Billy Porter to bring The Black Mona Lisa tour to the UK in October 2024

Award-winning singer, composer, director, author, actor, and playwright Billy Porter has announced that he is bringing his Billy Porter in Concert: The Black Mona Lisa Tour worldwide tour to the UK in October 2024.

The Tony Award winner will play his UK tour from 18 to 28 October 2024, including a one-night-only run at The London Palladium on 26 October 2024.

Billy Porter said in a statement: “I’m thrilled to be bringing my fifth and most personal album to tour my 2nd favourite home country. The UK has embraced my passion project with open arms, with me seeing two of my singles: Children & Baby Was A Dancer soar to the top of BBC Radio Radio 2 Pop Charts, with the latter reaching #1. I can’t wait to share my love for you all live and in person. And just for clarity, my pronouns are: he/him. She/her. They/Them — THAT BITCH! Often imitated. Never duplicated. They are one of one. The only one. The complete definition of…ICONIC. Ladies, gentlemen and those who have yet to make up their minds; I serve you MISS BLACK MONA LISA!”

Earlier this month Billy also spoke to Reader’s Digest, saying that “I’m doing a tour in the UK in October —‘Black Mona Lisa Volume Two: The Cookout Sessions’. I think it’s a six- or seven-city tour; we’re working on that now. But I’m always working, honey, always!”

Porter has already toured The Black Mona Lisa extensively in the US in 2023, his first-ever career-spanning pop music concert tour.

The 90-minute powerhouse event featured Billy telling his life story through song, including his chart-topping hits “Love Is on the Way” and “Love Yourself”. The tour coincided with the released of his album, The Black Mona Lisa.

Billy is also performing this Summer in the UK, at Brighton & Hove Pride Fabuloso on 3 and 4 August 2024.

Billy Porter’s stage credits include Tony Award winning performances in Kinky Boots and A Strange Loop, plus Miss Saigon, Angels in America and Grease.

His TV work includes playing Pray Tell in Pose, winning an Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series.

Tickets on sale Friday 31 May

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Billy Porter The Black Mona Lisa 2024 Tour Dates

18 October 2024
Swansea Arena

20 October
Glasgow King’s Theatre

22 October
Bath Forum

24 October
Manchester Palace Theatre

26 October
The London Palladium

28 October
Brighton Dome

UPDATES: Article original published on 23 May 2024 with news of his tour from Billy’s interview with Reader’s Digest; Confirmed on 28 May 2024 by the tour’s producers

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