Sam Smith, the new voice of gospel-flecked neo-soul, has risen to the top of the charts with robust yet silky croons and a few poignant heartache-y odes –“I’m Not the Only One” and “Stay With Me”— that have helped his surge in popularity as surely as his guest vocals on Disclosure's dance charts-topper, "Latch."
The British singer-songwriter has endured his share of trials, however; the latter track was so similar to “I Won’t Back Down” that Tom Petty and Jeff Lynne were given co-writer credits, and he had to undergo vocal cord surgery to treat a hemorrhage earlier this summer. But he’s fully recovered and his big ol’ world tour behind 2014 debut full-length, In the Lonely Hour, has resumed, and makes its way down to Tampa Bay for this Tuesday night showing. Gavin James opens. 8 p.m., Amalie Arena, Tampa, $22.50-$96.26.
Some Sam Smith videos below.