Craig David has introduced a one-off present to have a good time the twenty fifth anniversary of his debut album ‘Born To Do It’ for 2026.
The singer will play the album in full, together with different materials, in an enormous present at London’s Hammersmith Eventim Apollo on Thursday 9 April 2026.
Tickets go on sale at 10am on Friday (October 3), with followers signed to David’s mailing listing gaining access to a pre-sale code on Wednesday. Discover your tickets right here.
David has mentioned: “25 years in the past, ‘Born to Do It’ modified my life and so lots of yours. I couldn’t let this anniversary go with out celebrating it with you. So, I’m excited to announce that I’ll be acting at The Eventim Apollo for an unique present on ninth April subsequent yr, performing your entire album from begin to end.”
“It’ll be an evening to sing, vibe and have a good time collectively,” he added.
🎶 25 years in the past, ‘Born to Do It’ 🎧 modified my life & so lots of yours ❤️💿 I couldn’t let this anniversary go with out celebrating it with you, so I’m excited to announce that I’ll be acting at @EventimApollo 🇬🇧 for an unique present on ninth April subsequent yr performing the… pic.twitter.com/Ci0gHmwp8v
— Craig David (@CraigDavid) September 29, 2025
‘Born To Do It’ was launched in August 2000 and is seen as a landmark launch within the UK storage and 2-step actions. A UK Quantity One album, it was the fastest-selling debut album ever by a British male solo artist and it has gone on to see over 7.5million copies worldwide. It’s remembered for the large singles ‘Fill Me In’ and ‘7 Days’.
In a four-star evaluation on the time, NME wrote: “’Born To Do It’ breathes new life into the cliches of R&B, marking out Craig David as the primary British contender to have an icicle’s probability in hell of cracking the Stateside R&B market since, ooh, Seal.”
In April, David joined Usher on stage at London’s O2 Enviornment for duets of each ‘Fill Me In’ and ‘7 Days’, as a part of the latter’s ‘Previous Current Future’ tour.
David’s ninth studio album ‘Dedication’ was launched in August, his first launch since 2022’s ‘22’. It included appearances from JoJo, Tiwa Savage and Louisa Johnson and made the Prime Ten on the UK Albums Chart.
