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RUSSELL BRAND TO EMBARK ON HIS FIRST EVER WORLD TOUR

BRAND’S “THE MESSIAH COMPLEX” COMING SOON
EXTRA LIVERPOOL DATE ADDED – 15 FEBRUARY 2014!

Comedian, actor and author, Russell Brand announces his first ever world stand-up tour and will be visiting The Auditorium at Echo Arena Liverpool on 12 December 2013 and the newly announced date of 15 February 2014.

Keeping in line with Brand’s comedic style, the tour, officially named “Messiah Complex,” will be a dissection of various social and religious figures and the reality of their lives through comparisons of each other. Messiah Complex is a mental disorder where you think you might be the messiah. Did Jesus have it? What about Che Guevara, Gandhi, Malcolm X and Hitler? All these men have shaped our lives and influenced the way we think. Their images are used to represent ideas that often do not relate to them at all. Would Gandhi be into apple? Would Che Guevara endorse Madonna? Would Jesus be into Christianity? All great people are flawed, all of us, flawed people are capable of greatness and for every identifiable icon there is an anonymous mob of unrecognized bods doing all the admin and heavy lifting. This show looks at the importance of heroes in this age of atheistic disposability. Plus there's sex. Obviously.

Brand states, “I am going to tour The World (our one, Earth) with Messiah Complex, causing bother and excitement and offering opinions that have not been either solicited or thought through.

Of course I'll be in English speaking countries (UK, Ireland, US, Canada) but also Scandinavia, Russia, Israel, Lebanon, Palestine; anywhere that will have me to be honest and that are relaxed about free speech. As well as theatres I will be appearing in prisons, drug rehabs, social network HQs, universities, nationalist organisations, Mosques, foreclosed houses, protest sites, Synagogues and in people's private homes. I dedicate this Messiah Complex tour to the four men that are it's subject, Che Guevara, Gandhi, Malcolm X and Jesus - I know this is what they would have wanted. If this is the end of the world I'm going to go out laughing with an erection.”

STRICTLY COME DANCING THE LIVE TOUR

RETURNS FOR A FAB-U-LOUS SEVENTH YEAR
STARRING TV JUDGES
LEN GOODMAN, CRAIG REVEL HORWOOD & BRUNO TONIOLI

As BBC One’s smash hit entertainment show Strictly Come Dancing returns to our TV screens, tickets for the 2014 Strictly Come Dancing Live UK Tour on sale from 9am on Monday 9 September 2013.

The multi-million pound show production will come to Echo Arena Liverpool on 23 January 2014, starring Len Goodman, Craig Revel Horwood and Bruno Tonioli, who are back as the tour’s formidable judges. They will be on hand to give their expert feedback and all important scores to the celebrities and their dance partners. Details of the celebrities and dancers appearing on the tour will be announced soon.

The 2014 live tour will feature a brand new line-up of your favourite celebrities and dancers from the hugely popular BBC One show. Strictly fans get to watch the celebrity dancing couples competing live for the TV judges’ votes and then get to vote themselves with their mobile phones. Arena audiences will experience Strictly’s glitz, glamour and breathtaking choreography, courtesy of judge Craig Revel Horwood, who is directing the live show for the fourth year running.

Head Judge Len Goodman said: “It’s a great thrill to take the cream of what promises to be another electric TV series out on the road for the seventh Strictly UK Tour. Strictly will again pull out all the stops with an outstanding line up of celebs and I’m really looking forward to finding out who will be joining Craig, Bruno and myself on tour.”

Craig Revel Horwood added: “Taking Strictly around the country and performing live to thousands of people every night is always such a pleasure. I’m extremely excited to be directing the show again, and already planning a fab-u-lous extravaganza. This tour will be the most amazing yet!”

Bruno Tonoli agreed: “Another series of Strictly, another superb line up of beautiful celebs and an incredible seventh live tour… Who could ask for more?! Fantastico!”

The tour has received rave reviews in the national newspapers since it began – the Mail on Sunday awarded the 2013 tour a 4 Star review and the Daily Telegraph said: “The glitzy occasion still sparkles... It was Fab-u-lous”. The Sunday Express have previously said of the tour: “7000 of us raised the roof. Does it get much better? Not often.”

Last December a peak audience of more than 13 million viewers tuned in to watch the Strictly final on BBC One, when gymnast Louis Smith was crowned the winner. The television format, also known as Dancing With The Stars, entered the Guinness Book of World Records three years ago as the world’s most successful reality television show and 48 different versions of the show have been licenced across the world by BBC Worldwide.

Ellie Goulding Tour

Ellie Goulding has announced she will play an arena tour in the UK in March 2014, including EchoTwo @ Echo Arena Liverpool on Saturday 8 March. The dates have been added due to phenomenal demand, and follow her sold out UK tour in October. The Hereford-born singer-songwriter is enjoying a hugely successful year after scoring her first UK number one single ‘Burn’ – which is enjoying its second consecutive week at the top of the charts – and topping sales of over four million albums and fifteen million singles. Ellie Goulding’s repackaged album ‘Halcyon Days’ is out now and includes ten new songs plus collaborations with Calvin Harris, DJ Fresh, Madeon and BURNS. To book tickets go to echoarena.com or call the Echo Arena Box Office 0844 8000 400.

LEE EVANS ‘MONSTERS’
UK AND IRELAND TOUR 2014

‘WIRED AND WONDERFUL’ was huge…‘XL’ was big…‘BIG’ was even bigger…‘ROADRUNNER’ was record breaking… and now the legendary Lee Evans embarks on his most ambitious tour to date. ‘MONSTERS’ is Lee’s amazing new show with over 50 nights in the biggest arenas in the country, including a visit to Echo Arena Liverpool on 31 October & 1 November 2014. Lee will be playing to more fans than ever on this hotly anticipated tour of the UK and Ireland.

To book tickets log on to echoarena.com. Tickets are priced at £30 subject to booking and handling fees.

"The must see comedy event of the autumn" - Daily Telegraph
"Stand-up doesn't get much bigger" - Evening Standard

One Direction Tour

They’ve sold over 1.6 million records in just four months, had 100 million views on YouTube, have two No.1 selling books, scored two major hit singles and a platinum selling debut album in the UK, and won Best Single for ‘What Makes You Beautiful’ at this year’s BRIT Awards. Now Zayn, Niall, Liam, Harry and Louis announce an arena tour of the UK and Ireland in February and March 2013. The 11 date tour will see the boys perform at key venues across England, Scotland and Wales, including Echo Arena Liverpool on Sunday 17 March 2013