Professor Green has announced details of a string of UK tour dates in December.

The shows will begin in Inverness on December 9 and conclude with the rapper's previously announced homecoming Christmas gig in London on December 15.

The tour is in addition to Professor Green's already announced run of gigs in October.

Meanwhile, the rapper will release his new single 'Monster' on October 3. The track is taken from his debut album 'Alive Till I'm Dead'.

Tickets for the December dates go on sale on Friday (September 10) at 9am.

Professor Green's December UK tour dates are:

• Inverness, Ironworks – December 9
• Dundee, Fat Sam's – 10
• Leeds, Academy – 11
• Liverpool, Academy – 12
• Portsmouth, Pyramid Centre – 14
• London, Shepherd’s Bush Empire - 15

(by Jason Gregory)