Billy Ocean Tickets on Sale

Published 21 Jan 2010 14:20

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Billy Ocean the most successful British black male artist of all time is back on the road. Billy Ocean comes to Kilmarnock's Grand Hall on Thursday 13th May at 8pm with tickets at £20.00. Tickets will be on sale from 10am from Tuesday 2nd February - call boxoffice on 01563 554900 to book or visit www.visiteastayrshire.com to book online.

Born in Trinidad, Ocean came to London's West End aged 7 and got into soul singers like Otis Redding and Sam Cooke as well as the Beatles and The Rolling Stones. His second single 'Love Really Hurts Without You' reached number 2 in the UK charts and No 12 in the US.

Top twenty singles followed and his move to Jive Records brought instant success with the million selling American No.1 and Grammy Award winning 'Caribbean Queen'. 'Suddenly', followed from the same double platinum album.

Classic hits continued with 'When The Going Gets Tough' and 'Get Outa My Dreams'. With his family grown up Billy went back to touring in 2007 and this successful tour culminated in his new album 'Because I Love You'.

This is a unique opportunity to enjoy a night with an internationally acclaimed artist.

Tickets will be on sale from 10am from Tuesday 2nd February at £20.00 - call boxoffice on 01563 554900 to book or visit www.visiteastayrshire.com to book online.

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