Starting in Sheffield in mid-April 2014, Carl, Gemma, Jade, Holly, Steve, Mr. Baffled, and the sock-munching Fluffalope will be travelling and visiting venues throughout the UK to play concerts for all the nation's youngest pop fans and their families. You can find a full list of "Go!Go!Go! Live!" tour dates in Live Nation's official press release announcing the very exciting news below.
Tickets for "Go!Go!Go! Live!" will go on-sale at 9:00am on Friday 20th December 2013 priced at £15 / £17.50 plus £50 for a Family Ticket (4 people must include 1 adult) (subject to per-ticket charge plus order processing fee) and are available from www.livenation.co.uk or www.ticketmaster.co.uk.
"The Go!Go!Go! Show", launched in 2010, has received outstanding reviews and to date has completed over 100 live performances in London's West End and on tour around Britain. The family musical act features a cast of six: Carl, Gemma, Jade, Holly, Steve, the inquisitive Mr. Baffled and his sidekick, the sock-munching Fluffalope performing a unique and interactive mix of pop music, dance and comedy. For Nick Jr.'s popular series, the live show experience has been translated to create specific content for Nick Jr. to encourage audience interaction and physical movement. Directed by Nickelodeon UK's Director of Original Production, David Kangas, and with songs incorporating themes such as fitness, friendship and healthy eating, the bespoke Go! Go! Go! interstitial spots feature follow-along dance routines and original music written by UK pop supremos Mike Stock and Steve Crosby (The Show 4 Kids). With songs incorporating themes such as fitness, friendship and healthy eating, The Go!Go!Go! Show covers all of the Nick Jr. day parts, changing from lively morning songs to calming before bedtime segments. Embedded into the continuity of the Nick Jr. schedule, the Go! Go! Go! spots announces upcoming programming as well as providing a human face for the channel.
"Go!Go!Go! Live!" is a partnership between Live Nation and The Show 4 Kids.
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Live Nation Entertainment Press Release, from PressParty.com:
POP BAND GO!GO!GO! LIVE! ON TOUR IN SPRING 2014
London - 18th December 2013: Nick Jr.'s headline music property, Go!Go!Go! will hit the road in Spring 2014 with a brand new 10-date tour of the UK. Starting in Sheffield in mid-April, the TV pop band will play dates throughout the UK for the nation’s youngest pop fans and all the family. Go!Go!Go! Live! tickets go on-sale 9am on Friday 20th December and are available from www.livenation.co.uk or www.ticketmaster.co.uk.
The Go!Go!Go! Show is the brainchild of pop impresarios Mike Stock and Steve Crosby, best known respectively for Stock Aitken Waterman and the man that brought us Steps. Mike Stock holds the record as the most successful British songwriter of all time. The pair teamed up to create The Show 4 Kids, the company behind The Go!Go!Go! Show.
The pop group and stage show launched in 2010 to rave reviews, before being picked up by kids TV channel Nick Jr. The group’s music videos feature several times a day on Nick Jr., and now a deal has been struck with Live Nation to take the group to live venues up and down the country.
GO!GO!GO! LIVE! APRIL 2014
SATURDAY 12th APRIL 2014 - SHEFFIELD UNIVERSITY OCTAGON
SUNDAY 13th APRIL 2014 - CITY VARIETIES, LEEDS
MONDAY 14th APRIL 2014 - THE MILL VOLVO TYNE THEATRE, NEWCASTLE
TUESDAY 15th APRIL 2014 - PALACE THEATRE, MANCHESTER
WEDNESDAY 16th APRIL 2014 - BIRMINGHAM TOWN HALL
THURSDAY 17th APRIL 2014 - LEAMINGTON SPA ASSEMBLY
FRIDAY 18th APRIL 2014 - IPSWICH REGENT
MONDAY 21st APRIL 2014 - O2 SHEPHERDS BUSH EMPIRE
Go! Go! Go! Live! tickets go on-sale 9am on Friday 20th December priced at £15 / £17.50 plus £50 for a Family Ticket (4 people must include 1 adult) (subject to per-ticket charge plus order processing fee) and are available from www.livenation.co.uk or www.ticketmaster.co.uk
For more information please contact:
Jennifer Roberts at [email protected] or 020 7257 9560
Notes to Editors
About About The Show 4 Kids (TS4K) TS4K was formed by Mike Stock and Steve Crosby to produce enduring children’s music properties. Mike Stock, the UK’s most successful song writer and producer, was behind hits for Kylie Minogue, Donna Summer, Sir Paul McCartney, Rick Astley, Bananarama and Sir Cliff Richard and is the winner of eight Ivor Novello Awards. Steve Crosby is best known for creating Steps and writing hits including “5, 6, 7, 8.” Steps had two UK number one singles and two number one albums. Mike Stock and Steve Crosby created The Go!Go!Go! Show, which launched in the West End in July 2010 to critical acclaim in July 2010.
About Nickelodeon Directed by David Kangas, the music videos are produced by the Nickelodeon Creative Services team. As well as adapting existing content from The Go! Go! Go! Show, Mike Stock and Steve Crosby are penning brand new songs for Nick Jr. and the tour. Nick Jr., with its sister channel Nick Jr. 2, it is the most popular commercial pre-school entertainment brand in cable and satellite homes. Launched in 1999, as the world's first channel dedicated to pre-school children, Nick Jr. broadcasts hit shows including Dora the Explorer, Peppa Pig, Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom, Bubble Guppies and Olive the Ostrich. In 2009 Nick Jr. won BAFTA Children’s Channel of the Year. More information on programming as well as clips, games and exclusive downloadable content is available at nickjr.co.uk. Viewers have the opportunity to catch up with the schedule through Nick Jr. +1. Nick Jr. is available on Sky 615, Virgin 715, through BT Vision and TalkTalk channel 318. Launched in 1993, Nickelodeon UK comprises seven dedicated award-winning entertainment channels for kids aged 2-12 and is a joint venture between MTV and BSkyB Networks. The Nickelodeon Network is a top performing commercial kids’ TV network in the UK and the Nickelodeon channels are available in over 14 million cable and satellite homes.
The Children's Entertainment Market Music properties are a hot commodity in child entertainment with acts like Big Time Rush, one of Nickelodeon’s US music properties, among the top ten grossing live acts worldwide. By August 2012, they had sold 1.25 million albums worldwide and 3.5 million singles in the U.S, less than two years after their pilot episode aired. Nickelodeon’s US pre-school brand, The Fresh Best Band is currently on a national tour with sold out shows at major venues. In the UK, hits like “Bob the Builder” and the “Teletubbies Say ‘Eh Oh’” are multiplatinum singles among the 100 greatest selling UK singles of all time. And Australian act The Wiggles has regularly topped the list of top grossing live acts in their homeland.
About Live Nation Entertainment:
Live Nation Entertainment (NYSE: LYV) is the world’s leading live entertainment company comprised of four market leaders: Ticketmaster.com, Live Nation Concerts, Artist Nation Management and Live Nation Media/Sponsorship. For additional information, visit www.livenation.com/investors.
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Carl, Gemma, Jade, Holly, Steve, the cast of Nick Jr. UK's "The Go!Go!Go! Show", also announced the Go!Go!Go!-tastic news in a online streaming video clip on the groups official YouTube channel, youtube.com/GoGoGoShow, which you can watch below!:
Go!Go!Go! Tour Announcement 2014
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