Top Percussionists for hire

These professional percussionists will bring added grooves, beats, and textures to your track with congas, maracas, tambourines and yes, even cowbell

Studio Drummer/Perc/Producer - Dennis Holt
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Dennis Holt is one of Nashville's most gifted musicians, whose drumming abilities cross nearly every genre from Americana to Country to Rock, Jazz, Ambient and R & B. Seasoned global performer, Dennis’ diversity has proven itself in recording with Taylor Swift, AD/Kansas, Emmylou Harris, Trisha Yearwood, and Deniece Williams to name but a few.

Percussion For Your Recordings - Daniel Sadownick
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Percussionist and Beat Programmer for Taylor Swift, Norah Jones, The Roots, Michael Brecker and Steely Dan providing excellent Percussion and Beats for your Songs/Album.

Drums, Percussion & Producing - Max Gaertner
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Hi! I'm a producer & percussionist with lots of experience working for artists, companies and film industry as well as a multi-percussionist playing drums, marimba, vibraphone and all kinds of items with experience in contemporary, classical, pop, rock, jazz, ambient and electronic music. I'm always very curious about new music, so let's work :)

Latin session percussionist - JORGE VARDE
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Hi! My name is Jorge and I'm a session percussionist, rhythm section producer based in Buenos Aires. I am a latin percussionist with more than 20 years of experience. I play on many sessions and tour professionally. If you are looking for Afro-Latin percussion sounds and colors, contact me. First class acoustic instruments on your song or album.

Creative Grooves&Great Sounds - Alex Hoeffken
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Recording top sounding drums and innovative sounds for your song tracked in a huge sounding room. I'll find the right groove to your song.

Session Drummer/Percussionist - Nik Hughes
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I am currently the drummer for Bush, but I have toured and recorded with Andy Grammer, Bishop Briggs, Youngblood Hawke, Puddle of Mudd, Emily Osment, Iglu & Hartly, Ty Taylor and many more. I love tracking drums at my studio, doing what is needed for each song, with high quality tones and sounds crafted specifically for each track.

Platinum-Selling Session Drums - Dylan Wissing
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I play drums on "Girl on Fire" by Alicia Keys, "In America" by John Legend, "Lord Knows" by Drake, tracks from Jay Z, Eminem, Kanye West, Needtobreathe, Rick Ross and many more. I want to play on your songs, too!

Session Drummer - Brandon Davis
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Platinum Drummer! ENRIQUE IGLESIAS, STEVE HARWELL, TROI IRONS, DIGITAL DAGGERS, CHRIS CLOUSE, MEGAN SLANKARD,L PLUS 100's MORE! Award Winning Drummer 220+ 5/5 rating reviews on Airgigs 300+ Album Credits 2010 Most Outstanding Drummer Winner at Musicians Institute 2014 Big Drum Bonanza top 10 contestant 2015 FFDP + Paiste Drum Contest Winner

Americana/Rock Session Drummer/Percussionist - Brian Griffin
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Recording credits include Lana Del Rey, Brandi Carlile, The Black Crowes, Alessia Cara, The Wallflowers, Iggy Pop, Dolly Parton, Dionne Warwick. Los Angeles based session drummer available to help you with your music! Great touch, feel, sounds and ideas.

Multi Platinum Drummer - Chuck Sabo
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Over 2,000,000,000 streams with the help of my drum tracks. Including Elton John, Pulp, XTC, Suggs, Brian Eno, Right Said Fred, Gary Barlow, Natalie Imbruglia, Etienne Daho, Chaka Khan, Shakespears Sister, Brian Adams. Special price here on SoundBetter, for the unsigned songwriter. **1/3 of my label fee + free studio time**

Percussionist w/ Grammy Awards - Nate Werth

Five time Grammy award winning percussionist, song writer, and producer. Credits include Snarky Puppy, Ghost-Note, Q-tip, David Crosby, Mark Guiliana, Lalah Hathaway, and more. Recording from an award winning studio in Los Angeles with access to worlds of percussion and sounds for an affordable rate. Great microphones, pre-amps, and acoustics!

Percussion For Your Music.  - HandPercussionTracks
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Hello, my name is Larry. I specialize in remote sessions and offer incredible sounding percussion tracks at affordable rates. To date, I have competed over 2500 online sessions through various platforms. I have extensive credits in film/TV and have worked on projects ranging from the DIY artist to Walt Disney Studios. I offer a 100% guarantee.

El Caballero studio percussion - Ruben de Ruiter
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El Caballero percussionist Ruben de Ruiter has played with well-known and unknown artists, bands and orchestras at festivals and venues in the Netherlands and abroad. He also played in musical and theater productions, in television and radio programs and made recordings in his home studio and other sound studios.

