Australian singer/songwriter Darren Hayes has announced four UK live dates ahead of his new LP,
Secret Codes & Battleships, which is released in October.
The shows, which go on sale on 24 July, will be the first full scale UK performances since his sold out Royal Albert Hall show in 2007. The dates are:
Liverpool's O2 Academy on 15 October, Glasgow's O2 ABC on 16 October, Birmingham's O2 Academy 2 on 18 October and London's O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire on 19 October.
As one half of pop duo Savage Garden, he’s been responsible for over 26 million album sales worldwide including two U.S No. 1 hits.
To add to all of this, his massive hit Truly Madly Deeply has just been announced by U.S Billboard Magazine as The No.1 A.C song of all time - ahead of hits by the likes of Elton John and the Bee Gees.
The new album Secret Codes And Battleships was recorded in Stockholm, Los Angeles, Sydney and Darren's home studio in London. He's collaborated with Swedish writer/producer Carl Falk (Nicole Sherzinger/The Wanted); writers Steve Robson (Taylor Swift/Leona Lewis) and Phil Thornalley (Pixie Lott/Natalie Imbruglia), plus Australia-based, long-term collaborators Justin Shave (Fatboy Slim) and Robert Conley (Amy Meredith). There are reunions with both the multi Grammy Award winning maestro Walter Afanasieff, who produced Savage Garden's Affirmation album and Darren's Spin, and Rex Goh, Savage Garden's long-term guitarist.
The album was mixed by Robert Orton (Lady Gaga) and mastered by Bob Ludwig.
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