Justin Timberlake is not selling tour tickets as he probably hoped to… (Picture: Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images for Children’s Hospital Los Angeles)
Justin Timberlake’s comeback hasn’t had the earth-shattering impact he was probably hoping for, as not only are his album sales low, but his tour isn’t exactly a sell-out.

The Cry Me A River hitmaker, 43, returns to the UK and Europe this summer for a string of dates, including two August shows at London’s O2 Arena.

However, the US star is struggling to shift tickets, with Ticketmaster’s seating plan showing a whole load still available.

For Justin’s Manchester show on August 8, the map shows the majority of the venue still in blue, including sections near to the stage.

Thankfully, more tickets have been sold for Justin’s Birmingham gig, but there are currently still full blocks available.

As for his dates in the capital city, JT still has some promo to do if he wants to fill at max capacity.

JT returns to UK soil this summer for four shows (Picture: Paul Morigi/Getty Images)
It comes as Justin’s new album also flops because, well, early charting figures aren’t glittering.

Last Friday (March 15), Justin returned with his first new album in half a decade, Everything I Thought It Was.

While critics’ reviews were mixed, sales did initially pick up on iTunes.

As for streaming platforms like Spotify, though, it’s a different story.

In fact, its opening day performance is really not great at all.

Of the 200 most-streamed songs on Spotify that Friday in the United States alone, not one of them came from Everything I Thought It Was.

Not even the lead single, Selfish, or follow-up Drown, ranked.

Meanwhile, Down Under, Everything I Thought It Was arrived in the charts at number 23.

Alas, it makes Everything I Thought It Was the worst-performing title of his career by a long shot.

Justin’s album didn’t even score him the top debut on the Aussie albums chart this week, as that went to homegrown favourite Peter Garrett.

It seems not even a new NSYNC song, Paradise, could get Justin up the charts, or the fact that his tune Selfish was controversial for igniting a feud with Britney Spears fans.

Variety’s Steven J. Horowitz called the release ‘middling’, adding that the album ‘is a sprawling, exhaustive musical hodgepodge that feels like a callback to his earlier work.’

The Guardian gave it three stars, with Laura Snapes writing: ‘If the album were 10 tracks rather than 18 – many of which could in turn lose two minutes from their runtime – Timberlake’s musical redemption might be more of a home run.’

The Independent brutally labelled it ‘about as sexy as a soiled mattress’ and ‘a real slog, bogged down with bloated R&B slow jams’, Helen Brown says.

Oh dear.

Well, tickets for Justin Timberlake’s tour are still on sale, should you fancy a night out…

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