Set to duke it out for the UK at next month’s Eurovision contest, legendary crooner Engelbert Humperdinck is set to return to Scotland with a rare show next year.

Described as one of the strongest and most enduring voices in the business, Humperdinck has sold 150 million albums worldwide.

He is set to represent the UK at the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest in Azerbaijan with the romantic ballad Love Will Set You Free, written by Grammy award-winning producer Martin Terefe and Ivor Novello winner Sacha Skarbek.

He will be performing three select dates in the UK in 2013, in Glasgow, London and Birmingham.

Humperdinck plays Glasgow’s Clyde Auditorium at the SECC on Wednesday, May 8 2013.  Tickets go on sale on Friday April 27 priced from £32.50, and available from www.ticketSOUP.com or 0844 395 4000.

The silky voiced star will be performing classics including Please Release Me, Quando-Quando-Quando, The Last Waltz, Am I That Easy To Forget, There Goes My Everything, Les Bicyclettes De Belsize and A Man Without Love.