'I’m stripping back my sound so the audience can lean in a little closer and really hear my soul' - multiple awards winner Beverley Knight launches tour
The Queen of British soul, Beverley Knight, will share her hit songs on a major tour which takes in Sheffield and Nottingham.
Beverley will also sing favourites from musical theatre and cherished songs that have inspired her, backed by a live band. Her unique show will also feature stories from Beverley’s life on the stage.
Ahead of her concerts at Sheffield City Hall on June 4 and Nottingham Royal Concert Hall on June 5, 2026, Beverley said: “I’m excited to get back on the road but with a different kind of show folk are used to with me. ‘Born to Perform’ is me taking you on a journey through my life on both music and theatre stages, using my memories and of course my songs. I’m stripping back my sound so the audience can lean in a little closer and really hear my soul.”
Beverley’s live performances have gained a legion of famous fans over the years from David Bowie to Steive Wonder, she has collaborated on stage and on record with the likes of Prince, Jamiroquai, Take That, Joss Stone and Marvin Gaye.
She has had several top 10 albums. incljuding the platinum selling Voice: THe Best of Beverley Knight and sold more than a million albums in the UK, including four gold certified album. Beverley was awarded an MBE for services to British music and charity in 2007, has won three MOBO Awards, been nominated for Best Female at the Brit Awards three times and Best Album at the prestigious Mercury Music Prize.
Alongside her life as a singer, Beverley has built an award-winning career in theatre. Her portrayal of Emmeline Pankhurst in Sylvia at The Old Vic won Beverley her first Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Musical in 2023. Other starring roles include Marie & Rosetta, her first professional play, which won her Best Female Lead Actor in the Black British Theatre Awards 2025; the formidable manager of soul group The Drifters in The Drifters Girls, which was Olivier nominated Best New Musical and Beverley for Best Actress in 2022, and the iconic role of Grizabella in Cats at the request of Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber in 2015 and 2016.
Tickets to see Beverley in Sheffield cost from £38.95, go to www.sheffieldcityhall.co.uk/beverley-knight. TIckets for her show in Nottingham cost from £36.50, go to www.trch.co.uk