Jason to hit the road - Dec 7 2007
Jason Donovan will go on an extensive UK tour in 2008, it has been announced.

The 1980s heathrob - who was a runner-up in last year's I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! - will kick off in Southend on November 30, before travelling around the country and winding up at London's Hammersmith Apollo on December 19.

Tickets go on sale on December 8.

The full dates are as follows:

November 2008
30 - Cliffs Pavilion, Southend

December 2008
1 - St David's Hall, Cardiff
2 - Regent Theatre, Ipswich
3 - Northampton Derngate, Northampton
5 - Caird Hall, Dundee
6 - Guildhall, Preston
7 - Clyde Auditorium, Glasgow
9 - The Sage Gateshead, Gateshead
10 - Sheffield City Hall, Sheffield
12 - Symphony Hall, Birmingham
13 - Manchester Apollo, Manchester
14 - Harrogate International Centre, Harrogate
16 - Victoria Theatre, Stoke
17 - Colston Hall, Bristol
18 - Southampton Guildhall, Southampton
19 - Hammersmith Apollo, London

Jason: Jungle was a turning point - Oct 30 2007
Jason Donovan has told how starring on I’m A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! was a "turning point" for him.

The 80s star had faded from the limelight and gone through a period of drug use when he signed up for the reality TV show, where he came third.

"I believe the real turning point was the jungle," he revealed.

"It allowed people to see me as me. There was interest in me as a person rather than me as Joseph or me on Neighbours, or my relationships or taking drugs. It enabled people to have an insight into Jason Donovan."

The publicity led to a regional singing tour earlier this year, the release of a greatest hits compilation and a lead role in ITV1’s forthcoming soap Echo Beach, alongside Martine McCutcheon, to be screened early next year.

Jason - who has two children, Jemma, seven, and six-year-old Zac with long-term partner Angela Malloch - also credits fatherhood with changing his life.

"Children are one of the main reasons we are on this planet," he says. "My life has changed in every way. It has more meaning, less selfishness and more passion, more reasons to be alive."

Jason has recently penned his autobiography. Between The Lines: My Story Uncut, by Jason Donovan, is published by HarperCollins, priced £18.99, and is available now.


Jason: I’m not Cliff - July 23 2007
Jason Donovan has revealed that he quit Joseph And The Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat, despite earning a fortune, because he didn’t want to become Cliff Richard.

The 39-year-old hung up his dreamcoat in 1994, before going on to appear in the West End version of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.

The former Neighbours star told the Daily Express: "The adulation and money were incredible. But I didn’t want to be a new Cliff Richard in a satin suit anymore."

He added: "I wanted to be a bit more reckless. I didn’t want to stay complacent on one level and not be individual.

"I want to do different things in my life, and I don’t want to be perceived as the one character. God bless Cliff Richard but that was where I was going."

Jason recently toured the UK after he found fame again by appearing in I’m A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here!

I love singing for my kids, says Jason - June 19 2007
Jason Donovan has revealed the best thing about being back on tour was having his children see him perform as a pop star.