Belinda Davids Makes Return To UK Stages With Tour Kicking Off This Month
The 'full-spec' production is set to visit 35 venues across the UK, between 30 September and 23 November.
By: Stephi Wild
One month out, Australian producers of the hit Whitney Houston tribute concert The Greatest Love of All starring Belinda Davids have confirmed that their UK national tour is on track to kick-off later this month as scheduled.
The tour was originally booked to follow Davids' Britain's Got Talent finals appearance in September last year but was postponed due to pandemic restrictions. The postponement was a disappointment for Davids who was eager to perform for new fans who had supported her during her BGT journey. The vocalist stunned judges and virtual audience members with a mesmerizing performance of Whitney Houston's 'I Have Nothing' during BGT's fourth semi-final episode. David Walliams described Davids' performance as "absolutely electric from start to finish" while Amanda Holden called it "utterly spellbinding." The Cape Town-based songstress is now ecstatic to finally have her long-awaited tour within reach. "It's so close I can taste it! It has been a long, long time between performances and I can't wait to get back to doing what I love," says Davids. Davids was just three days into a Scandinavian tour with The Greatest Love of All in March last year when she was urgently rushed onto a flight home due to the swiftly worsening pandemic situation. "One moment we were loading in for a show and literally a few hours later I was on a plane back to South Africa, that's how quickly it escalated." Since then, producers Showtime Australia have had to cancel well over 100 international performances of the beloved show. The UK tour will be the production's very first time back on stage since the pandemic first took hold 18 months ago. Producer/Director Johnny Van Grinsven says his team have used the forced downtime to perfect the show as much as possible, running everything from rehearsals to costume fittings over Zoom to overcome the international border restrictions that have kept them apart for over a year now. The 'full-spec' production is set to visit 35 venues across the UK, between 30 September and 23 November. Davids and her band will pay homage to Whitney Houston's musical legacy with live performances of over 20 Houston hits, including I Will Always Love You, I Wanna Dance With Somebody, How Will I Know, One Moment in Time, I Have Nothing, Run to You, Didn't We Almost Have It All, Greatest Love of All, I'm Every Woman, 'Queen of the Night', Exhale (Shoop Shoop), Million Dollar Bill and more. Tickets for The Greatest Love of All starring Belinda Davids are available now from venue box offices, or further information can be found at www.thegreatestloveofallshow.com.
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