Folk/World Percussion Grooves - Facundo Flores
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I provide your songs with unexpected, great sounding percussion colors, imaginative grooves and sounds, with acoustic sensitivity. I am a recording and touring percussionist and drummer with over 20 years of experience working with a wide variety of artists around the globe: U.S.A., Latin America, Europe and Asia. Contact me with your questions!

Percussionist - Brian Shankar Adler
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Are you seeking a creative drummer, percussionist and composer with a specialty in Indian instruments (tabla and many others), Brian Shankar Adler's work has been described as “profoundly exquisite.” Adler has worked with Bomba de Tiempo, Ballet Hispanico, LA Opera, Guillermo Klein, and been featured in Modern Drummer, DownBeat and NPR.

Beatboxer, Music Producer - Romo
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I am a creative, driven, and results-oriented professional passionate about music production, audio-video editing, and content creation. With a proven track record of success creating engaging content and working with various clients worldwide including Miele (renowned house appliances brand) and Dharma, KSHMR's world-famous EDM record label.

African drums Kora Songwriter - Tom Rossi
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LA based composer, singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, producer. As a percussionist, I specialize in African, Cuban and Brazilian drumming. I've lived in Togo & Ghana, West Africa, Habana & Matanzas, Cuba and Bahia, Brazil. I've played with Papa Ladji Camara, Mustapha Tetty Addy, Changuito, Giovanni Hidalgo, Los Papines and Afro Cuba.

Percussion & Drums. All styles - Matt Hodge
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My studio is permanently set up with top-quality mics and a vast array of instruments ranging from the usual congas, bongos, cajon, tambourines, cowbells etc. to more exotic instruments like calabash, trines, tabla, talking drum, dholak, & tuned percussion. No session is too big or too small and I am able to work to the strictest deadlines.

Session Drummer and Composer - Oshan Saxena
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Oshan Saxena is a multi-genre drummer, composer, and performer with an experience of 10 years in live performance and studio work and is currently enrolled in the third year of Bachelor Degree studies in Professional Musicianship in the British and Irish Music Institute of Berlin.

Percussion:all styles, remote  - Ramon Yslas
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Chicago,Paul Stanley,Christina Aguilera,Marcus Miller,The Voice,David Sanborn and many others.

Session Drummer - Nicholas Sibley
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I'm a session drummer living in Muscle Shoals, Alabama. I've recorded in studios all across the state and studied with drumming greats such as Thomas Lang, Simon Phillips, Terry Bozzio, Chad Wackerman, Tony Royster Jr., and more. I can get you a professional sounding studio-quality drum track in less than two days.

Marimba player - Konstantinos Botinis
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Professional marimba player specialized in studio recording, editing mixing and mastering your music production

Mallet Percussion  - Jerry Tachoir
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Grammy nominated contemporary jazz mallet artist/clinician for the Tama/Bergerault Company. Owner of Good Vibes Sound Studio. Can add quality vibes and marimba parts to your music. Also available to Mix and Master.

Latin Afro Multi-Percussionist - Gala Celia
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Latin Afro Multi-Percussionist. Touring with Jorge Drexler.

Vibraphone/Vocals/Songwriting - Rosie Cerquone
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I am a professional mallet percussionist, endorsed by Marimba One and BlueHaus Mallet Shop. As both a classical musician and a singer-songwriter, I have the skills to create the mallet (or vocal!) part you're dreaming of, whether it's from a notated piece of music, or an idea you send to me in a voice note. I want to help your song come to life!

Record any Kind of Percussion - Facundo Alvarez
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If you´re for some great percussion in your music I´m the perfect guy for the job. I have experience in recording multiple percussion instruments in arrangements of African, Afro-Latin, Afro-Caribbean, Afro-Brazilian and Latin American music, which I have applied to various musical productions as a sessionist and / or producer.

Creative Percussion Recordings - Ben Aylon
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Creative percussion recordings for songs, music productions & sample libraries

Latin American Percussionist - Agustin Lumerman
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I am an Argentine percussionist interested in the study of the development of percussion instruments of Latin American popular music. I specialize in the sounds of the River Plate. I trained as a drummer and percussionist. I dedicate myself to music more than 20 years ago.

Steel drummer, steel drums - Kent Arnsbarger
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Need a steel drummer for you tracks? Steel drummer, recording artist, producer. I kind of do it all like most people I guess. I play 150+ gigs a year and have 7 albums on AppleMusic. I've recorded on over 50 albums the last 2 years on other platforms like this. I compose music for marching perc groups in Indiana and was on Jimmy Fallon!

Percussion / Vibraphone - JOÃO PAULO DRUMOND
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Add depth and excitement to your music with my diverse collection of percussion instruments expertly recorded in my state-of-the-art studio. 10+ years' remote recording expertise. Percussion degree from UFMG, Brazil. Specialized in Vibraphone with honors in France ('13). Also skilled in theater & game music composition.

