Leona Lewis confirms debut UK tour

Leona Lewis on stahe at Hackney Empire, London

Leona Lewis has confirmed details of her debut UK tour.

The singer, who played her first UK gig since winning X Factor in 2006 earlier this month in London, will play a string of arena gigs in summer 2010.

The tour begins on 28 May in Sheffield before concluding in Dublin on 27 June.

Tickets for the tour go on sale at 9.30am on Friday 27 November.

In a statement issued with the announcement Lewis said: "Over the last few years I've had some amazing experiences and sung in some really interesting places but it's going to be great to be able to perform all my own material on my very own tour."

Lewis is currently promoting new single Happy from her forthcoming second album Echo, released on 16 November.

The dates in full are:

Sheffield Arena - 28 May

Liverpool Echo Arena - 31 May

Nottingham Trent FM Arena - 2 June

Manchester MEN Arena - 4 June

Birmingham LG Arena - 8 June

London O2 Arena - 12 and 14 June

Glasgow SECC - 20 June

Newcastle Metro Radio Arena - 24 June

Dublin The O2 Arena - 27 June