TAMPA, Florida -- Capitol Records recording artist Sam Smith will return to North America this summer for his second arena/theatre tour of 2015.
The month-long run will kick off on July 18 at Time Warner Cable Arena in Charlotte, NC and will include a concert at Tampa's AMALIE Arena on Tuesday, July 21, 2015 at 8 p.m.
American Express Card Members can purchase tickets before the general public beginning Monday, Feb. 23 at 5 p.m. local time through Thursday, Feb. 26 at 10 p.m. Tickets will go on sale to the public beginning Friday, Feb. 27 at 10 a.m. local time.
TICKETS: Tickets for the event go on sale Friday, Feb. 27 at 10 a.m. at the McDonald's(r) Ticket Office at Amalie Arena, Ticketmaster outlets and at Ticketmaster.com. Order tickets by phone by calling 800-745-3000. Ticket prices are $32.50, $42.50, $54.50, $74.50 and $96.25. Prices do not include facility fee or service charges. For dinner reservations at the Firestick Grill located in Amalie Arena on the day of the event please visit AmalieArena.com or call 813-301-6926 for more information. Advanced parking passes are available at Ticketmaster.com and the ticket office. Visit amaliearena.com or call 813.301.2500 for more information.
Smith's four GRAMMY wins set a record, marking the most awards ever received by a U.K. artist following the release of a debut album. In The Lonely Hour, which has sold more than five million units worldwide, received the award for Best Pop Vocal Album. It reclaimed the No. 1 position on the U.K. album chart in the week following the awards and is currently in the Top 5 of the Billboard 200. Smith's No. 1 single "Stay With Me," which is RIAA-certified 4x multi-Platinum, has won awards for both Record and Song of the Year and Smith was named Best New Artist.
The official video for his new single, "Lay Me Down," has surpassed 15 million views since it premiered earlier this month. Rolling Stone, which profiled Smith in a recent cover story, was on set when the video was shot and spoke with him about the message he and director Ryan Hope hoped to convey in this feature.
After winning the BRITs Critics' Choice award in 2014, Smith leads this year's competition with five BRIT nominations.
He will be performing at the awards ceremony at The O2 in London this Wednesday, Feb. 25. In 2014, he won Favorite Male Artist - Pop/Rock honors at the American Music Awards, the VH1 You Oughta Know Artist Of The Year award, four MOBOs, a Q Award and the BBC Sound of 2014 prize.
