Stevie Wonder announces Love, Light & Song UK tour

Legendary singer Stevie Wonder has announced a five-date UK tour titled Love, Light & Song, which includes arena shows and festival appearances.

The tour will see the 74-year-old American-Ghanaian headline BST Hyde Park for a third time on Saturday 12 July with yet-to-be-announced support acts.

Wonder joins previously announced headliners Olivia Rodrigo (27 June), Zach Bryan (28 & 29 June), Noah Kahan (4 July), Sabrina Carpenter (5 & 6 July) and Jeff Lynne’s ELO (13 July) at the AEG Presents-promoted festival. Hugh Jackman was originally scheduled to perform on 6 July but cancelled his show due to “an unforeseen conflict in my schedule”.

The Love, Light & Song tour is due to make four other stops in the UK including Co-op Live Manchester (5 July) and Birmingham’s Utilita Arena (7 July).

“Since the very beginning of Lytham Festival I have said my absolute dream gig to promote would be Stevie Wonder”

The Motown icon will also perform at Cuffe & Taylor’s new 35,000-capacity concert series Blackweir Live in Cardiff, Wales, on Wednesday 9 July, and at the promoter’s long-running Lytham Festival on 3 July.

Lytham Festival co-founder Peter Taylor said: “What an announcement. Since the very beginning of Lytham Festival I have said my absolute dream gig to promote would be Stevie Wonder so this is going to be a very special night.”

News of Wonder’s UK leg follows last year’s surprise announcement of the Sing Your Song! As We Fix Our Nation’s Broken Heart US tour, named after Wonder’s 2024 single by the same name, the release of which marked his first new song in four years.

The Superstition singer is one of the best-selling artists of all time, having produced a slew of hits across his career and garnered 25 Grammy Awards. He has also been inducted into the Rhythm and Blues Music Hall of Fame, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Songwriters Hall of Fame.

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