The LA hip-hop group will now play the Manchester venue on Sunday 23 & Monday 24 May.

Cole - who last performed at the M.E.N Arena as part of last year's sold-out Girls Aloud shows - recently worked with The Black Eyed Peas' will.i.am on her chart-topping hit 3 Words, as well as featuring on his 2008 single Heartbreaker.

The Black Eyed Peas have sold over 25 million albums since their 1998 debut Behind The Front. They scored their first hit with Where Is The Love? in 2003 which topped over ten charts worldwide.

The band's 2005 album Monkey Business spawned the hit singles My Humps and Don't Phunk With My Heart.

The Black Eyed Pea's latest album, THE E.N.D. (THE Energy Never Dies), is out now.