Justin Bieber announces UK arena tour

Justin Bieber is bringing his hit album Purpose to the UK for a string of hotly anticipated arena dates next October. 

Kicking off at London's O2 on October 11 for two consecutive nights, the star will play 8 shows in total, hitting up Birmingham, Manchester and Sheffield, before rounding things off on October 27 at Glasgow's SSE Hydro.

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General tickets go on sale 9am Thursday December 17 from www.justinbiebermusic.com and www.aeglive.co.uk. 

It will be the first time Justin has toured the UK since 2013.

Justin has had a string of record breaking weeks on the Official Chart, most recently replacing himself at Number 1 with Love Yourself, knocking his previous single Sorry off the top. 

The full list of dates are:

October 11, 2016         London, The O2
October 12, 2016         London, The O2
October 17, 2016         Birmingham, Barclaycard Arena
October 18, 2016         Birmingham, Barclaycard Arena
October 20, 2016         Manchester, Manchester Arena
October 21, 2016         Manchester, Manchester Arena
October 26, 2016         Sheffield, Sheffield Arena
October 27, 2016         Glasgow, The SSE Hydro