James Morrison concert - in pictures

The first major act to appear at Shrewsbury's new £28 million theatre was a huge success, officials said today.

Brit award-winning soul singer James Morrison's Saturday gig at Theatre Severn was a sell-out.

Morrison had one of the biggest selling debut albums of 2006 and was also the stand-alone bigg- est-selling British male solo artist of that year.

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Morrison wowed the audience with his music – including his new single You Make it Real. His visit to Shropsh- ire followed a tour of the US.

It was the second major visit for the theatre, after Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex, officially opened it on Wednesday.

Theatre marketing officer Jan Edmondson said: "It is really unusual for James Morrison to play an arena as intimate us ours and to have him here as part of our opening week was superb.

"Tickets sold out almost as soon as they went on sale. He is such a well-known star and doing so well at the moment.

"He is on a high and coming back again after his success in 2006. It was a sell-out performance and it was as good as we could have hoped for.

"His many local fans thoroughly enjoyed the evening. The audience were abs- olutely thrilled with his performance and it was a very special evening."

Morrison's debut album, Undiscovered, debuted at the top of the UK Albums Chart.

His second album Songs for You, Truths for Me entered the top five in the UK chart last year.