Musical Story Teller - Ester LC
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I am a professional drummer with a need to narrate stories. So I started to sing, write songs, produce music videos and also create marketing strategies for different professions.

Handpan/Hangdrum Player  - Motaz H. Matar
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An infinitely dedicated handpan player, who plays with passion and unending determination, inspiring and captivating audiences with each note.

Productor y Beatmaker urbano - Dj Luiggi On The Beat
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Music producer with extensive knowledge in the alternative urban scene, Latin urban music DJ and beatmaker specialized in Caribbean urban rhythms.

Session & Live Perf Drummer - Mark Massicotte
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Passionate, Pocket and Feel session drummer for hire. Affordably priced high quality drum tracks.

Percussion, Drummer, Producer - Emilio Martins
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I am Emilio Martins, Brazilian percussionist, drummer, composer, educator and producer. My main activities are experiments with many different percussions and create new sounds and grooves with that.

Percussion|Programming - Common Land Studios
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Hey! My name is Karo and I will record you groovy pop and ethnic percussion as well as program professional percussion and drum tracks.

PERCUSSION FOR YOUR TRACK - Takafumi Nikaido
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My name is Taka living in New York. I graduated from Berklee College of Music in 2016 and working as a professional percussionist. I could record any style of song (Afro Cuban,Peruvian, Pop, Jazz, Funk, etc.) for $100 with unlimited instruments. (My main style is Afro Cuban)

Studio Conga and Bongo Player - Danilo Gossain
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Multi awarded Latin Grammy nominee, conga and bongo player. Specialized in coloring with three congas.

Percussion player - Ayman Mabrouk
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Hybrid Percussion Creator

Remote Hip-hop Rock Beat Maker - Different Person
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Unique Sound Maker

Ethnic Percussionist, Producer - Onur Seçki
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Istanbul based Percussionist, Producer, Audio Engineer with 10 years of experience. I can perform very traditional rhythms and also make very modern grooves with improvised percussion solos and compose full beat arrangements for your project. I play darbuka, bendir, frame drums, riq, cymbal, bongos, djembe, cajon. Ready to do my best for your music

Cantante, Compositora - Ana Eugenia
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Soy cantante, compositora y bailarina. Actualmente, me dedico a producir y componer mis propias canciones, colaborando en diversos proyectos. Mi música se enmarca en diversos estilos, géneros, por lo que me interesa la fusion y diversidad que puede generarse en un proyecto; es lo que me identifica y resalta en mí.

Beats & Percussion Sessions - Jeroen de Rijk Homestudio
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You hire me for custom recorded high level multi style percussion for every thinkable musical situation. - I record overdubs, sounding 'dry', without effects/plugins. (You do the mixing in your session) - Editing and bouncing is done resulting in flawless hi res .wav/aiff files. - You get those files through ‘wetransfer’ or whatever suits you.

Session Percussionist (Brasil) - Lucas Brogiolo
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I am a Brazilian musician, specialist in rhythms. I play several percussion instruments. I have suitable location and professional equipment for the recordings. I also do music productions, arrangements, mixes and mastering.

Pop-Rock session/live drummer - Alessia Mattalia
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Drummer for Jeff Beck on his Grammy winning single Hammerhead. Actually drummer of The Spins, international indie supergroup (1M streamings of their lastest single Sunday Morning)

Session percussionist - Carmen Elisa
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Carmen Elisa Vargas Assistant Principal and Percussionist at the Venezuela Symphony Orchestra

Recording & Mixing Studio  - 32studio
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Everything you need i can do it, Recording Studio with all musician friends

Percussionist, Sound Engineer  - Andres
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Colombian, Afro Cuban and Punk Rock Percussion. Recording, Editing, Mixing, Audio Post-Production

Session Percussion, Producer - Patrick Gorce
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Paris-based Tony Allen Percussionist with +40 years of Session, Drumming, Producing, Engineering, and Mixing experience. More than 3000 Refs My track focuses on delivering the best Performance of the perfect part for your Song with emphasis on Energy, Groove, Sound, and Vibe I serve Your vision and the song by enhancing it without being distracted

Drums, Percussion, Vibraphone - Julian Loida
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Conservatory-trained, improvising, creative, thoughtful, and synesthetic percussionist has experience in genres from Cuban folkloric music to traditional Irish, from flamenco to Mahler, from Donnie Hathaway to Chris Stapleton. With a fresh and versatile perspective, Julian is a dedicated collaborator who brings his full artistry to every project.

Drummer, World Percussionist - Fabio Pirozzolo's Perc Lab
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Get what you need rhythmically from a professional drummer, world percussionist and folk singer

Vibraphone Session - Walter Yones
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Vibraphone Sessionist Walter Yones, offers professional vibes recordings in his home studio for your track, provided to you in your preferred format, jazz or any style of music.

