WEST End star and X Factor runner-up Ray Quinn performs his solo live show in Barrow next weekend.

The multi-talented singer, dancer and actor, who first came to national attention in 2000 playing Anthony Murray on Channel 4’s Brookside, appears at The Forum on Sunday November 6 to promote his new album.

After his initial TV stardom, Quinn went on to enter The X Factor, appearing in the 2006 series seen by 12.6 million viewers. The fact that his debut album, Doing It My Way, entered the UK album charts at number one, going on to sell over 300,000 copies, showed just how popular his appearances on the show had become - all without releasing a single.

Following the success of X Factor, the next step would be the West End, and combining all his talents, he appeared in some of the biggest hit shows: Grease, Dirty Dancing and Legally Blonde highlighted his versatility as a performer.

He also went on to star in the 2009 Saturday night show Dancing On Ice, which he not only won but was also crowned Champion of Champions in 2014.

Ray returned to the studio in 2015 to start work on a new commercial sound that would return him to his music. Working with a team of songwriters and producers in London he has been creating an album of original songs for his eagerly awaited second album.

He will be performing the new music this autumn on his No Man’s Land tour, which calls in at The Forum on Sunday November 6. Tickets are available from the venue's box office.