The tour will begin at Bournemouth Pavilion on Feb. 11, 2012, then visit Manchester's Bridgewater Hall (Feb. 12), Southend's Cliffs Pavilion (Feb. 14), Cardiff's St. David's Hall (Feb. 19), Bristol's Colston Hall (Feb. 23), Liverpool's Philharmonic Hall (Feb. 24) and Birmingham's Symphony Hall (Feb. 26). He will be joined by Louise Dearman, who most recently did a stint as Glinda in the West End's Wicked and has also played the title role in Evita on the road.
The tour is presented by Raymond Gubbay. Mead will be accompanied by a band under the direction of Mason Neely. The program will include such songs as 'I Believe (When I Fall in Love it will be Forever),' 'Falling Slowly,' 'Your Song,' 'The Best is Yet to Come', 'Fix You,' 'She,' 'If I Can Dream,' 'Anthem' from Chess and 'Any Dream Will Do' and 'Close Every Door' from Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.
For more information, visit www.raymondgubbay.co.uk.