RICK Astley will tour the UK performing his classic tracks and songs from his new album.

The tour will come to Cardiff's St David's Hall on Wednesday, April 13.

His amazing career began in 1987. Aged just 21, people were shocked by the powerful, mature soulful tone to his voice and the UK sent his debut single Never Gonna Give You Up to the top of the charts within two weeks of its release. The rest of the world soon followed suit with Never Gonna Give You Up reaching number one in 16 other countries including most of Europe, Japan, United States and Australia.

The following two years saw Rick continue to dominate the charts around the globe. In the UK, Rick was in the Top 40 every week for the first six months of his career. It was Britain's largest selling single of that year.

The album Whenever You Need Somebody entered the UK album charts at number one and sold over 15.2 million copies worldwide, making him the top selling British act of the year. It was a similar success story in the USA, as Rick became one of the few British artists to crack their market. Rick's American success was reinforced with a second number one single, Together Forever. It Would Take a Strong Strong Man became another top 10 single and the album also reached a position within the op 10, selling close to two million copies.

Shortly after this, Rick decided to leave the music business….only to surprise his British fans 13 years later, with an eight-date tour in 2004. He performed classic songs from past decades, including Sinatra, Bacharach and The Carpenters, as well as a few from his own musical resume. More dates soon followed.

Since then, Rick has re-discovered his love for playing live, gradually increasing his international gigs and he continues to tour all over the world. As well as a sell-out UK tour in 2012, Rick opened up for Peter Kay’s record breaking The Tour That Does Tour –Tour and has performed at numerous large outdoor events and festivals every summer.

This will be Rick first major UK headline tour in four years and also marks the first time he has appeared in many of the venues.

To get your tickets please visit gigsandtours.com or ticketmaster.co.uk or call 0844 811 0051 or 0844 826 2826.