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Opera sensation Russell Watson is coming to Hartlepool to perform in a celebrity concert.  The international star, nicknamed The Voice, will sing alongside Hartlepool Male Voice Choir in their summer show at the Headland's Borough Hall. His appearance at the concert will mark his first visit to the town, after performing for royalty, prime ministers and the ...
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U.K. tenor Russell Watson has signed a long-term world wide record deal with Epic Records and Sony Music Entertainment U.K. Under the terms of the deal, the classical crossover artist will start to record his first album for Epic early in 2010 for release later in the year. Prior to signing with Epic, Watson was signed to Universal ...
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Applause filled the packed theatre. I should have felt euphoric, surrounded by loyal fans taking delight in the return of The Voice. But as the clapping slowed and the expectant audience readied themselves for my next song, I walked off stage. My every thought was consumed by the blackness I felt descending. The sea of faces in ...
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He's known as The Voice, but now Russell Watson has won admirers for another of his natural gifts. The Salford singing sensation has been named the male Rear Of The Year. And chart star Rachel Stevens was named top of the bottoms among women. Watson, who bounced back after surgery for a brain tumour in 2007, said: "For the ...
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Russell will be performing at The British Memorial Garden in Hanover Square, New York on this Friday 11th September 2009.  This event is organized in association with The September Concert series and Russell will be performing to honour the memory of the 67 British people who lost their lives in New York on September 11th 2001. The concert ...
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Russell Watson, the international superstar who has been dubbed "the next Luciano Pavarotti," was invited to sing in the opening ceremonies of the 2009 Kaohsiung World Games. While in Kaohsiung he stayed at Grand Hi-Lai, the superb five-star hotel in the southern Taiwan city. Watson, who prefers casual wear and always has a friendly smile for others, ...
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Russell Watson’s daughters have an extra special reason for thinking their dad is pretty cool at the moment. The girls, Rebecca and Hannah, are both massive fans of the Abba-inspired film Mamma Mia! So when dad told them he was going off to New York to sing in a new musical written by Benny and Bjorn from Abba ...
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The champagne corks were popping at the opening evening of the Picnic Concerts at Audley End House, organised by English Heritage in conjunction with Jacques Cider. 'People's Tenor' Russell Watson opened the season with a mixture of classical arias, traditional and modern songs that excited the audience of all ages. Sense of Sound, his backing group, kicked off ...
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A former bolt-cutter from Manchester, the people's tenor Russell Watson has come a long way from performing pop songs in his local pubs and clubs. On Saturday (July 11) the working-class boy who became one of the country's most successful classical singers will take to the stage at Audley End House and Gardens for the first in ...
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Ahead of his appearance at Audley End, ‘people’s tenor’ Russell Watson tells Paul Kirkley how he faced down life-threatening illness – and his critics – with help from some friends in very high places. Forget all the talk of Susan Boyle: The Movie, how’s this for a Hollywood pitch: Average blue collar Joe working 12-hour shifts in ...
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