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Orginally signed in his early days by the late legend\u00a0Prince, he has secured his name in the R&B history books, with a career that has spanned over thirty years. His much loved, chart smash\u00a0‘Criticize’\u00a0is still lighting up dance floors across the world today and became integral to the soundtrack of the teenage years of Generation X.<\/p>\n
Hailing from Minneapolis,\u00a0Alexander has created a cult appreciation across the globe, that transends age and genre. His back catalogue transporting his singles into the UK and Billboard top tens as well as a triple platinum selling album and ever expanding discography.\u00a0Having flirted briefly with and quickly shunned a celebrity TV career, Alexander\u2019s heart is firmly in music and he remains loyal to the thousands who buy his records, with an ever present passion to keep his sound alive and contemporary.<\/p>\n
2018 will see the release of Alexander\u2019s first studio album for 15 years, a sensational blues album, with an undeniable maturity to his great soul voice. He is also currently in the studio re- recording his most famous album, the million selling smash \u2018Hearsay\u2019, due for release in time for Xmas 2017. Earlier this year he released his hard hitting, blockbuster autobiography, and has undertaken what will become a 50 date UK tour to celebrate 30 years of the album.<\/p>\n
Alexander is looking forward to stepping into the footsteps of his hero Marvin Gaye, when he ends April\u2019s tour on the hallowed stage of The London Palladium. He will be playing all of his hits and some new material. In his own words, Alexander says:
\n\u201cIt\u2019s gonna be a party and kind of right , you know it!\u201d<\/p>\n
Tour Dates 2018:<\/strong><\/p>\n Friday 6th April Armadillo Glasgow<\/strong> Tickets go on sale from 9am on Wed 23rd August on See Tickets<\/a>.<\/p>\n Find Alexander O’Neal online on Facebook<\/a> and his official website<\/a>.<\/p>\n \n Save<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Praised by critics for having a voice with the same grain and range as Otis Redding, Alexander O\u2019Neal came to prominence as an RnB singer in both the US and UK territories with a stream of hits that included \u2018If You Were Here Tonight\u2019, \u2018Saturday Love\u2019, \u2018Never Knew Love Like This\u2019 & \u2018Fake\u2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":30032,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[264],"tags":[11309,4746,491,1574,78,11310,263,103],"class_list":["post-30031","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-concerts","tag-alexander-oneal","tag-otis-redding","tag-prince","tag-rnb","tag-singer","tag-the-resurrected-tour","tag-tickets","tag-tour"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yMhl-7On","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":31855,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2017\/12\/christmas-competition-win-signed-albums-and-tour-tickets-from-alexander-oneal\/","url_meta":{"origin":30031,"position":0},"title":"Christmas Competition! 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\n Saturday 7th April Lowry Salford<\/strong>
\n Sunday 8th April City Hall Hull<\/strong>
\n Wednesday 18th April Cliffs Pavillion Southend<\/strong>
\n Thursday 19th April Colston Hall Bristol<\/strong>
\n Friday 20th April Town Hall Birmingham<\/strong>
\n Tuesday 24th April De Montford Hall Leicester<\/strong>
\n Wednesday 25th April London Palladium London<\/strong><\/p>\n