International stars Sean Paul and Ashanti to make Dublin debut in April

International Grammy award winning superstars Sean Paul and Ashanti are set to make their debut in Dublin, at the 3Arena on 8th April 2025 to kick off their Bring It Tour of 13 cities across the UK and Ireland.

The Bring It Tour will see Sean Paul play to his huge following across 13 cities, with R&B legend Ashanti as co-headliner for 9 dates of the tour including Dublin, Newcastle, Leeds, Glasgow, Nottingham, Manchester, Birmingham, Cardiff and London, with rap icon Fat Joe joining for a star-studded London show.

Sean Paul said “Dublin is a city I have wanted to play for the longest time. I mean it’s the place to drink Guinness, so I’m looking forward to that! It will be something super special to kick off my tour in Dublin with Ashanti and perform for my Ireland fans for the first time.”

“This is my biggest UK & Ireland tour yet. It’s gonna be fire, you know what to do, come through!”

Ashanti said “I’m so excited to come back to perform again for my fans at my biggest ever tour in the UK and launch the tour in Dublin, my first time in Ireland, I cannot wait!”

Sean Paul smashed it with 2023’s Scorcha Tour of the UK, plus a special pit stop at his ancestral home in Coventry.

His recent 8th studio album ‘Scorcha’ saw the star bring his unique, genre-spanning music and live spectacle to his enormous UK fanbase.

With over 26 million records sold, across seven studio albums, Sean Paul is the undisputed biggest crossover dancehall artist of all time, a prolific talent with a staggering 7 billion audio streams and 5 billion video streams. Sean Paul has taken the dancehall genre global, from its origin in clubs in Jamaica to the top of the charts.

His musical career started off in the 1990s, making way for No. 1 smash hits ‘Gimme the Light’ and ‘Get Busy’. Since then he has enjoyed countless smash hits such as ‘Mad Love’, ‘Rockabye’, ‘Baby Boy’, ‘No Lie’, and ‘Body’ and superstar collaborations with Beyonce, Dua Lipa, David Guetta, Major Lazer, Damian Marley, Ellie Goulding, Migos, Clean Bandit, Tory Lanez, Idris Elba and Sia – for two singles ‘Dynamite’ and ‘Cheap Thrills’. Sean Paul has performed to enormous audiences, igniting stages and packing out huge venues in more than 120 countries.

Ashanti is a singer, songwriter and actress with over 15 million records sold, across six studio albums. She was a teenager when she signed to Def Jam in 2002, and was featured on Fat Joe’s ‘What’s Luv?’ and Ja Rule’s ‘Always on Time’ – two of the biggest hits of 2002. Ashanti released her eponymous debut album, which went triple platinum with its No.1 single ‘Foolish’. Ashanti wrote Jennifer Lopez’s hit ‘Ain’t It Funny’, which also reached No.1.

Her film credits include The Muppets’ Wizard of Oz, Coach Carter, Resident Evil Extinction and John Tucker Must Die. Ashanti has released five more albums, Chapter II (2003), Ashanti’s Christmas (2003), Concrete Rose (2004), The Declaration (2008) and Braveheart (2014). Most recently Ashanti featured on Aitch’s track ‘Baby’ in 2022. Ashanti has picked up eight Billboard Awards, a Grammy, two American Music Awards, two Soul Train Awards and six ASCAP Awards.