CRAIG David will play York Barbican Centre for the first time on September 21. Tickets go on sale at £22.50 at 10am tomorrow at the Barbican box office, tel 01904 656688.

David, who last autumn released his second album, Slicker Than Your Average, is in the charts this week at number ten with his ballad duet with Sting, Rise & Fall. He broke the record for BRIT Award nominations in 2001 with six, only to miss out on each of the awards. Last year, too, he was nominated for three BRIT awards, and again he left empty handed.

Updated: 11:03 Thursday, May 29, 2003