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Hold on to your
crazy horses, Osmonds fans: Merrill is coming to celebrate Christmas
with you in Plymouth. The lead singer of the Seventies family band
is joining easy listening favourite Peter Grant for Plymouth
Pavilions' Spirit of Christmas show.
But you'll
have to be quick - some Osmonds fans have already booked tickets for
every show in the nine-night run.
Merrill's
hits with his brothers included One Bad Apple, Down by the Lazy
River, Love Me for a Reason and Crazy Horses.
In
collaboration with his brothers - including Jimmy and Donny -
Merrill wrote the music and lyrics for five No 1 hit records and he
sang lead to the group's collective 27 gold records. The Osmond
family has produced 47 platinum and gold records. They hold the
record (11) for the number of gold awards in one year. Merrill is
now an established solo artist and he has recently completed two
successful European tours and a sold out concert in Wales.
Pavilions spokesman Robert Maltby believes the Osmond factor will be
a bid draw. He said: "This is fantastic news to secure Merrill as
the lead for Spirit of Christmas.
"The word about Merrill's appearance has already spread amongst the
Osmond fan base - as we know they still have a huge following today
and we have already had customers booking up front row seats to get
to see their idol, some have even booked a seat for every night, a
total of nine performances!" Spirit of Christmas promises to be a
seasonal spectacular with high-kicking chorus girls in a glittering,
all-singing, all-dancing production.
Broadway singers and dancers will bring a touch of New York style to
the Pavilions from December 18 to Christmas Eve. The songs include
White Christmas, Happy Holiday and Have yourself a Merry Little
Christmas.
For children there will be Santa's workshop with the toys coming to
life, plus Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer, Christmas Carol land and
Frosty the snowman.
To book, call the box office on 0845 146 1460.
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