{"id":2043221,"date":"2025-09-23T08:53:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-23T08:53:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2043221"},"modified":"2025-09-23T08:53:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T08:53:09","slug":"dates-for-strictly-come-dancing-live-tour-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/dates-for-strictly-come-dancing-live-tour-announced\/","title":{"rendered":"Dates for Strictly Come Dancing live tour announced"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Dates for next year\u2019s Strictly Come Dancing live tour have been announced, with organisers promising a show \u201cmore dazzling than ever before\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Shirley Ballas, Anton Du Beke and Craig Revel Horwood will be reuniting on the judging panel, with professional dancer Janette Manrara returning as tour host.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The line-up of celebrities and professional dancers taking part in the tour\u2019s 30 shows will be announced soon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The tour will kick off in Birmingham on January 23 before travelling to Newcastle, Leeds, Manchester, Sheffield, Liverpool, Glasgow and Nottingham.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">It will finish at London\u2019s O2 on February 15.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Directed by Revel Horwood, it promises two hours of show-stopping dance routines, including group numbers, with live music from the BBC Strictly band.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The three judges will offer their opinions on the dancing at each show \u2013 but it is the audience who gets to decide who is the winner by voting each night.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Head judge Ballas said: \u201cThe Strictly live tour is always the best way to start the new year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cI can\u2019t wait for 2026 to be back on the road with Anton and Craig and bring the magic of Strictly to fans across the country. Roll on January.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Du Beke said: \u201cI\u2019m back for my fourth Strictly tour and it honestly just keeps getting better and better.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cSitting behind the judges\u2019 desk and watching the excitement from the audience night after night is just magical and, as I\u2019ve said before, we love it just as much as they do.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cI\u2019m very excited to see what Craig has planned for next year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Revel Horwood said: \u201cIf you love the BBC series, then you will love the Strictly live tour.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cWe bring all the glitz, glamour and gorgeousness to an arena near you, so fans can enjoy the spectacle of the TV show and their favourite celebrities and dancers up-close and personal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cIt\u2019s a fab-u-lous night out for the whole family to enjoy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Tickets will go on sale at 10am on Friday from StrictlyComeDancingLive.com.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source ca.news.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dates for next year\u2019s Strictly Come Dancing live tour have been announced, with organisers promising a show \u201cmore dazzling than ever before\u201d. 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