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The UK’s best girl band, Little Mix, will take to the stage at Scarborough Open Air Theatre on Sunday 27 July with special guests, Scouting for Girls.
Since being crowned winners of The X Factor at the end of 2011, the first group to do so in the competition’s eight year history, Little Mix has sold more than three million singles and two million albums worldwide. A second UK Number 1 in September 2012 with first single proper, Wings, was followed in June 2013 by the band’s album, DNA. DNA became the highest debut ever for a British female group’s first album, entering at Number 4 and eclipsing a sixteen-year-old record previously held by the Spice Girls ‘Spice’ album.
In just over two years band members Perrie, Jesy, Jade and Leigh-Anne have gone from obscurity to being one of the biggest bands on the planet, a steep trajectory that hit new heights in autumn 2013 with the release of their hit single Move and second album, Salute.
Little Mix is delighted to welcome Scouting For Girls, one of the biggest pop bands in the world, as special guests at their Scarborough performance. Band members Roy Stride, Greg Churchouse and Peter Ellard have, over the course of four sparkling, life-affirming, Top 10 albums, made the journey from playing pubs in Harrow and Ruislip to headlining Wembley Arena. Scouting For Girls has achieved more than two million record sales, four Brit Award nominations, an Ivor Novello nomination and four Top 10 singles.
Tickets for the event, priced at £35, will go on sale from 9am, Saturday 1 March and will be available from the Tourism Bureau by telephone: 01723 383636. The bureau is open: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday 9.00am to 5.00pm and Wednesday 9.30am to 5.00pm. A £2 to £2.50 booking fee per ticket sold will apply.
More information about Scarborough Open Air Theatre and ticket sales can be found at www.scarboroughopenairtheatre.com
Tickets will also be on sale at The Sands office in Scarborough’s North Bay and at tourist information centres in Filey, Scarborough and Whitby. The opening times are:
Filey – John Street
Monday to Sunday 9.30am to 4.00pm except Wednesday (opens at 10am)
Closed for lunch 12.30pm to 1.00pm
Scarborough – Brunswick Centre, Westborough
November to March – Monday to Saturday 9.30am to 5.00pm except Wednesday (opens at 10am)
Closed on Sunday
Scarborough – Sandside
November to March – Saturday and Sunday only 10.00am to 4.30pm
Whitby – Langborne Road
October to April – daily 10.00am to 4.30pm
Tickets can also be purchased from www.ticketmaster.co.uk (0844 844 0444) www.sivtickets.com (0114 223 3777) and www.scarboroughspa.co.uk (01723 821888) as well as in person from Motorpoint Arena Sheffield, Sheffield City Hall and Crucible Theatre, Sheffield.
Cllr David Chance, the council’s Cabinet Member for Tourism and Culture said:
“With two hugely popular acts in one show, we hope that today’s announcement will create a real buzz for fans of both bands both locally and further afield.”
Welcome to Yorkshire Area Director, Janet Deacon added:
“Performing the day after Boyzone, Little Mix and Scouting For Girls will complete yet another bumper weekend for the Open Air Theatre and ensure that the Yorkshire coast is the place to be for first class live entertainment this summer.”
Other acts already announced for the theatre in 2014 are: Jessie J on 25 June, McBusted on 27 June, Last Night of the Proms on 28 June, Status Quo on 12 July, Boyzone on 26 July and Legends of Pop on 2 August featuring Bananarama, Jason Donovan, Rick Astley, Sonia and many more.
Additional information about the Open Air Theatre:
• No food or drink is allowed to be taken into the venue
• Umbrellas are not allowed in the venue (because they restrict the views of others)
• Under 14s must be accompanied by someone aged 18 or over
• The fixed seating in the raked area holds 5454 people. The seating is raised above a walkway and the lower rows can be accessed up a small flight of steps. The remaining seating within the venue is accessed by a number of steps and the upper rows are accessible to the more able bodied person. People with walking difficulties should purchase seats in the lower rows
All enquiries regarding wheelchair or carer seating should be directed to Nicola Ware, by emailing nicola.ware@scarborough.gov.uk or by calling 01723 232489.
