Britain's Got Talent winners and highly-regarded street dance troupe Diversity are bringing their new show to Swansea Arena next year, it's been announced. The group, currently comprising 13 dancers of different ages, including fan favourites Ashley Banjo, Jordan Banjo and Perri Kiely, took the nation by storm when they won the third series of the talent show back in 2009 - and they've gone from strength to strength ever since.
Earlier this year, they brought their 'Connected' show to Swansea - it was one of the first dance shows to take place at the new Swansea Arena. If you haven't been yet, the brilliant performance venue can host up to 3,500 people and opened in March. You can read our recap from the opening here.
Now, Diversity are planning their return to the city with their new show "Supernova". They'll be visiting 40 towns and cities across the UK over a 66-date tour throughout 2023 and 2024 - and will be dancing into Swansea Arena on Saturday, November 11, 2023. For more Swansea stories, go to this page of our website, and you can keep up to date with the latest What's On news by signing up to the What's On newsletter here.
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Tickets will be available on the Swansea Arena website here - presale goes on-sale this Thursday, November 17. Tickets are priced from £33.24 each, plus a £3.80 transaction fee. The suggested minimum age for the show and its running time are yet to be confirmed.
Explaining what people could expect, organisers said: "Supernova follows Diversity’s sold-out Connected tour earlier this year, which combined playful, comedic routines with powerful statements on human connectivity. Big, relentless, and energetic, the tour dazzled fans across the UK.
"Diversity’s illustrious career shows how they continue to innovate, grow, and achieve. Collectively, Diversity recently won Virgin Media's Must-See Moment of 2020 at the British Academy Television Awards for their incredible Britain's Got Talent routine. Diversity have also confirmed that they will be supporting anti-poverty charity the Trussell Trust, which provides emergency food and support to people locked in poverty while campaigning for change to end the need for food banks in the UK.
"Attendees on the tour are being invited to bring along food donations to the shows, where there will be collection points across the venues each night. There will also be collection buckets for any cash donations."
The announcement comes after it was announced that British 1970s and 80s chart-toppers Madness would be taking over Singleton Park on Friday, July 21, 2023, with special guests, The Craig Charles Funk & Soul Club.
Throughout their career, Madness have had ten UK top ten albums, and 15 top ten singles - they've also won a multitude of awards including a prestigious Ivor Novello. They're perhaps best known for their hits Our House, It Must Be Love, Baggy Trousers, and House of Fun - but they've recorded many, many more songs.
Swansea will also be hosting American supergroup Hollywood Vampires next year. The group comprises actor Johnny Depp, rocker Alice Cooper, Aerosmith lead guitarist Joe Perry and guitarist and musician Tommy Henriksen and, typically, they perform tributes to the great lost heroes of music, as well as some of their own material from their studio album Rise. You can read more on their upcoming gig here.
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