{"id":1884769,"date":"2026-04-15T14:30:17","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T11:30:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1884769"},"modified":"2026-04-15T14:30:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T11:30:17","slug":"jessie-ware-on-the-hyper-surreal-high-of-a-debut-arena-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1884769","title":{"rendered":"Jessie Ware on the ‘hyper-surreal’ high of a debut arena tour"},"content":{"rendered":"

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/1024\/branded_news\/6706\/live\/cd50e6c0-1c62-11f1-b8c2-59d98cecc063.jpg”]<\/p>\n

\n
\n
\n
\n
\"GettyGetty Images<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
Jessie Ware will play her first arena tour after releasing her new album Superbloom<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
\n
\n
\n

Straddling a bookies’ tip to be the next James Bond like a bucking bronco is certainly one way to grab people’s attention.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\n
\n
\n

And that’s exactly what Jessie Ware did last month in the music video for Ride, starring Happy Valley actor James Norton.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\n
\n
\n

The single is from her upcoming album Superbloom, which is the singer’s sixth studio record.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\n
\n
\n

But Ware tells BBC Newsbeat it feels “hyper-surreal, majestic and mad” to also be announcing a new first for her – a UK arena tour.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\n
\n
\n

The singer-songwriter will play London’s O2, The Hydro in Glasgow and Manchester’s Co-op Live at the end of 2026.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\n
\n
\n

“I love the journey that I’ve been on,” says Ware, whose debut album Devotion is now 14 years old.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\n
\n
\n

“I just think it shows how long it can take to build a community.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\n
\n
\n

“I’m on my sixth record and the fact we’re still getting bigger and better is really exciting.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\n
\n
\n

Ware’s audience expects to dance, with her early material offering an opportunity to catch a breath between the choreography, effervescence and glitz.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\n
\n
\n

It’s a balance she hopes to strike in some of the UK’s biggest indoor venues later this year, citing Lady Gaga as an “amazing” inspiration.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\n
\n
\n

“Gaga connects in arenas,” she says.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\n
\n
\n

“Maybe I’m going to have to have a B-stage or get into the crowd, but I’ll find a way.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\n
\n
\n

“I will try and bring that intimacy, vocals, pizzazz – all of it.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\n
\n
\n

When Newsbeat mentions Manchester’s Co-op Live’s capacity is 23,500, Ware’s eyes widen.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\n
\n
\n

“Look, babe,” she replies, shrugging it off, “I’ll just get all my family from Manchester to fill the seats.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\n
\n
\n
\"GettyGetty Images<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
The singer performed for an audience of A-list stars during February’s Bafta Film Awards<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
\n
\n
\n

Margot Robbie, Reese Witherspoon and even Sir Keir Starmer accepted Ware\u2019s invitations onto Table Manners, her hit food podcast featuring her mum Lennie.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\n
\n
\n

But the singer says she learned to keep up with fans\u2019 appetite by serving them a varied musical diet.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\n
\n
\n

“I would look at the crowd at my shows and think ‘I need to give you some tempo’,” Ware tells Newsbeat.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\n
\n
\n

“My fans have given me this confidence to feel free and push things.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\n
\n
\n

“I thought ‘I’ve given them my vocal, I’ve given them mid-tempo, now I need to give them tempo’.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\n
\n
\n

Superbloom’s lead single I Could Get Used To This saw Ware’s new era blossom over flourishing panpipes and funky guitar riffs.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\n
\n
\n

Ride, its follow-up, is a darker dose of disco, punctuated with cracking whips and the thundering footfall of wild horses.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\n
\n
\n

It samples the signature whistle of the Western classic The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, but Ware admits that’s where her knowledge of the movie genre ends.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\n
\n
\n

“I’ve never seen that film in my life,” she laughs.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\n
\n
\n

“I whistled it because we were making a cowboy song and I wanted the drop to not be my vocal.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\n
\n
\n

Ware needed permission from composer Ennio Morricone’s estate to include the sample, which she was relieved to receive quickly.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\n
\n
\n

“They obviously love a bit of disco,” she says.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\n
\n
\n

Jessie Ware’s arena tour visits London’s O2 on 28 November, Glasgow’s Hydro on 4 December and Manchester’s Co-op Live on 5 December. Her album, Superbloom, is released on 17 April.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\n
\n
\n
A footer logo for BBC Newsbeat. It has the BBC logo and the word Newsbeat in white over a colorful background of violet, purple and orange shapes. At the bottom a black square reading \"Listen on Sounds\" is visible.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
\n
\n
\n

Listen to Newsbeat live at 12:45 and 17:45 weekdays – or listen back here.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n

[analyse_source url=”https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/c4g5x413205o”]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/1024\/branded_news\/6706\/live\/cd50e6c0-1c62-11f1-b8c2-59d98cecc063.jpg”] Getty Images Jessie Ware will play her first arena tour after releasing her new album Superbloom Straddling a bookies’ tip to be the next James Bond like a bucking bronco is certainly one way to grab people’s attention. And that’s exactly what Jessie Ware did last month in the music video for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[35,226],"class_list":["post-1884769","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","tag-bbc-com","tag-crawlmanager"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1884769","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1884769"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1884769\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1884769"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1884769"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1884769"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}