Win tickets to see Morrissey at Leeds First Direct Arena

Posted by Helen Nugent | Feb 24, 2020 | Competitions

Win tickets to see Morrissey at Leeds First Direct Arena

Win tickets to see Morrissey at Leeds First Direct Arena.

Morrissey’s 13th solo album and second studio album for BMG Records, I Am Not A Dog On A Chain, will be released on March 20, 2020.

The album, produced by Grammy award-winning producer Joe Chicarelli (Beck, Tori Amos, The Strokes, The Killers, The White Stripes, The Raconteurs), and recorded at Studio La Fabrique in Saint- Rémy de Provence, France and Sunset Sound in Hollywood, California, also saw its first single, Bobby Don’t You Think They Know? featuring backing vocals by legendary R+B Icon Thelma Houston, released to critical acclaim. In addition, Morrissey’s cover of Roy Orbison’s 60s classic It’s Over recently enjoyed a #1 chart position on the UK Vinyl Singles chart.

Now, as part of the next stage of Morrissey’s new album launch, two Morrissey UK arena concerts have been confirmed as well as dates in Cologne and Paris. The first UK date is at Leeds First Direct Arena on March 6 along with a second show set at The SSE Arena in London on March 14. He also plays the Palladium Cologne on March 9 and the Salle Pleyel in Paris on March 11.

The competition

For your chance to win a pair of tickets to see Morrissey live at Leeds First Direct Arena on March 6, sign up to the Northern Soul newsletter (details of how to do this are on the right-hand side of the page) and send an email to helennugent@northernsoul.me.uk with the title ‘Morrissey’ and remember to include your name and address in the body of the email.

Closing date: March 1, 2019

A winner will be picked at random and notified by March 1, 2020

Tickets also on sale at gigst.rs/Morrissey

Listen to Bobby Don’t You Think They Know? here: morrissey.lnk.to/bobbyPR

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Helen Nugent is the Founder and Editor of Northern Soul. A Northern lass, born and bred in Manchester, Helen has been back in her home town for 13 years after working in London for The Times and a number of other national newspapers. You can find articles by Helen in, among others, The Guardian, The Mail on Sunday, The Times, the i newspaper, The Observer, Big Issue North, The Yorkshire Post, and The Spectator. Previous roles include producing and presenting the business news at BBC Radio 5 Live and on BBC local radio across the UK, and freelancing for The Daily Telegraph, The Independent on Sunday, The Sunday Times, and the Financial Times. She also spent 18 months as Money Editor of The Spectator. During ten years at The Times, she won a series of awards including Journalist of the Year and had a number of jobs including News Reporter, News Editor, Lobby Correspondent in the House of Commons, Business Reporter, and Financial Writer. In addition, Helen runs her own media training and PR consultancy firm, Helen Nugent Consulting. Helen has appeared on Sky News, BBC Radio 2, BBC Radio 3, BBC Radio 4, BBC 6 Music, BBC Radio Manchester, BBC Radio Merseyside, BBC Radio Lancashire, BBC World Service, talkRadio, and GB News. An experienced chairperson and speaker, she regularly chairs conferences and events for, among others, literature festivals, award ceremonies, and tech shows. She was also a Guest Lecturer at Westminster University in the Department of Journalism & Mass Communication, and a Guest Lecturer at City University and at MMU. She taught Music Journalism at Salford University for a number of years, and taught Political Reporting at Huddersfield University. In 2017, she was shortlisted for Person with Purpose at the Northern Power Women Awards. In 2019, she was a judge for the HWA Gold Crown Awards which recognise the best historical novels. Feel free to drop her a line at nugenthelen@hotmail.com or via the contacts page. All correspondence is welcome, particularly if you would like to share a magical Northern experience.

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