SHAWN MENDES COMES HOME TO CANADA WITH SHAWN MENDES WORLD TOUR 2016, MAKING STOPS IN VANCOUVER + TOUR FINALE ARENA SHOW AT AIR CANADA CENTRE IN TORONTO
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SHAWN MENDES COMES HOME TO CANADA WITH SHAWN MENDES WORLD TOUR 2016, MAKING STOPS IN VANCOUVER + TOUR FINALE ARENA SHOW AT AIR CANADA CENTRE IN TORONTO
SHAWN RECEIVES FOUR 2016 JUNO AWARD NOMINATIONS AND IS CONFIRMED TO PERFORM DURING THE APRIL 3 BROADCAST IN CALGARY
FAN CLUB PRE-SALE FOR HOMECOMING TORONTO CONCERT BEGINS TODAY
COUNTDOWN BEGINS FOR PUBLIC ON-SALE FOR SPECIAL TORONTO SHOW USING #ShawnWorldTourTO
08 February 2016 (Toronto, ON) – With his #1 debut album Handwritten and its re-release Handwritten Revisited (Universal Music Canada), four 2016 JUNO Award nominations, platinum single “Stitches” and gold hit “I Know What You Did Last Summer”, Shawn Mendes extends his momentum into the new year with the unveiling of Shawn Mendes World Tour, a 39-date tour taking Shawn across the globe, with Canadian shows in Vancouver and a homecoming show at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto as the final stop. Although the world tour announcement was made a few weeks ago, Shawn only yesterday revealed via his socials today’s Fan Club pre-sale date for the special Toronto show. Shawn's post from yesterday used #ShawnWorldTourTO and included a heartfelt note and a video about his home city of Toronto. Fan Club pre-sale for the Toronto show starts today at 4 p.m. EST, and public on-sale goes up February 13 at 10 a.m. EST. Fans can access the pre-sale by going to ShawnAccess.com for more details. First 50 ticket purchases in each city (25 from pre-sale, 25 from regular on-sale) will win a meet-&-greet with Shawn at their respective concerts. American Express® Card Members can purchase tickets in select markets before the general public beginning Tuesday, February 16 at 10 a.m. local time through Friday, Feb 19 at 10 p.m. local time. Last week Shawn received four 2016 JUNO Award nominations including JUNO Fan Choice (presented by TD), Album of the Year (sponsored by Music Canada), Artist of the Year, and Pop Album of the Year (sponsored by TD). It was also revealed that Shawn will perform during CTV’s April 3 JUNOS broadcast from The Scotiabank Saddledome in Calgary. SHAWN MENDES WORLD TOUR 2016 Canadian dates: July 27 – Vancouver, BC – Vancouver Civic Theatres’ Orpheum August 21 – Toronto, ON – Air Canada Centre *last show of tourShawn Mendes socials:
VEVO Views: over 457 million Vine Followers: over 4.5 million Twitter Followers: over 5.4 million Instagram Followers: over 7.5 million Facebook Likes: over 3.5 million
More about Shawn Mendes: “I Know What You Did Last Summer” (“IKWYDLS”), the single by Shawn and Camila Cabello of Fifth Harmony has gone gold, and the video is currently past 40 million YouTube views. Handwritten entered the Soundscan album chart at #1 in both Canada and the US last year and is now platinum with a total of over two million global sales. The US debut made Shawn the youngest artist in nearly five years to have a #1 album on the Billboard 200 chart. “IKWYDLS” follows up Shawn’s run of consecutive hit singles including “Stitches” (platinum), “Life of The Party” (2X platinum) and “Something Big” (2X platinum). “Stitches” topped the official singles chart in the UK last week and hit #1 on iTunes in over 20 markets, and is 4x platinum in the US. Shawn also recently took home the MTV EMA for Best New Artist and the People’s Choice Award for Favorite Breakout Artist.-30-
For further media correspondence contact: Shelley Fremont Director, Communications UNIVERSAL MUSIC CANADA 416 718 4141 shelley.fremont@umusic.com