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Billy Ocean to perform outdoor concert in Birmingham

Billy Ocean will play at outdoor show in Birmingham this summer.

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Billy Ocean

The 69-year-old recording artist is best known for hit songs such as Caribbean Queen, Love Really Hurts Without You, Suddenly, There'll Be Sad Songs and When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going.

The Trinidadian-English musician won the Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance for Caribbean Queen, and in 1987 was nominated for the BRIT Award for Best British Male Artist.

In 2002, the University of Westminster awarded Ocean an honorary doctorate of music. In 2010, Ocean was presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the MOBO Awards.

Billy has sold more than 30 million records and is the biggest black recording star Britain has ever produced.

He will play Digbeth Arena on July 5.

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