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Internationally renowned tenor Russell Watson was set to arrive in Scotland today (2 Sept 2011) to perform an exclusive set at Scotland's most high profile ladies' lunch - "Lunch with an Old Bag in aid of The Prince's Trust" at Edinburgh's Prestonfield House. As an Ambassador for The Prince's Trust, the singer was delighted to accept ...
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Celtic fans coming along to the Legends game at Celtic Park this Tuesday, August 9 are in for a pre-match musical treat. Because world-famous tenor, Russell Watson, will sing on the pitch before kick-off. Russell has performed all over the world, and his albums have sold millions. He’s also sang at a number of sporting events in ...
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Opera star Russell Watson was given a VIP tour of Christie’s new £18m radiotherapy centre in Salford – and relived how the hospital helped him battle cancer three years ago. The singer, who was born in Salford, was given radiotherapy at Christie in Withington after being diagnosed with a brain tumour. Yesterday, he spent over an ...
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Russell Watson was confronted by a life size chocolate sculpture of himself when he attended a charity event at Simon Dunn Chocolatier on Monday, May 23rd. Oliver Dunn transformed himself from chocolatier to event organiser, compere and auctioneer to host an exclusive evening in the company of the opera singer and Kirsty Howard to raise funds ...
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Russell Watson is not called The Voice for nothing. His is a voice that can cause you to stop in your tracks, to get goose bumps, to get teary-eyed. That he still has his voice is a minor miracle, for in the last five years he has overcome not only career-threatening, but life-threatening illnesses, with not ...
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Celebrating 10 years in the business the four-time BRIT Award winner, Russell Watson is nominated For the Classic FM album of the Year with the album La Voce. Voted by the British public, the Classic FM Album of the Year, is compiled from the 10 biggest selling classical albums of 2010. Russell will also join the cast ...
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'I take a cocktail of drugs every day just to stay normal':  The world according to Russell Watson The 'People's Tenor' on life after two brain tumours, how owning an Aston Martin helped his recovery and why his life is like an unbelievable soap plot 'After two brain tumours I can no longer live normally - my ...
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A Salford factory worker whose towering tenor voice shot him to fame, at the height of his career discovered he had a brain tumour. Luckily the Russell Watson story has a happy ending – and the audience at his sell-out gig at the Phil was keen to show him how thrilled they were to have him ...
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Wow! The Voice is back — and boy, did Russell Watson demonstrate the fact in spectacular style on Monday evening.  With no hint of the health problems that have dogged him for the past few years, he took to the stage and instantly captivated the audience with classics from some of his earlier albums, along with ...
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The voice of a generation is back, alive and most certainly kicking, currently out on a massive 23 date tour of the UK, having started with a hometown show on March 27th at the Salford Lowry. The tour includes a show at London’s Royal Albert Hall on May 3rd which will be filmed for a ...
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