ONE of the breakthrough stars of the past year, Mabel brings her High Expectations headline tour to 02 Guildhall Southampton on Sunday.

Currently on a truly unstoppable run, she stole the show at Glasgow’s TRNSMT festival whilst also presenting Valterri Bottas his pole position award at the British Grand Prix where she was F1’s special guest. It is these sorts of pinch-yourself moments that are quickly becoming a typical day’s work for Mabel, with Don’t Call Me Up continuing its global takeover, having been named the biggest-selling single by a UK female artist of 2019.

The High Expectations tour will be the next chance for her impassioned UK and European fans to witness Mabel in action and hear her debut album in all its glory.

An effortless storyteller with a pure and unfiltered singing talent and songwriting ability, Mabel McVey has an instinctive gift of melody far beyond her 23 years. Indeed Mabel has made quite the impression since bursting on to the scene in September 2015 with her release Know Me Better. Quietly released onto Mabel’s personal SoundCloud, the single didn’t remain a secret for long, putting the wheels in motion for Mabel to become a fresh and exciting name amongst a brand new generation of r’n’b chanteuses.

In the years since then, Mabel’s growth (musically, emotionally, visually) has been extraordinary. Her formative material led to the surprise breakthrough of ‘Finders Keepers’ in 2017, which went platinum, spent 5 weeks in the top 10, and saw Mabel nominated for her first BRIT Award (Critics’ Choice).

Born into a musical dynasty, it is safe to say that music quite literally runs in the blood of Mabel. The daughter of producer Cameron McVey, best known for his seminal work with Massive Attack, Portishead, Sugababes and All Saints, Cameron remains one of British music’s most cherished guardians. Mabel’s mother is Neneh Cherry, the cross-generational music and style superstar who went onto defy then-musical genres.

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