NE-YO AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZELAND TOUR

GRAMMY WINNING, MULTI-PLATINUM, CHART-TOPPING SONGWRITER,   NE-YO, ANNOUNCES AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND TOUR - YEAR OF THE GENTLEMAN

Grammy award winner, RIAA platinum Def Jam recording artist and chart topping songwriter Ne-Yo will embark on a five city Australian and New Zealand concert tour starting in Sydney on Saturday 7 November 2009.

The live concert dates are a celebration of his award winning third album - Year of the Gentleman. It is the follow-up to Because of You (released May 2007), which received this year's Grammy Award or Best Contemporary R&B Album and In My Own Words (February 2006) - both of which debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200 and R&B/Hip-Hop Album charts.

In addition to penning this new collection, Ne-Yo once again showed his writing prowess, penning lyrics for Rihanna, Janet Jackson, Mary J. Blige and Celine Dion as well as the chart topping, record breaking Grammy nomiated song "Irreplaceable" for Beyonce.

Tickets for Year of the Gentleman tour go on sale on Monday 22 June 2009 and are available from www.ticketek.com.au.

TICKETS ON SALE 18 June (Pre-Sale), 22 June (General Public)