Everything you need to know about Mariah Carey's gig in Leeds

Carey, whose 1994 hit All I Want For Christmas Is You sold over 1 million copies in the UK when it was first released and is the soundtrack to many a drunken Christmas party smooch, will bring her ‘Sweet Sweet Fantasy’ tour to the First Direct Arena this evening.

Hot on the heels of a sell-out Las Vegas residency, Carey - the best-selling female artists of all time - will perform her biggest, career-defining hits, which include Fantasy, Hero, Vision of Love, One Sweet Day and We Belong Together.

Leeds’ is one of six UK dates, and the tour is the star’s first on this side of the Atlantic since the European leg of her Charmbracelet tour in 2003.

A statement from the singer said: “It’s been too long!! I’m so excited to be coming to Europe to perform for you all.”

SETLIST

Fantasy

Emotions

My All

Always Be My Baby

I’ll Be There

Touch My Body

I Know What You Want

Obsessed

Shake It Off

Loverboy

It’s Like That

Heartbreaker

Against All Odds

One Sweet Day

When You Believe

Hero

We Belong Together

Encore:

Without You

Butterfly

GETTING THERE

By car

The arena is next to the A58(M) Inner Ring Road at the Claypit Lane junction.

It is close to the A64 York Road, and a 10-minute drive to the M621.

To find it via sat nav, type in the postcode LS2 8BY.

Parking

There are more than 7,500 car parking spaces within a 15-minute walk of the arena.

Woodhouse Lane Car Park, just next to Dry Dock and the Rose Bowl, has space for 1,272 cars.

The Merrion Centre Car Park is the closest to the arena and is on Merrion Way, with 956 spaces and pre-booking available.

Both car parks are open 24 hours a day.

The St John’s Centre car park is just a stone’s throw away from the arena too. It has 280 spaces.

Drop off

There are no designated drop off areas so it is advised that this is arranged away from the arena.

By bus

The nearest bus stops are at Clay Pit Lane, Wade Lane, Lovell Park Road and Woodhouse Lane.

Leeds City Bus Station on York Street runs services 16, 16A, 86A, 49, 91, 80, 85, 91, 86, 87 and 91A.

Leeds Corn Exchange bus point on New Market Street and Call Lane, runs services 2, 40, 64, 64A, 3, 3A, 48, 74, 74A, 5, 14, 62, 62A, 85, 87, 12, 13, 13A, 63A, 163, 166, 19, 19A and 63B.

Leeds Station Interchange on New Station Street runs services 4, 19, 95, 5, 19A, 757, 14, 85, 87, 870, 16, 16A and 90.

The Leeds City Bus service, which costs 50p, also runs through the city centre.

To plan your journey, visit www.wymetro.com/howtogetto/planajourney/

By train

It is around a 15-minute walk from Leeds City Station on New Station Street to the arena.

Nearest taxi ranks

A hackney taxi rank is available at the arena and is signposted from the main doors.

Other taxi ranks are available a short distance away - either at Merrion Way (after 10pm), Wade Lane, Merrion Street, Woodhouse Lane, Cookridge Street and Portland Way.

If you really want to avoid the crowds, try the taxi rank on East Parade, at the bottom of Greek Street.

Cycling

The arena has covered and uncovered cycle stands that are available for use by visitors.

Travel updates

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