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Rhydian Roberts has announced that he will embark on his first solo tour next May.
The former X Factor contestant will take to the stage on a 16-date tour to promote his self-titled debut album.
"I can't wait to start my first headline tour next year, I feel I am really living when I am singing on stage and can't wait to perform my album," he said in a statement.
"The rest of life is like putting pieces together, trying to make sense of it. But when I am on stage, lights on, in the zone, that's real, proper life for me. And it's a great life. On stage, singing, that's where I belong."
The tour dates are as follows:
Tuesday, April 28, 2009 - Rhyl Pavillion
Wednesday, April 29 - Peterborough Broadway Theatre
Friday, May 1 - Nottingham Royal Centre
Saturday, May 2 - Manchester Bridgewater Hall
Sunday, May 3 - London Hammersmith Apollo
Tuesday, May 5 - Portsmouth Guildhall
Wednesday, May 6 - Ipswich Regent Theatre
Saturday, May 9 - Plymouth Pavilions
Sunday, May 10 - Bristol Hippodrome
Monday, May 11 - Oxford New Theatre
Wednesday, May 13 - Glasgow Royal Concert Hall
Thursday, May 14 - Gateshead Sage
Friday, May 15 - Liverpool Philharmonic
Sunday, May 17 - Margate Winter Gardens
Monday, May 18 - Southend Cliffs Pavilion
Tuesday, May 19 - Birmingham Symphony Hall
Thursday, May 21 - Cardiff CIA
Friday, May 22 - Bournemouth BIC
Saturday, May 23 - Sheffield City Hall
Roberts will perform new single 'The Impossible Dream' on Saturday's X Factor. His self-titled album is released on November 24.
