Former One Direction star Niall Horan has announced a massive UK and Europe tour as his solo career goes from strength to strength.

In the run up to his debut solo album Flicker on October 20 - on the back of smash hit single Slow Hands - the 24-year-old crooner has revealed he will be rocking on up to Glasgow’s SEC Armadillo on March 18, 2018.

Horan’s full upcoming UK tour dates are listed below. Tickets go on general sale from 9am on Friday, October 13 and can be purchased via Ticketmaster.

UK tour schedule for March 2018:

Dublin, Ireland 3Arena - 12
Belfast, Ireland The SSE Arena - 13
Manchester, UK O2 Apollo - 15
Glasgow, UK SEC Armadillo - 18
London, UK O2 Academy Brixton - 22
Cardiff, UK Motorpoint Arena - 24
Bournemouth, UK BIC - 26
Brighton, UK Brighton Centre - 27

The One Direction boys have taken a break from working as a group to concentrate on their solo careers and, despite much hype over Harry Styles’ self-titled debut album, Niall seems to have overtaken him in popularity in recent months.

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This week, Niall voiced his support for Man! I Feel Like A Woman singer Shania Twain as he posted a link to her album on Twitter writing: “My favourite person in the world has an album out . Go get it!!”