Solange Announced As First VIVID Live Artist For 2018

​VIVID Live​ is kicking off its 2018 campaign with a bang, today announcing Grammy Award-winning artist Solange Knowles​ as the first artist to appear on this year's bill.

The US singer will head to Sydney in June to perform her acclaimed 2016 LP, ​A Seat At The Table​, for the first time exclusively at VIVID Live.

Knowles will perform four shows in a stunning in-the-round set-up. 

"Solange Knowles is having her moment on the world stage right now," Sydney Opera House Head of Contemporary Music and Vivid LIVE Curator, Ben Marshall, said.

"With A Seat at the Table's exploration of black American identity, empowerment and the complexities of black womanhood, she is at the molten-hot intersection of effortlessly cool music and thoughtful activism.

"Solange’s brilliance in combining spectacular performance with politically-charged music to create a precisely choreographed, fun and riveting neo-soul show, points to the future of R&B.

"She is the perfect artist, in every sense of the word, to occupy centre-stage at Vivid LIVE, this year celebrating 10 years of ambitious and rigorous contemporary music taking over the Sydney Opera House."

Due to the high demand for tickets to be expected, a ticket ballot is being implemented and punters can apply now until Sunday 4 March; for more details, click here.

For a look at all of the dates, head over to theGuide.