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Charlie Puth returning Aug. 8 to headline Xcel Center

The "One Call Away" and "Attention" singer will have a new album out by then, "Voicenotes."

By Chris Riemenschneider

December 18, 2017 at 4:35PM

(The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Charlie Puth used KDWB's Jingle Ball two weeks ago as a launching pad for his own Xcel Center show next summer. / Matt Blewett, Star Tribune file (The Minnesota Star Tribune)

After opening for Shawn Mendes there and playing in a middle slot at Jingle Ball this year, Charlie Puth is going to try his hand at headlining Xcel Energy Center next summer. The "One Call Away" and "Attention" hitmaker just announced an Aug. 8 show at the St Paul arena.

Tickets go on sale just in time for late holiday shopping Friday at 10 a.m. via Ticketmaster for $25-$69.95. "Starving" singer and "True Grit" actor Hailee Steinfeld will open the show.

Puth, 26, will be touring behind his upcoming record "Voicenotes," which he's already hyping with his new single "How Long" (posted below). The New Jersey kid put on a rather lackluster performance two weeks ago for the sold-out Jingle Ball crowd, which nonetheless responded to his appearance with ample screaming.

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Chris Riemenschneider

Critic / Reporter

Chris Riemenschneider has been covering the Twin Cities music scene since 2001, long enough for Prince to shout him out during "Play That Funky Music (White Boy)." The St. Paul native authored the book "First Avenue: Minnesota's Mainroom" and previously worked as a music critic at the Austin American-Statesman in Texas.