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X Factor 2009 was once again a massive hit in the UK.  Rumours and tactical voting campaigns to keep the talentless Jedward on the show week after week, and the Facebook campaign for “real” music that made ‘Killing In The Name’ by Rage Against The Machine the Christmas number one instead of the eventual X Factor winner, managed to keep X Factor and Simon Cowell in the media spotlight for the backend of 2009.

And for those who are already missing the TV hit show, X Factor Live 2010 is coming to an arena near you.

The series of pop concert dates for X Factor Live 2010 tour begins in Liverpool on Monday 15th February  in February before visiting Birmingham, London, Cardiff, Brighton, Nottingham, Aberdeen, Glasgow, Newcastle, Belfast, Sheffield, Manchester and finishing at SECC in Glasgow on Sunday 4th April.

The X Factor Live 2010 Tour Dates

February 2010
Mon 15th Liverpool Arena
Tue 16th  Liverpool Arena
Wed 17th Birmingham Arena
Thur 18th Birmingham Arena
Fri 19th  Birmingham Arena
Sat 20th London Wembley Arena
Sat 20th London Wembley Arena
Sun 21st  London Wembley Arena
Tue 23rd  Cardiff International Arena
Wed 24th Cardiff International Arena
Thu 25th Cardiff International Arena
Fri 26th Cardiff International Arena
Sat 27th  Brighton Centre
Sun 28th  Brighton Centre

March 2010
Mon 1st Nottingham Arena
Tue 2nd Nottingham Arena
Thu 4th Aberdeen ECC
Fri 5th  Aberdeen ECC
Sat 6th  Aberdeen ECC
Sun 7th Aberdeen ECC
Sun 7th Aberdeen ECC
Mon 8th Glasgow SECC
Tue 9th Glasgow SECC
Wed 10th  Newcastle Arena
Thu 11th  Sheffield Arena
Fri 12th Sheffield Arena
Sat 13th Manchester Arena
Sat 13th Manchester Arena
Sun 14th  Manchester Arena
Tue 16th  Dublin The 02
Wed 17th  Belfast Odyssey Arena
Thu 18th  Belfast Odyssey Arena
Sat 20th  London The 02
Sun 21st London The O2
Sun 21st London The O2
Mon 22nd Cardiff International Arena
Tue 23rd Cardiff International Arena
Wed 24th Cardiff International Arena
Thur 25th Cardiff International Arena
Fri 26th Newcastle Arena
Sat 27th Newcastle Arena – 2:30pm
Sat 27th Newcastle Arena
Mon 29th Belfast Odyssey Arena
Tue 30th Dublin The 02
Wed 31st Dublin The O2
Wed 31st Dublin The O2

April 2010
Thu 1st Belfast Odyssey Arena
Sat 3rd Glasgow SECC
Sat 3rd Glasgow SECC
Sun 4th Glasgow SECC

All date start times: 7.30pm
Except: 2.30pm & 7.30pm London, Brighton, Aberdeen, Glasgow & Manchester

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Tony Banks: The Secret Millionaire

Care homes millionaire and ex-Para, Tony Banks is returning to Liverpool for the filming of the next Secret Millionaire for Channel 4, which will be shown in on UK TV in March.

In the last series, the Secret Millionaire producers were forced to pull him out of the rundown Anfield estate when violence flared and he was targeted by yobs.

The care home entrepreneur was the first Secret Millionaire they’ve been forced to move for safety reasons.Tony had a terrifying ordeal as youths set fire to cars and houses and threw bricks at the building he was staying in.

Tony described the area as being ’like Beirut’. After spending a week undercover, the Falklands veteran donated £126,000 to the area on his visit, to numerous deserving charities and individuals in one of Liverpool’s poorest areas.

“A lot of good people live amongst the chaos,“ said Banks.

He hopes to see the positive effect that the money has had when he returns.

Perfect!

A new Reality TV show is coming to our screens to be called ‘Celebrity Quitters’ where celebrities will quit smoking over the course of five shows, how exciting does that sound!

The programme will include Chloe Madeley , 22, the daughter of Richard & Judy, who was earlier this year given a driving ban for being almost twice over the drink driving limit after hitting a parked car.

Paul Danan,  21, the former Hollyoaks actor who in June 2008 was involved in a row with organisers at a beauty contest for being drunk and rude to the contestants with the police being called, although Danan denies it happened.

John Burton Race, the bankrupt restaurateur who just last week was banned from driving for 14 months when he failed to give a breath test after being stopped by police before wrestling them to the ground.  Do you see a bit of a pattern following here, and they are all there to give up smoking!

Also in the series is the Birds Of A Feather actress Linda Robson, who has just started smoking again after giving-up for 17-years and the  final contestant, the psychic Derek Acorah, who is said to smoke between 40-50 cigarettes a day, well you’d have thought he could see whats going to happen to him in the future!

The new programme is due to begin on the 18th January on Five and will run for two-weeks, showing the contestants all the background on what smoking is doing to them before they must decide to quit for good or carry on the challenge, can’t wait!

How does a week in the Suffolk town of Felixstowe sound for your holidays next year? What does the name Felixstowe conjure up to the general public?

simon middleton

A new series coming to Virgin 1 in the new year, features  Dragon’s Den star Duncan Bannatyne making an effort to change the flagging fortunes of some of the UK’s most popular seaside towns.

The show will start in the Suffolk town of Felixstowe, with the aim of promoting Britain’s seaside towns as perfect holiday destinations during the recession.

Bannatyne is joined in the first episode by TV style guru Simon Middleton, a University of East Anglia Fellow who has advised on branding for the likes of British Airways and Aviva (formerly Norwich Union), who has been asked to re-invent the tarnished image of Felixstowe and change the public perception of it.

Felixstowe has seen a sharp downturn in visitors in recent times and was considered as an ideal starting place for the series. Middleton says;

‘Realising they needed to rebrand was a very sophisticated analysis of the situation on their part, and they were very open to changing the town’s brand. It’s about trying to find another angle, if you have sun, sea and sand and the weather is always gorgeous, you don’t need to try very hard but in Britain we need to try harder. You just need a story and it doesn’t have to be complicated.’

The Great British Holiday Show will be shown on Virgin 1 in January 2010.

Top Of The Pops

The line-up for the Christmas and New year Top Of The Pops specials have now been announced and will be hosted by Fearne Cotton and Reggie Yates.

The Christmas day episode to be broadcast on the BBC at 2pm, and is to include Dizzee Rascal, Kasabian, La Roux, Sugarbabes, Lily Allen, Florence & The Machine, Muse, Diversity, JLS and Alexandra Burke.

The New Years Eve edition will be shown on BBC at 6pm and will feature performances from Robbie Williams, Shakira, Tinchy Styder, N-Dubz and Calvin Harris with the programme also taking a look back over the 2009 songs and artists.