- Friday, July 16, 2010, 23:37
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Oh it’s so good to be back, you just wouldn’t believe,” Russell Watson chuckles as he is chauffeured around sunny Manchester on the way to a rehearsal for his comeback tour.
It’s a sentence I’m not surprised to hear from a singer who has had lengthy breaks from the business in recent years.
But his was no ...
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- Monday, June 21, 2010, 16:50
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A world-renowned opera singer wowed an audience of hundreds when he performed in Hartlepool.
Tenor Russell Watson delivered a stunning performance to 850 adoring fans at Hartlepool's Borough Hall on Saturday night.
The much-anticipated concert was staged by Hartlepool Male Voice Choir and chairman Duncan Graham described it as "absolutely brilliant".
Their celebrity guest, who has sold millions ...
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- Friday, June 18, 2010, 15:10
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Excitement is mounting ahead of opera sensation Russell Watson's first ever visit to Hartlepool this weekend.
The international star, known as The Voice, has performed for the then Prime Minister Tony Blair, Pope and Prince Charles at Windsor Castle, and the US President George W Bush.
But on Saturday night he will entertain a sell-out audience when ...
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- Thursday, June 3, 2010, 10:17
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The People's tenor, Russell Watson, stars in charity concert.
Russell Watson fans are in for a treat as the award-winning singer has signed up to headline at Woburn Abbey, on July 24 to raise money for the Muscular Dystrophy Campaign following illness that took him from the music scene for many months.
Now fully fit to perform ...
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- Thursday, May 27, 2010, 10:23
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Russell Watson, the opera singer, on Christmas in Scotland and dealing with the Portuguese police.
Which was your best holiday?
This is an easy one: Pangkor Laut Resort, an island three miles off Malaysia. It's in the middle of the rainforest, so there's heavy rainfall at times, but mostly it's beautifully sunny. The villas are set ...
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- Tuesday, May 18, 2010, 8:52
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Russell Watson is tired. He's just arrived back from performing with a renowned Italian orchestra in Rome. It was an exhausting trip and getting through Gatwick took longer than it should, but he's not complaining. He's just grateful to be working.
In the space of decade, which began with him taking on the mantle of the ...
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- Thursday, May 13, 2010, 9:51
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Its almost time again for the Bupa Great Manchester Run, but with the race just a few days away on the 16th May disaster has befallen one of the celebrity participants.
Phil Taylor, director of the Kirsty Club today announced "Russell Watson was continuing with his preparations for the Great Manchester Run yesterday, but whilst training he pulled ...
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- Thursday, April 15, 2010, 21:17
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Tenor Russell Watson was forced to call off a much-anticipated Irish concert after his flight was one of thousands cancelled due to ash from the volcanic eruption in Iceland.
Despite securing one of the last tickets on a sold-out ferry to Dublin, the singer was unable to get to Holyhead in time for the 5.15pm crossing.
As ...
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- Wednesday, April 14, 2010, 16:32
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Local Russell Watson fans are in for a treat as the award-winning singer has signed up to headline at Meridian Park, Cleethorpes, on Saturday July 17.
He has agreed to perform at two special concerts in aid of the Muscular Dystrophy Campaign set to take place this summer.
The concert series is named 'That Glorious Noise' and ...
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- Sunday, April 11, 2010, 10:15
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Having successfully fought two brain tumours there’s no doubt that Russell Watson has been to hell and back in recent years but you’d never know it from meeting him now. Sitting in his west London hotel room, brimming with excitement about his starring role in Kristina, the new musical from Abba’s Björn Ulvaeus and Benny ...
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