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Gareth is set to star in Footloose the Musical tour from April 2020. Whatsonstage Footloose will embark on a new tour starring Gareth Gates as Willard, it has been announced. The tour will commence in Wimbledon on 24 April 2020, before visiting Birmingham, Barnstaple, Sunderland, Llandudno, Aberdeen, Brighton, Milton Keynes, Peterborough, Malvern, Blackpool, Edinburgh and Glasgow, with further venues to be announced. Tickets for the tour are on sale now. Based on the 1980s film of the same name about a city where dancing and rock music are banned, the musical is directed by Racky Plews, with choreography from Matt Cole, musical supervision by Mark Crossland and design by Sara Perk. It features numbers including "Holding Out for a Hero", "Almost Paradise" and "Footloose". Further casting is to be announced. Gates, who previously appeared in the show in 2017, said: "I'm thrilled to be back playing the role of Willard in the 2020 UK tour of Footloose. I had so much fun the first time around that I jumped at the chance to play such an exciting role again. I was born in 1984, the year Footloose the movie was first released; I used to watch the movie lots as a kid not knowing some years later I'd be playing the ‘cowboy that can't dance' on stages up and down the country. I'm a terrible dancer, so it's pretty much life imitating art!" BOOK TICKETS HERE * Please note Gareth will not be performing on: 24th and 25th March Cancelled due to Coronavirus 6th April Cancelled due to Coronavirus 5th - 9th May Cancelled due to Coronavirus 13th - 17th May Cancelled due to Coronavirus 6th - 12th June Cancelled due to Coronavirus 10th - 15th August. Cancelled due to Coronavirus New dates confirmed for 2021 FOOTLOOSE UK TOUR 2021 This tour information is the latest update as of 3 June 2020 11 – 16 January 2021 MILTON KEYNES Theatre BOOK TICKETS 1 – 6 March 2021 Blackpool Opera House BOOK TICKETS 8 – 13 March 2021 New WIMBLEDON Theatre BOOK TICKETS 15 – 20 March 2021 Regent Theatre, STOKE ON TRENT BOOK TICKETS 19 – 24 April 2021 King’s Theatre, GLASGOW BOOK TICKETS 26 April – 1 May 2021 Opera House MANCHESTER BOOK TICKETS 17 – 22 May 2021 Malvern Theatre Worchester BOOK TICKETS 20 – 24 July 2021 EDINBURGH Playhouse BOOK TICKETS More dates to follow