US superstar Kelly Clarkson has announced a five date arena UK tour for October and will be joined by one of the biggest pop bands of 2012 Cover Drive. Tickets go on sale this Friday, May 18th at 9 AM.

Kelly Clarkson is also set to release ‘Dark Side’ on JUNE 3RD which is the third single to be taken from her top 5 album ‘Stronger’ out now.

Kelly has already achieved huge success with the release of her fifth studio album. She performed an incredible secret gig at Borderline in London, turned on the infamous Regent Street Christmas Lights, and single ‘What Doesn’t Kill You’ is still riding high in the airplay charts.

Since bursting onto the music scene 10 years ago, Kelly Clarkson has released five studio albums (Thankful, Breakaway, My December, All I Ever Wanted), sold over 20 million albums worldwide, had seven top ten singles in the UK and has sold over 3.5 million units in the UK alone.

She is the recipient of 2 Grammy Awards, 2 American Music Awards, 2 MTV Awards and 11 Billboard Awards. Clarkson’s last effort, 2009’s All I Ever Wanted debuted at #1 on the Billboard Top 200 and produced the smash singles – “My Life Would Suck Without You” (which charted at number one and went platinum in the UK) and “Already Gone.”

Joining Kelly on the arena tour will be Barbadian four piece Cover Drive. Cover Drive have had three top 10 singles in the UK so far including the Caribbean-infused pop single ‘Twilight’, ‘Lick Ya Down’ and their latest track ‘Sparks’. Amassing a huge following in their native Barbados, the UK and beyond, Cover Drive’s You Tube views are over 7.5million [with Twilight on nearly 4million alone] and they have attracted support from celebrity fans such as Jessie J, Emeli Sandé, Ed Sheeran. Cover Drive recently released their debut album ‘Bajan Style’.

For a full list of dates and to purchase tickets, click here.