Mariah Carey is bringing her Christmas show back to Britain for the first time in nine years, with three arena dates at the end of November and the start of December.
The run, billed as Mariah Carey's Christmastime, opens at the Utilita Arena in Birmingham on 27 November, plays The O2 in London on 30 November and closes at Co-op Live in Manchester on 2 December. Tickets go on general sale at 10am on Friday 25 September through Live Nation.
The last time Carey brought a dedicated Christmas production to the UK was 2017, when the All I Want For Christmas Is You tour played Manchester and The O2. Everything since has stayed on the other side of the Atlantic: the 2024 Christmastime tour ran across North America, and in 2025 she took a ten-date Christmastime in Las Vegas residency to Dolby Live.
That Las Vegas run is a fair guide to what the UK shows will be. It paired carols including Joy To The World and Silent Night with catalogue singles such as Fantasy, Hero and We Belong Together, which is a Christmas show with a greatest-hits set folded into it rather than an hour of seasonal standards.
The song at the centre of it has kept growing in the meantime. All I Want For Christmas Is You is certified ten times platinum in the UK and returns to the top ten of the singles chart every December, a pattern that has now run long enough to have its own annual news cycle.
Carey has kept the rest of her year busy too, marking the 25th anniversary of Glitter and saying that new music is coming next year. Dates are on the tour guide, and more pop coverage sits on our genre hub.
The facts
- Mariah Carey plays three UK arenas between 27 November and 2 December 2026.
- The dates are Birmingham Utilita Arena, The O2 in London and Co-op Live in Manchester.
- The tour is billed as Mariah Carey's Christmastime.
- It is her first dedicated UK Christmas tour since 2017.
- Tickets go on general sale on 25 September through Live Nation.
- All I Want For Christmas Is You is ten times platinum in the UK.
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