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Old 01-02-2008, 04:45
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Thought it might be a good idea to have a separate thread for all pre-tour media publicity. So far Belfast and Manchester media articles about the tour (both concentrating on Rhydian, who will be performing 3 songs). Interesting articles and good promotion for the tour with links to buy tickets for the venues.

http://www.manchestereveningnews.co....the_loser_wins


http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/en...cle3390420.ece
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Old 01-02-2008, 11:26
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It is fab that he will be celebrating his birthday with all of the othere contestants.
bless them.
It should be a fun tour for them all.

I cannot wait to see them all.
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Old 01-02-2008, 11:43
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Interesting articles Olga. Interesting in that Rhydian was chosen as the focus in both an English and an Irish paper. Naturally that will be the case in Welsh local papers as well. Just the Scottish papers left now. I wonder who their focus will be on ?
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Old 01-02-2008, 11:46
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Interesting articles Olga. Interesting in that Rhydian was chosen as the focus in both an English and an Irish paper. Naturally that will be the case in Welsh local papers as well. Just the Scottish papers left now. I wonder who their focus will be on ?
.........tough one that Steve - I`ll hazard a guess and say Leon ?
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Old 01-02-2008, 11:46
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I thought Rhydian would have been doing at least four songs, not three.
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Old 01-02-2008, 11:48
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I thought Rhydian would have been doing at least four songs, not three.

Yes, me too........although Andy Williams only guessed that Leon would be performing 5 songs..........my guess is he will only be doing one more than the runner-up - so 4 from Leon maybe.
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Old 01-02-2008, 11:51
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how many did Leona and Ray sing last year?
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Old 01-02-2008, 11:51
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I thought Rhydian would have been doing at least four songs, not three.
I thought he would be doing 4 as well. *shrugs*
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Old 01-02-2008, 11:52
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It is fab that he will be celebrating his birthday with all of the othere contestants.
bless them.
It should be a fun tour for them all.

I cannot wait to see them all.
not that anyone cares, but 4 of the Hope girls will also be celebrating their bdays whilst on tour
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Old 01-02-2008, 11:52
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Yes, me too........although Andy Williams only guessed that Leon would be performing 5 songs..........my guess is he will only be doing one more than the runner-up - so 4 from Leon maybe.
When you consider that this is going to be a really long tour for them, I doubt if they will sing too many songs.
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Old 01-02-2008, 11:54
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When you consider that this is going to be a really long tour for them, I doubt if they will sing too many songs.
Very true. Performing up to 5 songs for an untrained voice on a gruelling tour could take it`s toll in terms of voice problems.
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Old 01-02-2008, 11:55
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not that anyone cares, but 4 of the Hope girls will also be celebrating their bdays whilst on tour
Really, 4 of them? Their birthdays must fall closely together then.
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Old 01-02-2008, 11:59
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Really, 4 of them? Their birthdays must fall closely together then.
oops just double checked, two of them(Raquelle and Emily) will be celebrating theri birthdays, Leahs was earlier this week, and Phoebe's was about 2 weeks ago
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Old 01-02-2008, 12:03
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Interesting articles Olga. Interesting in that Rhydian was chosen as the focus in both an English and an Irish paper. Naturally that will be the case in Welsh local papers as well. Just the Scottish papers left now. I wonder who their focus will be on ?
OlgaChristie is a Rhydian fan so obviously she's going to go with the articles focusing on Rhydian. Olga wasn't always so keen on Rhydian though, was she? I remember reading a post near the beginning of the Rhydian appreciation thread that said she wasn't keen on him.
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Old 01-02-2008, 12:04
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Interesting articles Olga. Interesting in that Rhydian was chosen as the focus in both an English and an Irish paper. Naturally that will be the case in Welsh local papers as well. Just the Scottish papers left now. I wonder who their focus will be on ?
I'd imagine that Leon may feature when the shows hit town, at the moment Leon is busy doing other things like initial work on his album, but once on tour he'll have time for the press interviews.

The MEN and BT look like a syndicated interview, but the BT interview is talking about Rhyds B'day as they can link that to Valentines and of course the 'story' of Rhyds new girlfriend.
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Old 01-02-2008, 12:07
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OlgaChristie is a Rhydian fan so obviously she's going to go with the articles focusing on Rhydian. Olga wasn't always so keen on Rhydian though, was she? I remember reading a post near the beginning of the Rhydian appreciation thread that said she wasn't keen on him.

This is an open thread so anyone can post whatever link they like, if you've got an article on Leon and the tour, post away.
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Old 01-02-2008, 12:09
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[quote=Marta;21306433]OlgaChristie is a Rhydian fan so obviously she's going to go with the articles focusing on Rhydian. Olga wasn't always so keen on Rhydian though, was she? I remember reading a post near the beginning of the Rhydian appreciation thread that said she wasn't keen on him.[/QUOTE]

Olga's allowed to change her opinion isn't she? I'd also be saying the same if she was a fan of Leon or any of the other contestants.

I've changed my opinion on people over the years - I hope I'm allowed to.
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Old 01-02-2008, 12:11
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I'd imagine that Leon may feature when the shows hit town, at the moment Leon is busy doing other things like initial work on his album, but once on tour he'll have time for the press interviews.

The MEN and BT look like a syndicated interview, but the BT interview is talking about Rhyds B'day as they can link that to Valentines and of course the 'story' of Rhyds new girlfriend.

I would imagine the articles on Rhyd would have been based on telephone interviews. I'm sure Sweden has a very good telecommunications network and a telephone interview is not going to take too long out of his day. It would be nice for Leon's fans to have SOME info, surely?
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Old 01-02-2008, 12:23
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OlgaChristie is a Rhydian fan so obviously she's going to go with the articles focusing on Rhydian. Olga wasn't always so keen on Rhydian though, was she? I remember reading a post near the beginning of the Rhydian appreciation thread that said she wasn't keen on him.
Feel free to post any pre-tour publicity featuring Leon you come across. This is what the thread is about
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Old 01-02-2008, 12:27
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I would imagine the articles on Rhyd would have been based on telephone interviews. I'm sure Sweden has a very good telecommunications network and a telephone interview is not going to take too long out of his day. It would be nice for Leon's fans to have SOME info, surely?
I think they have had a bit of a blog from him and he has been in a couple of teen mags, but as far as I know nothing in the national press (apart from Scottish papers)
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Old 01-02-2008, 12:32
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Interesting articles Olga. Interesting in that Rhydian was chosen as the focus in both an English and an Irish paper. Naturally that will be the case in Welsh local papers as well. Just the Scottish papers left now. I wonder who their focus will be on ?
The Irish must have been focusing on Leon positively as he was still in their top ten chart last I heard.

Don't forget Rhydian got most of the focus in the newspapers during the X Factor shows but it still didn't help him win!
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Old 01-02-2008, 12:33
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I think they have had a bit of a blog from him and he has been in a couple of teen mags, but as far as I know nothing in the national press (apart from Scottish papers)
Leon has been in the Sun newspaper - when he visited Dubai.
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Old 01-02-2008, 12:35
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Leon has been in the Sun newspaper - when he visited Dubai.

The Scottish Sun, I believe. But if it mentions the tour, post it up, Marta!
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Old 01-02-2008, 12:36
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Leon has been in the Sun newspaper - when he visited Dubai.
Yes there was also a pod cast in the sun recently - its just we don't seem to feel the need to create a new thread everytime Leon is mentioned in the press.
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Old 01-02-2008, 12:37
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Leon has been in the Sun newspaper - when he visited Dubai.

The Scottish Sun only
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