John Barrowman - The New Album - and Concert Tour

This is the album John has always wanted to make and includes his favourite musical moments from Cats, Mamma Mia, Jersey Boys and Mack and Mabel and many others. And he'll be going on tour to bring you songs from the album from 1 October!

• Tour dates and tickets
• Album clips, reviews and competitions
• Buy the CD      
• Buy the limited Gift Box CD edition
• Download from iTunes UK (available to UK and Eire only)

JBTV - GMTV

On Thursday 5 August John will be a guest on GMTV on ITV1. John is due to appear at 9.15am, but please remember that this is a live show and timings can change.

JB Radio

On Thursday 5 August John will be a guest on the Steve Wright show on BBC Radio 2. The show airs from 2.00pm until 5.05pm.

• Listen to Radio 2 online from anywhere in the world

JB Radio

John will be a guest on the Jo Wiley show on BBC Radio 1. The pre-recorded interview will air on Sunday 25 July between 1pm and 4pm.

• Listen to Radio 1 online from anywhere in the world

Scotsman Interview

The Scotsman features an interview with John which is available online:

• Interview: John Barrowman, actor and singer

Captain Jack of the Caribbean

Today's Mail on Sunday travel section features a three page article on John's recent cruise. The article, with photos, is also available online:

• Torchwood star John Barrowman's cruise in the Caribbean

Proms in the Park

John is to perform at the BBC's Proms in the Park in Salford. The event is being held on 11 September at Buile Hill Park and will feature the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra and special guests.

John is thrilled to have been invited to perform a 20 minute set.

• Booking details at Visit Salford

The West End Bares All!

The West End will be stripping off on Sunday 5 September at Café de Paris in aid of The Make A Difference Trust. The event will be hosted by John with a vast array of celebrity guests.

Based on the original concept by legendary Director and Choreographer Jerry Mitchell (Hairspray, Legally Blonde, Love Never Dies), West End Bares will play for two shows (9:30pm and midnight), with over 100 of the hottest performers in town combining the naughtiness of burlesque and the razzle-dazzle of the West End in this unique event.

The event will become one of The Make A Difference Trust’s three annual signature events, which include West End Eurovision and A West End Christmas, which are in their 3rd and 7th sell-out years respectively.

• Booking information from The Make A Difference Trust

JBTV - The Hour

John will appear on STV's The Hour on Friday 16 July at 5pm. STV is a Scottish TV channel and those in the UK should be able to view the programme online once it has aired.

• STV Player

JB Press - Heat Magazine and more!

In the run-up to the first episode of Tonight's The Night airing on BBC1 at 8.00pm on Saturday, 17 July, there's a four-page feature on John in the current Heat Magazine (17-23 July), complete with new photos of a tattooed John!

The TV Times listing magazine also has a feature on Tonight's The Night, as do a number of other TV magazines, including TV Choice, What's On TV and TV Easy.

Tonight's the Night - Francis Stryder's in-flight safety briefing

Take a peek at this BBC teaser clip from an upcoming episode of Tonight's The Night! (viewing restricted to UK). The lady about to be surprised didn't recognise Francis - but you might.

• http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p008slp1

Tonight's the Night Series 2 starts on BBC1 at 8.00pm on Saturday 17 July 2010.

Tonight's the Night launch date confirmed

John will be making more dreams come true as Tonight's the Night returns this month. Series 2 of Tonight's the Night, a co-production between the BBC and Barrowman Barker Productions, launches at 8.00pm on BBC1 on 17 July 2010.

• See our Tonight's the Night page

JBTV - Animals At Work

The new series of the show in which John takes us on a global tour to look at working animals will be broadcast on BBC1 at 4.05pm on Thursdays from 22 July. The 12 episode series will also be repeated on BBC2 at 9.30am on Saturdays from 24 July and on CBBC at 5.45pm on Wednesdays from 28 July.