Write/arrange Music - The Shadow Dragon
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To Do My Best Is My QUEST!

Drummer, bari sax, arrangement - Wendy Scher
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I live for the groove and harmony. With sensitive ears, I never overplay. Whether it's laying down the beats for klezmer or ska, or honking out a sultry blues solo on bari sax, I'm down! I also have experience in creating band arrangements, from six to twelve-piece ensembles.

Percussion Session Musician - Patrick Fitzgibbon
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I am a percussionist with tons of experience adding tasteful parts to tracks in many styles. I've worked with Yessian Music, Assemble Sound, Epitome Studios and have done lots of remote recording for smaller projects. My instruments include; marimba, vibraphone, steel drum, congas, djembe, tabla, dumbek, orchestral percussion, shakers, kit, etc.

Drum Grooves & Ethereal Sounds - Carter Casad
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Experienced Drums and Atmosphere Architect, shaping captivating soundscapes for 25+ years. Specializing in Studio Recording, Percussion, Drum Machine Programming, and Sound Design. Collaborated with renowned Rock/Blues bands like The Diabolics and Raw Form. Also known as yuccabuccA, delivering rhythm-driven innovation.

Percussionist & Drummer  - Dave Kemp
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I'm a multi-percussionist & drummer equally versed in orchestral, world and jazz styles. Featured artist at the Berklee College of Music Percussion Festival, on stage percussionist for The Lion King Musical tour of Australia, instrument consultant and performer for the Baz Luhrman Elvis movie and touring with Diana Krall & Neil Finn.

Mallets and Percussion - Martin
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Principal percussionist of the german film orchestra Babelsberg

East African Drums / Mixing - Ilya Izotov
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Professional East African drums, percussion and string instruments recording / Sound mixing

Drummer, ambiances producer - Marcol Savoy
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«Marcol» Savoy is a swiss drummer and composer. After studies in electronics, he gradued from Lausanne Highschool of Jazz. As both a studio musician and a stage performer, he’s worked with international acts, playing on tour throughout Europe, Middle-East, Asia and Central America. He played and recorded with the legendary Fred Wesley (JB's leader)

Brazilian Studio Drummer - Rodrigo Dias
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Looking for a creative drummer for your projects with that Brazilian swing? I am that drummer, with extensive experience in recordings, I deliver the project with up to 13 tracks, clean and with great quality. So were the recordings with Jorge Vercillo, Monarco, Marcelo Camelo, Gilson Peranzzetta and others.

Professional Drummer - Justin Preston
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I have 23 years of experience playing drums and I enjoy playing various genres of music.

Remote Drums Recording - eliasvillalba
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More than 300 songs recorded from my home studio. I have recorded drums for many artists around the world.

Percussionist, frame drums art - Andrea Piccioni
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Andrea Piccioni, a native of Rome, is a master performer on frame drums and percussion. He is touring worldwide with artists such as Bobby McFerrin, Paul McCandless, Riccardo Tesi, Gianluigi Trovesi, Basel Rajoub, Luciano Biondini, Manfred Leuchter, Lucilla Galeazzi, Les Haulz et les Bas, Caitrìona O’Leary, Donàl Lunny and Wu Man.

Session Percussionist/Drummer - Hojay Barbs
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Hello there! My name is Hojay Barbs and I am a session percussionist and drummer. I have few credits in film, jingles, commercials and more. I would like to be part of your amazing record and together we can make the finest music you have made yet.

Beatmaker / Percussion Remote - F. Rose
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My goal is the chemistry between traditional brazilian music and contemporaneity beats. I've been working with recording and music production for almost 20 years. I will be very glad to share that experience with you! Lets make music!!

Percussionist | Foley Artist - JillanaCreative
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Mallet Percussion Specialist | Unique Percussive Foley Sounds

Drum Session and recording - Mati.torres
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I record the drums of your songs! On 12 channels and with professional gear. I have experience in recording various styles and artistic pursuits.

Session percussionist - Jonathan EDO
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French percussionist proficient in Brazilian, African and Latin music. Also competent in jazz, pop, funk and more creative things like drumsets. Currently performing in Lion King at Theatre Mogador in Paris. Percussion coach at Disneyland Paris. www.jonathanedo.com I’d love to hear about your project. Click the ‘Contact’ button above to g

Tabla Grooves & Percussion   - Mendi Singh
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I started learning the Tabla from the age of 3. Working with array of world class artists which has shaped my life and my style of playing. I performed Tabla with Take That in 2017 on their Wonderland Arena and Stadium UK and Ireland Tour, playing to over half a million people. One of the shows from the O2 arena was broadcasted live in 600 cinemas

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