Louis Walsh News

Cable's premier music entertainment channel AXS TV is the official U.S. broadcast home for the upcoming eleventh season of the international mega-hit The X Factor UK.

The King's Theatre has revealed the final Aladdin cast member is Justin Vanderhyde who'll be playing the role of the Genie of the Lamp.

Let's see what the critics had to say...

Over 570,000 tickets are released for sale today, 6 September 2013, taking booking for Billy Elliot the Musical to16 May 2015 during which time the internationally award-winning show will celebrate 10 years in the West End. Check out the photos below!

Touring throughout July and August the play will visit London, Brighton, Birmingham, Swansea, Liverpool, Manchester, Edinburgh and Glasgow.

The Huffington Post reports that Kelly Rowland is now a leading candidate to take Britney Spears' place at the judge's table when FOX's AMERICAN IDOL returns for its third season.

According to the Daily Mail, Harry Hill and Steve Brown's 16 million dollar new musical X Factor -- It's Time To Face The Musical! has been given the go-ahead by Stage Entertainment and Simon Cowell's Syco Entertainment. Casting will commence in May, with rehearsals slated for next winter at the London Palladium.

Are you ready to kick off another season of The X Factor? OK, so this week is actually the second week, but better late than never, right? Whether you missed the show or just want to re-live an audition, read on for a complete recap of tonight's episode!

Deadline.com reports that Nicole Scherzinger is set to join the judges panel of the UK's X FACTOR. Earlier this year, the singer was axed from the U.S. version of the show along with fellow judge Paula Abdul and show host Steve Jones.

On a recent appearance on the UK's 'Craig Doyle Live' show, X FACTOR UK judge Louis Walsh revealed that Simon Cowell is definitely in talks with pop star Britney Spears about joining the USA version of the singing competition when it returns for Season 2.

Just a few months ago, John Wilding made history as the only X Factor hopeful to reach the judges' house round for a second year running, only to miss out once again on appearing in the live TV finals after failing to make Gary Barlow's final four.

ROCK OF AGES will play the West End's Shaftesbury Theatre in August, and X Factor winner Shayne Ward is the latest star to join the cast of the production. Ward will play Stacee Jaxx alongside previously announced Justin Lee Collins. The show begins performances August 31, with an opening date to be announced. Aditional casting has not yet been announced.

The hunt for the UK's sexiest moustache came to a climax at the Gielgud Theatre on Monday November 30th, as the winner was revealed at a special performance of Avenue Q, on the last day of Movember.

This November the residents of Avenue Q will be climbing into bed with moustache growers across the UK. The puppets and humans of London's funniest adult musical will be supporting Movember, the annual month-long celebration of the moustache that highlights men's health issues, and particularly the dangers of prostate cancer.

The Boyzone singer Stephen Gately, 33, was found dead while on holiday with his partner in Majorca. Boyzone announced their comeback tour last November. The Irish band had six UK number one hits from 1994 to 2000.

100,000 extra Thriller - Live tickets are to go on sale on Monday May 4 as the West?End box office smash celebrates becoming the highest grossing weekly show in the history of the?Lyric Theatre. Thriller - Live is extending its acclaimed run due to phenomenal public demand to Sunday January 3 - the first anniversary of its opening in the West End.

Two months have passed since Lee Mead was crowned winner of the BBC reality show, Any Dream Will Do. But, often losing a show like this is also good for your career, so what about the others? Glenn Meads has a look at the runners up and finds out, where are they now?

Lee is the winner of Any Dream Will Do, and the star of the upcoming revival of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat!

Sir Elton John, composer/lyricist of the multi award-winning West End hit, Billy Elliot The Musical, hosted a special charity Gala performance of the show on November 22nd as the musical celebrated with it's one millionth patron through the doors at the Victoria Palace Theatre