Kanye West and Jay-Z will play a joint UK tour this summer, it has been revealed.

The pair will tour their joint album ‘Watch The Throne’ in early summer, playing dates in May and June in London, Manchester and Birmingham,

The pair only released their debut album as ‘The Throne’ last year, but Jay-Z has previously hinted that the second release from his and West’s ‘Watch The Throne’ project will be released this year.

Watch The Throne European Tour

MAY 2012

Sunday 20 O2 Arena London
Thursday 24 Zurich Hellenstadion, Switzerland
Saturday 26 Herning Arena, Denmark
Monday 28 Oslo Telenor Arena, Norway
Tuesday 29 Stockholm The Globe, Sweden

JUNE 2012

Friday 1st – Paris Bercy, France
Saturday 2nd – Paris Bercy, France
Sunday 3rd – Antwerp Sportpaleis, Belgium
Tuesday 5th – Frankfurt Festhalle, Germany
Friday 8th – Dublin O2 Arena, Ireland
Monday 11th – Manchester, UK – MEN Arena
Wednesday 13th – Birmingham, UK – LG Arena

Jay Z & Kanye tickets on sale from 9am on Friday 24th Feb

Adele, Ed Sheeran and Rihanna were among the winners at the 2012 Brit Awards, which took place at the O2 Arena in London. See below for the full list of winners:

Female Solo Artist: Adele

International Male Solo Artist: Bruno Mars

British Single: One Direction – ‘What Makes You Beautiful’

International Female Solo Artist: Rihanna

British Male Solo Artist: Ed Sheeran

British Group: Coldplay

International Group: Foo Fighters

British Breakthrough Act: Ed Sheeran

International Breakthrough Act: Lana Del Rey

Outstanding Contribution to Music: Blur

Mastercard British Album of the Year: Adele – 21