Plan B announces UK Tour for summer 2012

Plan B has announced he will tour the UK next year.

Instead of playing traditional concert venues, the singer will play a series of gigs in British forests during summer 2012.

Speaking about the tour, Plan B said: “It’s going to be a real adventure taking the Plan B show into the woods.”

The 28-year-old’s latest album, The Defamation of Strickland Banks, was one of the best-selling albums of last year.

As part of the annual Forestry Commission Live Music festival, woodland areas are temporarily transformed into concert arenas.

The Forestry Commission say profits from ticket sales will be spent on “improving the local forests for both people and wildlife”.

The rapper, whose real name is Ben Drew, has previously scored top 20 hits in the UK singles chart with Stay Too Long, She Said and Prayin’.

Earlier this year, he won the Brit Award for best British male, plus three Ivor Novello Awards including album of the year.

The full dates are:

Thetford Forest, Suffolk – 15 June

Sherwood Pines Forest, Nottingham – June 16

Bedgebury Pinetum & Forest, Kent – June 22

Westonbirt Arboretum, Gloucestershire – June 23

Cannock Chase Forest, Staffordshire – June 29

Dalby Forest, North Yorkshire – June 30

Delamere Forest, Cheshire – July 7

Tickets for the shows go on sale this Friday, 9 December.

Source: BBC.co.uk | Newsbeat