Musical star Michael Ball has announced a UK tour for 2015 including a stop at Newcastle City Hall on Friday, 24th April 2015.
The singer, actor and broadcaster will be hitting the road in support of his forthcoming album If Everyone Was Listening, his 19th solo offering.
Fans can expect a sensational setlist from the entertainer with songs off his new record, along with hits and hidden gems from his back-catalogue.
For more than 25 years Michael has been at the top of his game starring in musical theatre productions in the West End and on Broadway winning critical acclaim, a devoted following and awards for his stage work and recording career.
Michael made his West End debut as Marius in the original London cast of Les Misérables and since then, has starred in West End productions of The Phantom of the Opera, Aspects of Love and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and on Broadway, in the London production of Stephen Sondheims Passion. In 2005 he performed on Broadway as Count Fosco in The Woman in White, which transferred from Londons West End and, in the same year, made his New York City Opera debut as Reginald Bunthorne in Gilbert and Sullivans Patience. In 2007 he made his debut with the ENO as Haj/The Poet in Kismet.
In 2008 Michael made box office history at the Shaftesbury Theatre with his Olivier Award winning performance as Edna Turnblad in the smash hit musical Hairspray which he then took on tour across the UK throughout 2010. During August of that year he made his debut as a chat show host on ITV 1s The Michael Ball Show and in December he made his debut as a West End co-producer with the musical theatre production of Love Story (Duchess Theatre). In 2013 Michael won Best Actor in a Musical from Whatsonstage.com and his second Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Musical for his critically acclaimed lead role in Stephen SondheimsSweeney Todd: the Demon Barber of Fleet Street (Chichester and Adelphi/West End).
Having sold millions of albums and DVDs nationally and internationally, hes also performed in Australia, China, USA, Singapore and in 2007 made his BBC Proms debut: An Evening with Michael Ball at the Royal Albert Hall, which marked the first time a musical theatre star had been given a solo concert at the Proms.
Michael has a hugely successful radio broadcasting career which includes his own show, Sunday Night with Michael Ball. He is also a popular TV presenter and is a regular guest presenter on Lorraine, This Morning and more. He recently completed shooting the Victoria Wood BBC TV film, That Day We Sang with Imelda Staunton.
