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Ariana Grande has confirmed she’ll return to the UK and Ireland for a run of arena shows next summer.

The ‘Thank U Next’ singer will kick off a string of shows in London next August, before returning a month later for subsequent dates in Birmingham, Glasgow, Sheffield and Dublin. Check out the dates in full below and buy tickets here from 10am on December 21.

AUGUST

17 – London, O2 Arena
19 – London, O2 Arena

SEPTEMBER

14 – Birmingham, Arena
17 – Glasgow, SSE Hydro
19 – Sheffield, FlyDSA Arena
22 – Dublin, 3Arena

Although a Manchester show is not yet included in the dates, the singer yesterday confirmed that special plans were underway for her return, after 22 people were killed by a suicide bomber following her show at the venue in May 2017.

The singer wrote in an Instagram post: “Manchester is not on this initial list because we are planning a special show. We need a bit more time getting things together before we can announce that date but we are of course coming and we love you.”

It’s also not known how the concert will differ from the rest of the tour shows. Two weeks after the Manchester Arena atrocity in May 2017, Grande hosted a benefit concert in memory of the victims, which saw Katy Perry, Justin Bieber, Liam Gallagher, and more play Manchester’s Old Trafford cricket stadium.

In other news, earlier this week Grande released the follow-up to ‘thank u, next’ with ‘Imagine’.