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UK LGBT EVENTS - Strictly Come Dancing Live Tour (until 09 Feb) - Nottingham
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Strictly Come Dancing Live Tour (until 09 Feb) - Nottingham

Strictly Come Dancing fans will be overjoyed to hear that the professional dancers joining the celebrities for next years Strictly Come Dancing UK Arena Tour are now announced. The full line up of the glamorous couples set to sashay all over the UK from January next year are social media sensation Saffron Barker and AJ Pritchard, EastEnders actress Emma Barton and Graziano Di Prima, BBC Breakfasts Mike Bushell and Katya Jones, actor Kelvin Fletcher and Janette Manrara, Sky Sports presenter Alex Scott and Neil Jones, actress Catherine Tyldesley and Johannes Radebe, CBBC presenter Karim Zeroual and Amy Dowden. The sparkling line-up of celebrities and professional dancers will join new tour host and reigning Strictly champion Stacey Dooley, and the tour judges Shirley Ballas, Craig Revel Horwood (who also directs the tour) and Bruno Tonioli as they dance in the biggest entertainment venues across the UK and Dublin from 16 January 2020 for 33 scintillating live shows. To add even more sparkle professional dancers Luba Mushtuk, Karen Hauer, Dianne Buswell, Joshua Keefe, Jake Leigh and Robbie Kmetoni will also be performing in this supersized dance spectacular. The tour will feature music from the Strictly singers and the Strictly live band. The seven couples will don their sparkling dancing shoes as they foxtrot up and down the country, showcasing all the amazing choreography that Strictly is known for, in this must-see spectacle for all the family.

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