later With Jools, lead single ‘Read All About It’ from PROFESSOR GREEN’s new Gold-selling album ‘AT YOUR INCONVENIENCE’ spent 2 weeks at number 1 shifting 350,000 copies. Follow-up single ‘NEVER BE A RIGHT TIME’ which shows Green’s softer side is set for a JANUARY 22^ND 2012 release.

Watch the ‘Never Be A Right Time’ video here now

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bgtq9v7Pc-k

It’s also been confirmed that he will join ‘Read All About It’ guest vocalist Emeli Sande on stage in her support slot to COLDPLAY for the last 4 dates of their European tour.

COLDPLAY TOUR

Dec

17^th        Ahoy, Rotterdam, Netherlands

18^th        Sportpaleis, Antwerp, Belgium

20^th        Festhalle, Frankfurt, Germany

21^st         O2 World Arena, Berlin, Germany

PROFESSOR GREEN – real name Stephen Manderson - has reaffirmed his status as the nation’s most inventive rapper and distinctive wordsmith, whose rhymes resonate with the social commentary that characterises the growing tradition of great British lyricists, with his number 3 charting second album ‘AT YOUR INCONVENIENCE’

While the album is bookended with the unmistakeably tongue-in-cheek musings of title track ‘At Your Inconvenience’ and closing track ‘Into The Ground’, the bulk of the album pushes the boundaries and expectations of Professor Green’s sound. The soulfully dark and twisted, ‘Astronaut’ and the future anthem ‘Avalon’ which matches his vitriolic raps with a killer hook courtesy of Sierra Kusterbuck, vocalist with Florida alt-rock trio VersaEmerge. ‘Spinning Out’ is even more audacious, as Green teams up with one of his favourite musicians Fink to reimagine their own interpretation of the classic Pixies track ‘Where Is My Mind?’. Even when Professor Green plays closer to expectations, the results are several bold steps ahead of the pack. ‘Nightmares’ echoes influences from both sides of the Atlantic with the assistance of producer Khalil (Eminem, Dr Dre) and guests Kobe and Royce Da 5’9.

On the live side, after selling out his current November and December dates, Professor Green will also embark on his biggest tour to date next April culminating with a show at London’s O2 Academy Brixton on Saturday May 5^th 2012. Due to popular demand a show at Cambridge Corn Exchange has added with tickets going onsale Friday 9^th December at 9am, all other dates are onsale now at  â€“ www.gigsandtours.com / 0844 811 0051.

December                            

Fri 09      Birmingham O₂ Academy                                           

Sat 10     Lincoln Engine Shed                                                     

Sun 11    Norwich UEA                                                                   

Tue 13    Bournemouth O₂ Academy                                       

Wed 14   Bristol O₂ Academy                                                     

Thu 15   London Brixton Electric                               

April 2012

Mon 23^rd              Glasgow, O2 Academy                                  0844 499 9990

Tues 24^th              Leicester, O2 Academy                                                 0844 477 2000

Weds 25^th           Plymouth, Pavilions                                       0845 146 1460   

Fri 27^th                  Leeds, O2 Academy                                        0844 477 2000

Sat 28^th                 Blackpool, Empress Ballroom                     0844 811 0051   

Sun 29^th                Wolverhampton, Civic Hall                         0870 320 7000   

Mon 30^th              Southend, Cliff Pavilion                                               01702 351 135

May

Weds 2^nd             Reading, Rivermead                                       0118 960 6060

Thurs 3^rd              Cardiff, Uni Great Hall                                  0292 048 8020

Fri 4^th                    Cambridge Corn Exchange                           01223 357 851* New Date Added

Sat 5^th                   London, O2 Brixton Academy                     0844 477 2000

Professor Green firmly established himself as one of the UK's most exciting new talents around when his debut album ‘Alive Till I’m Dead’ crashed into the charts at #2 last year. Since certified double-Gold, the album launched four hit singles with ‘I Need You Tonight’, ‘Just Be Good To Green’, ‘Monster’ and 'Jungle' amassing over 500,000 sales and gaining Green 1.4 million Facebook friends.

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