Paul Heaton announces a massive tour, alongside Rianne Downey, following the upcoming release of his ‘Jenius’ album

Paul Heaton, the renowned former lead of bands the Housemartins and The Beautiful South, has doubled down on the surprises for his fans. The 62-year-old announced a brand new album, ‘Jenuis,’ and an extensive tour with surprise guests by the end of the year. Moreover, the artist has released the lead single of the record, ‘Favourite Kind Of Idiot.’Here’s a closer look at Paul Heaton’s announcements and upcoming events.Celebrating 40 years in the music industry, Paul Heaton will take the storm to the stage with special guest singer, Rianne Downey, along with Lightning Seeds. Announcing a list of concert destinations, the singer will begin in Newcastle Utilita Arena on Thursday, October 29, 2026. With the pit-stops like Glasgow, Leeds, Plymouth, Sheffield, London, Nottingham, Cardiff, Liverpool, and Birmingham, he will end the massive tour in Manchester. The tickets will be available from June 5, 2026, on Aloud.com from 9:30 a.m.As for Heaton’s forthcoming album, ‘Jenius,’ it will be released on August 21, 2026, on all platforms, including digital, CDs, cassettes, and vinyl. “If anybody ever calls me a genius, I always say, ‘What?! With a J?!’ The spelling would obviously be wrong,” Heaton said, according to Bang Showbiz. With the theme of “love and loneliness, pubs and booze, community and counsel, a nod to football, the state of the nation, and the overall wisdom of kindness,” he said that songs are anything but modest. “If I can get a variety of people of all sorts of backgrounds to say, ‘Oh, that could be about me or you,’ then I've been successful,” he stated while talking about his aims.