STRICTLY Come Dancing judge Craig Revel Horwood has been dealt a huge blow.
The 60-year-old no-nonsense judge of the hit dancing competition has been forced to sell tickets to his one-man show at a significantly reduced price on a seat filling website.
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The sharp-tongued judge has seen tickets for his forthcoming one-man show, which is to promote his debut solo album, slashed.
The price of tickets for his show have been reduced by more than 70% in price after struggling to sell out the 2,262 Birmingham Town Hall’s Symphony Hall.
Tickets for the show which is scheduled to take place on tonight (April 20) were originally priced at between £39 – £89.
Just mere days ago, they were being sold on seat filling website Show Film First for just £11 in a bid to drum up last minute interest.
The site is regularly used by artists and theatre companies in a bid to try and fill up empty seats for gigs and shows that have failed to sell many tickets.
Just days ago there were more than dozens of seats still available to choose from just days before the event.
And even today, just hours before he is due to take to the stage, there are more than a third of tickets still available to purchase.
The evening will see Craig treat audience members to a night of ‘big songs, tall-tales, and glamour’ as he celebrates his surprise musical talents.
The Sun reached out to Craig’s representative for comment, but they did not immediately respond.
Craig, who was born in Australia, released his debut album Revelations: Songs Boys Don’t Sing in October 2024.
“I loved recording this,” Craig said of his album last year during an appearance on Loose Women.
“It’s all stuff that I would never really get to sing in a show,” he added.
He mentioned how an example would be Memory from Cats, saying how he was in the show but never got to sing the song.
Craig then said how he couldn’t see himself playing Nancy in Oliver, but revealed that he loves singing As Long As He Needs Me from the iconic West End show.
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Just mere weeks ago, Craig blasted Shirley Ballas, 64, Anton Du Beke, 58, and Motsi Mabuse, 43, and claimed he alone was behind Strictly’s continuing success during night one of his tour.
In a comment writing off original head judge Len Goodman and axed Arlene Phillips, he said “There is no other judge. I created it. They are either dead or have been sacked.”
Playing up to his notoriety, he added: “I get booed heavily but I enjoy playing the villain.”
Craig pulled no punches on the first night of his UK tour, Revelations: Songs Boys Don’t Sing.
He joked that his comments about Len, who died in 2023 aged 78, and Arlene, 81, who was axed in 2009, and the later judges would help him sell tickets for the show.
Craig laughed: “We are going to be in the news. We need it as this is the beginning of the tour and we need to sell the tour.”
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