DIRECTED BY CRAIG REVEL HORWOOD
With over 1.3 MILLION tickets sold over the past four years, the hugely popular UK arena tour returns for the fifth consecutive year.
The multi-million pound show will visit some of the biggest entertainment venues in the UK, making a welcome return to the Metro Radio Arena, Newcastle on Tuesday 7th – Thursday 9th February 2012.
The 2012 show will feature a brand new line-up of top celebrities and their dance partners from the smash hit BBC1 show. Strictly fans can watch their favourite dancing couples competing live for the votes and all important feedback of the TV judges and vote themselves via their mobile phone. Arena audiences will experience Strictly’s glitz, glamour and breathtaking choreography, courtesy of TV judge Craig Revel Horwood, who is directing the arena tour for the second year running.
The 2011 tour received rave reviews in the national newspapers - the Sunday Express asked “Does it get much better? Not often” and awarded the show a 5 Star review. The Daily Telegraph’s 4 Star review described the tour as “the ultimate feel good show”. And the Mail on Sunday’s 4 star review said that “the audience adored every second”.
More than 9 million viewers tuned in to watch the series’ launch show on 10th September on BBC1. The ninth series begins on 30th September. The television format, also known as Dancing With The Stars, entered the Guinness Book of World Records two years ago as the world’s most successful reality television show and has been sold by BBC Worldwide to over 35 international broadcasters. Last year’s final saw more than 14 million people tune in to see Kara Tointon raise the Strictly glitterball!
Tickets costing £35, £42.50 & £65 will go on sale on Thursday 29th September 2011 at 9am online, from the booking hotline number 0844 493 6666, and from 9.30am in person at the Metro Radio Arena Box Office.
Tickets costing £35, £42.50 & £65 will go on sale 9am on Friday 29th September 2011 and are available from:-
• Credit Card Booking and Information Line 0844 493 6666 (24 hour 7days)
• The Metro Radio Arena Newcastle Box Office (Mon – Fri: 9.30am - 4pm, Sat: 9.30am – 12.30pm)
• Internet Site:- www.metroradioarena.co.uk (click on the Ticketmaster icon in Box Office)
• Carling Academy, Westgate Road, Newcastle upon Tyne (Mon – Sat 12pm – 4pm & Thursday12pm – 6pm)
• Postal applications: Metro Radio Arena Newcastle, PO Box 304, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE99 4YJ
• Group Bookers should call (0191) 260 6006
• Special Needs bookings should call (0191) 260 6066 for further details