Zoe Ball News

Former stars of BBC’s Strictly Come Dancing, Ian Waite and Vincent Simone, are heading to Theatre Royal Winchester on Sunday 21 November with their show Act 2 – The Ballroom Boys.

As BroadwayWorld previously reported, work is underway on Her Majesty's Theatre in London, in preparation for the return of The Phantom of the Opera on the West End. In a recent interview with The Zoe Ball Breakfast Show, Andrew Lloyd Webber teased that Phans will be pleased with the theatre's improvements.

BBC Radio 2 and BBC One have announced a show direct from the West End, the US and beyond, featuring a glittering cast of UK and international stars performing songs from the musicals in Musicals: The Greatest Show.

Following its first play on BBC Radio’s Zoe Ball Breakfast show this morning, Travis have unveiled the Fran Healy-directed video to their stellar new single “The Only Thing” featuring Susanna Hoffs of The Bangles.

Comedian and star of Channel'5's Celebs On The Farm Stephen Bailey is heading back out on the road in spring 2020 with a hilarious all-new show - Can't Be Bothered. Stephen is ready and raring to go with 20 brand new dates announced around the UK in February and March next year.

Strictly Come Dancing professionals Ian Waite and Vincent Simone left fans intrigued when they announced their unlikely partnership last year..

TV presenter and winner of Strictly Come Dancing, Ore Oduba will play the role of Teen Angel at certain performances at Leeds Grand Theatre, the opening venue of the UK and Ireland tour of GREASE. Ore alternates the role with the previously announced Peter Andre. Ore will play the role on 24 & 25 June and from 29 June to 16 July. GREASE opens at Leeds Grand Theatre on 19 June, running there until 20 July 2019. The tour then continues until October 2019. This new production of GREASE is directed by Nikolai Foster and choreographed by Arlene Phillips.

BBC Two has announced today that Rylan Clark-Neal will be joining the presenting team on Strictly's sister show, It Takes Two.

Worthing Theatres have announced that Strictly Come Dancing favourite Ian Waite will star as Dandini in their magical family pantomime, Cinderella, at the Pavilion Theatre this Christmas.

BBC Music Introducing LIVE is back, returning to London's Tobacco Dock on 31 October - 2 November 2019. Following an inspiring three days of talks, panels, performances, masterclasses and more last year, the event returns for 2019. Early Bird tickets go on sale on Thursday 11 April via www.bbc.com/introducing

Hannah Grace has released her new single 'The Bed You Made' through Never Fade Records. The track is the first to be taken from her new EP of the same name, out April 5thahead of her headline shows in London and Cardiff, and was featured in Spotify's New Music Friday today. 

Hannah Grace has shared the video for her new single, 'With You', as well as announcing two shows at London's Camden Assembly and Cardiff's Clwb Ifor Bach in April.

Prepare to have your funny bone tweaked and your ribs tickled as Ellesmere Port holds its first comedy festival.

Hannah Grace has released her brand new single 'With You' through Never Fade Records. Already proving a radio hit as a current feature on the BBC Radio Wales A-List, 'With You' is a bold demonstration of Hannah's jaw-dropping soulful vocals among a stirring jazz-influenced backing of horns, piano and beautiful harmonies.

The Wombats have released the official video for their new single 'Bee-Sting' - watch here. The video arrives in the wake of the announcement of their highest profile and biggest UK headline tour to date. Six huge shows across the isles, including a night at London's SSE Arena, will see the 2019 tour further cement the band's meteoric rise to one of the country's biggest guitar acts.

Everyone's favourite 'guilty pleasure' (Daily Record), stand-up comedy star and host of Five's 'Celebs On The Farm', Stephen Bailey is embarking on a brand new tour in spring 2019 with his incredible show 'Our Kid' - a story full of Northern warmth, some working-class guilt and a bit of blue.

Cementing themselves as one of the country's finest live performers after a landmark set at Reading & Leeds Festival, The Wombats continue their indie onslaught by unveiling an outstanding new single in 'BEE-STING'. The track serves as an example of the band's ever-growing abilities to write the finest indie tunes and ignite crowds around the globe. “The weekend's unlikely smash is the reinvention of The Wombats into a slick, synthesiser-augmented, funny pop machine” said The Guardian of their Reading & Leeds mainstage set.

The Wombats' BBC Radio 1 playlisted track 'Turn' can now be heard with a verse sung by pop songstress Dagny. The Republic Records artist teamed up with the Liverpool trio over the Spring to record, and today 'Turn (feat. Dagny)' is Zane Lowe's World Record on Beats 1 on Apple Music - listen here.

Dan Owen has revealed the video for his acoustic piano version of 'Icarus', the latest track to be taken from his upcoming debut album, out later this year through Atlantic Records. In this new acoustic version, the rich instrumentation of the original gives way to haunting solo piano, accentuating the raw power of Owen's vocals and transforming the track into an intimate and atmospheric account of despair and lamentation.

Dan Owen has today released his brand new single 'Icarus'. The bold new song features soaring guitars and expansive orchestral strings while Dan Owen's jaw-dropping vocal abilities deliver a dark and hard-hitting story about drug abuse.