HIT FACTORY LIVE - Christmas Cracker at the O2 Arena London
HIT FACTORY LIVE - CHRISTMAS CRACKER
DECEMBER 21 – O2 ARENA
STARRING:
STEPS, RICK ASTLEY, BANANARAMA, JASON DONOVAN
DEAD OR ALIVE, PEPSI & SHIRLIE, PRINCESS
SINITTA, HAZELL DEAN, SONIA, 2 UNLIMITED
LONNIE GORDON, BROTHER BEYOND
SHOW STARTS AT 7.30PM
Tickets on sale
Friday 19 October at 9am
Live Nation are thrilled to announce
the Hit Factory Live - Christmas Cracker. Set to be the ultimate Christmas party
this once in a lifetime concert will take place at London’s O2 arena on
December 21. Tickets are on sale
at 9am on Friday 19 October, available at www.ticketmaster.co.uk
/ www.livenation.co.uk
Pete Waterman said: “Hit Factory Live - Christmas Cracker
will be the biggest and best celebration of SAW and PWL ever. This will be the
perfect party to commemorate our 25th anniversary. We were devastated when Hyde
Park's Hit Factory Live had to be cancelled but now the party is back on with
an epic line-up of our classic artists!".
This unmissable
show celebrates the legendary Stock Aitken Waterman songwriting and production
team, the phenomenal success of Pete Waterman’s PWL label and, above all, the
irresistible pop that came to define an era in British music history. Once
called ‘The Sound of a Bright Young Britain’, it undoubtedly now stands as the
soundtrack to a generation, with sales of over 500 million units worldwide.
Stock Aitken Waterman scored an unrivalled run of global hits in the
80s and 90s and are now acknowledged as one of the most successful songwriting
and producing partnerships of all time. 2012 also marks the 25th
anniversary of PWL Records, the legendary label originally set up as home for many
Hit Factory artists.
Set to perform at this
unique event are the classic artists from the PWL Hit Factory who will be
performing on the same bill for the very first time. Steps, the multi-million selling group responsible for hits
including ‘One For Sorrow’, ‘Tragedy’,
’Deeper Shade of Blue’ and ‘Stomp’, have had an incredible 12
months. They reformed last year
and have since played a sold out a twenty-date UK arena tour and had their very
own TV documentary.
Rick Astley’s international success secures his
place in the Hit Factory Live -
Christmas Cracker line-up. Rick holds the record as the first British male
artist to have his first eight solo singles reach the UK Top 10 – including the
global No. 1 ‘Never Gonna Give You Up’, ‘Whenever You Need Somebody’ and ‘Together
Forever’. Entertainment megastar Jason
Donovan takes his place on the bill following massive success with SAW in
the late 80s. His hits include the No. 1s ‘Too Many Broken Hearts’, ‘Sealed
with A Kiss’ and the bestselling SAW single ever with UK sales of over a
million – ‘Especially For You’, an unforgettable duet with Neighbours co-star Kylie Minogue.
With such classic hits such as ‘Venus’, ‘Love In the First
Degree’ and ‘I Want You Back’, the UK’s most-charted girl group Bananarama are an essential addition to
the Hit Factory Christmas Cracker bill.
Dead Or Alive, fronted by the inimitable Pete Burns, also join
the line-up, their timeless single ‘You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)’ was the
first No. 1 for SAW in 1985.
Also appearing are Pepsi & Shirlie, Princess, Sinitta, Hazell Dean, Sonia, 2 Unlimited, Lonnie Gordon and Brother Beyond. With such signature smash hits between
them as ‘Heartache’, ‘Say I’m Your Number One’, ‘Toy Boy’, ‘Whatever I Do (Wherever I Go)’, ‘You’ll Never
Stop Me Loving You’, ‘No Limit’, ‘Happenin’ All Over Again’ and ‘The Harder I
Try’. The
Hit Factory Live - Christmas Cracker
is set to be a truly unmissable spectacular.
A proportion
of proceeds from ticket sales will be donated to Cancer Research UK. As a cause
that is close to everyone’s hearts, Live Nation are proud supporters of Cancer
Research UK and their life saving work.
Ticketing Information:
Tickets 49.50 (plus booking
fee)
Show Starts: 7.30pm
Available at www.ticketmaster.co.uk / www.livenation.co.uk
For VIP packages please visit www.livenationexperience.co.uk
, or phone 0207 009 3484
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