Strictly Come Dancing's Shayne Ward sends message to Liverpool ahead of live show
The Strictly Come Dancing Live Tour will be heading to Liverpool's M&S Bank Arena today (January 28) and tomorrow (January 29). Some of the celebrity contestants and professional dancers have already arrived in the city while others are still making their way.
Posting an update to his Instagram story as he travels to Merseyside, Shayne Ward said: "Hey everybody, so on the way to Liverpool. It's a wet day as always but we're very excited to perform tonight at the arena."
Speaking to the fans in Liverpool, he added: "If you're coming to see the Strictly show you're going to love it, I know. To all the Strictly fans who have been coming to see it over the years you know what to expect.
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"You know it's going to be full of fun, laughter , dancing, singing and just pure entertainment."
The 40-year-old revealed he is "very excited" to bring the show to Liverpool tonight and tomorrow. The two shows are part of a 30-show tour across Great Britain. The tour features seven couples, Jamie Borthwick and Michelle Tsiakkas, Montell Douglas and Kai Widdrington, Wynne Evans and Katya Jones, Tasha Ghouri and Aljaž Škorjanec, JB Gill, Amy Dowden and Lauren Oakley, Sarah Hadland and Vito Coppola, Shayne Ward and Nancy Xu.
Other Strictly professional dancers who have joined the tour are Dianne Buswell, Karen Hauer, Neil Jones, Nikita Kuzmin, Jowita Przystal plus Robbie Kmetoni and Jake Leigh. And for the first judge Motsi Mabuse has joined the rest of the judging panel on the tour.
2024 Strictly contestant Wynne Evans was pictured in Liverpool yesterday as the tour arrives at the M&S Bank Arena. He has been enjoying time in Liverpool with professional dance partner Katya Jones. They were pictured walking through the city centre cutting casual looks with sunglasses on, altogether different from their glitzy Strictly attires.
Katya uploaded a picture to her Instagram story yesterday of Wynne and fellow Strictly professional dancer Neil Jones with their arms around each other. The two were pictured outside Liverpool's big wheel, close to the M&S Bank Arena where the shows will be held. She captioned the post: "Birthday walk around Liverpool @mr_njonesofficial."