For Release: Wednesday, September 7, 2016 at 4:15PM EST (1:15PM PST)

SHAWN MENDES ANNOUNCES 2017 ILLUMINATE WORLD TOUR

TO PERFORM AT JULY 12th, 2017

ON SALE SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 17th AT 10AM

Fan Club presales begins Sunday, September 11th at 4PM

American Express® Card Members can purchase tickets before the general public beginning Monday, September 12th at 10AM through Friday, September 16th at 10AM

Tickets available at AXS.com or by phone at 888.929.7849

ILLUMINATE ALBUM AVAILABLE SEPTEMBER 23rd

(Los Angeles, CA) - Today, in support of his sophomore album Illuminate (out September 23rd on ), multi-platinum /songwriter announces his first-ever headlining arena world tour for 2017. The 44 announced Illuminate World Tour dates will kick off in the U.K. on April 27th, running through August 23rd in Boston, MA with many more dates still yet to be announced in North America & globally. The North American leg of the arena tour will begin July 6th and will make stops in major cities across the U.S. and , including a night at Los Angeles’ legendary STAPLES Center (see full list of dates below and get ticket info at http://shawnmendesofficial.com/tour).

For fan club presale info, head to http://ShawnAccess.com. American Express® Card Members will have access to purchase tickets in advance beginning Monday, September 12th*.

The upcoming album Illuminate features Shawn’s hit lead single “Treat You Better,” which has entered the Top 10 on both Billboard’s Hot 100 and Radio Songs charts. This is Shawn’s second Top 10 single on the Hot 100 after “Stitches” reached #4 last year. Following the success of “Treat You Better,” Shawn released three additional songs from Illuminate including “Mercy,” “Ruin,” and “Three Empty Words,” which are available immediately upon pre-ordering the album (see full track listing below).

Shawn has recently come off of his sold-out Shawn Mendes World Tour surrounding the success of his platinum #1 debut album Handwritten. This Saturday, September 10th, Shawn will headline New York City’s with The Illuminate Live Concert & Album Event, playing new music off of his highly anticipated forthcoming album for the first time.

Illuminate World Tour Dates 2017

Europe 4/27 , UK – The SSE Hydro 4/28 Manchester, UK – 4/30 Oberhausen, DE– König Pilsener Arena 5/1 , NL – 5/3 , DE - Mercedes-Benz Arena 5/4 Vienna, AT – Stadthalle 5/6 , IT- 5/9 , ES- Barclaycard Center 5/10 Lisbon, PT – MEO Arena 5/12 , ES– 5/14 Zurich, CH – 5/15 , DE – 5/17 , SE - Ericsson Globe Arena 5/19 , NO – Arena 5/21 , DK – Forum 5/22 Hamburg, DE – Barclaycard Arena 5/24 , FR – AccorHotels Arena 5/25 Brussels, BE - Palais 12 5/30 , IE – 6/1 , UK –

North America 7/6 Portland, OR - MODA Center 7/8 Vancouver, BC - 7/9 Seattle, WA – KeyArena at Seattle Center 7/11 Oakland, CA - Oracle Arena 7/12 Los Angeles, CA - Staples Center 7/14 San Diego, CA - Valley View Casino Center 7/15 Glendale, AZ - Gila River Arena 7/17 Denver, CO - Pepsi Center 7/19 Dallas, TX - 7/21 San Antonio, TX - AT&T Center 7/22 , TX - 7/25 Tampa, FL - Amalie Arena 7/26 Miami, FL - AmericanAirlines Arena 7/28 Orlando, FL - 7/29 Duluth, GA - Infinite Energy Arena 7/31 Nashville, TN - Bridgestone Arena 8/2 Cleveland, OH – Quicken Loans Arena 8/3 Chicago, IL - Allstate Arena 8/5 Omaha, NE - CenturyLink Center Omaha 8/6 St. Paul, MN - Xcel Energy Center 8/14 , QC - Centre Bell 8/19 Washington DC - Verizon Arena 8/20 Pittsburgh, PA – CONSOL Energy Center 8/23 Boston, MA - TD Garden

For Tickets & Info head to http://shawnmendesofficial.com/tour & For Fan Presale Info head to http://shawnaccess.com

Illuminate Track Listing

1. Ruin 2. Mercy 3. Treat You Better 4. Three Empty Words 5. Don’t Be A Fool 6. Like This 7. No Promises 8. Lights On 9. Honest 10. Patience 11. Bad Reputation 12. Understand 13. Hold On (Bonus Track) 14. Roses (Bonus Track) 15. Mercy (Acoustic Version – Bonus Track)