Imelda's new album features the powerful single 'Should've Been You', the personal and heart-wrenching blues ballad ‘Black Tears’ with guitar legend Jeff Beck, & ‘Call Me’, the stunning first single.

Today Aiken Promotions announced that Imelda May will play Dublin’s 3Arena on Friday December 22. Tickets go on sale Wednesday 12th April at 9am from Ticketmaster. Imelda’s new album Life. Love. Flesh. Blood is also released today on DECCA.

Recorded over seven days in Los Angeles, the album features musical contributions from guitar hero Jeff Beck (on ‘Black Tears’), piano legend Jools Holland (on ‘When It’s My Time’) and an accomplished group of backing musicians including the core trio of guitarist Marc Ribot (Tom Waits, Elvis Costello), drummer Jay Bellerose (Robert Plant and Alison Krauss) and bassist Zach Dawes (The Last Shadow Puppets, Mini Mansions).

Imelda May’s new sound sits firmly outside of any sharply defined genre box, widely spanning blues, rock, soul, gospel and jazz. 'Life, Love, Flesh, Blood' breathes new life into a classic sound, with Imelda’s powerhouse vocal as distinctive as ever, cementing her position as one of the strongest vocalists of her generation. The singer herself describes the record as her most "honest" yet. Imelda’s life changed considerably in the run up to recording, and this is documented in the only way she knew how. “It's therapy, like keeping a diary that a lot of people read,” Imelda explains.