If you missed the first series, this is now available on DVD:

• Purchase Series 1 of Animals at Work

John and Carole to write children's book

During their talk at the National Theatre on 24 June, John and Carole announced that they would be writing a children's novel. The book will be published by Buster Books, the children's imprint of Michael O'Mara, who published John's autobiographies. The story will follow 13-year-old twins on a science fiction/fantasy adventure and is scheduled for release in August 2011.

• Read Buster Books' news release

National Theatre Platform Event

John and his sister Carole were at the National Theatre this evening for a well-received Platform event hosted by Kaye Adams. They chatted about the recently published paperback edition of John's second book, "I Am What I Am", which has additional stories from John's time in La Cage Aux Folles and Desperate Housewives. Fans also asked about the newly-commissioned fourth series of Torchwood and the new series of Tonight's The Night. The photo below was taken after the talk, when John and Carole signed several hundred copies of the book for a very long queue of patient fans!

• Buy "I Am What I am" from Amazon UK
  
  

Tonight's the Night. Studio recordings now fully booked

The popularity of studio audience tickets for Tonight's the Night has resulted in all seven shows becoming fully booked in under a day.

For those of you who have been allocated tickets, the show will be recording at Pacific Quay (BBC Scotland), Pacific Drive, Glasgow G51 1DA on Sunday 4, 11, 18 and 25 July and Sunday 1 and 8 August and Thursday 12 August. Entry on site is from 3.15pm with studio doors opening at 4.15pm.

Please note, it is practice to issue more tickets than seats available, and entry is first come, first served. So we advise you to get there early.

International Torchwood confirmed!

BBC Wales, BBC Worldwide and US premium entertainment network Starz Entertainment have just announced a three way partnership that will develop a new series of Torchwood. The new series of ten episodes will be written by Russell T Davies and produced and distributed by BBC Worldwide.

John will return in his role of Captain Jack along with Eve Myles as Gwen. Additional cast are still to be announced.

Storylines will include locations in the US and around the world and the show will air on both Starz and BBC One in summer 2011.

• Read the BBC Press Release

US release of John and Carole's Torchwood story

Titan Publishing will release a US Torchwood Comic on 10 August. The first issue will feature "The Selkie" which was written by John and his sister, Carole, and illustrated by Tommy Lee Edwards. This story first appeared in the British Torchwood magazine.

John is overjoyed to have worked with Tommy Lee Edwards, who he describes as one of his favourite artists. The pair began their collaboration when John and his sister Carole came across a poster of Captain Jack at the 2008 San Diego Comic Con.

"Tommy and Trevor had drawn a brilliant poster of my face super-imposed over the Face of Boe, which I think is the best piece of Captain Jack art I've seen,"" John said. "The four of us hit it off immediately and I asked if they'd ever be interested in working with us on a Captain Jack project. They thought about it for, oh, about 30 seconds, and so 'Captain Jack and the Selkie' was born!"

A reminder about Facebook fakes. They're not John!

Yet another fake Facebook site pretending to be John has recently been set up. Please don't be fooled. If someone on Facebook tells you they are John, they are lying to you. John does not and never will have a personal page on Facebook. The only social networking site he uses is Twitter (team_barrowman).

Please note: the following page is fake:

• http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000767048483

Panto 2010/11 - John returns to Glasgow - on a magic carpet!
(now opens 11 December 2010)

Television, film and stage star John Barrowman is to return to his native Glasgow next year when he heads the cast of the spectacular pantomime Aladdin.

The show’s producers, Qdos Entertainment, have announced that tickets are now on sale for the pantomime, one year in advance of its opening night on Saturday 11 December 2010. Aladdin marks John’s fifth pantomime season with Qdos - the largest pantomime producer in the world.

“I’m really looking forward to spending the holidays singing, dancing and having a good laugh in Glasgow next year!” says John Barrowman. “I love playing Aladdin and I think audiences will love everything about this amazing pantomime, especially the amazing 3D effects,” John added.

“We are delighted to be bringing John and our superb production of Aladdin to Glasgow’s SECC,” says Michael Harrison, Managing Director of Qdos Entertainment’s pantomime division. “John has smashed box office records wherever he has played in pantomime and I have no doubt that we will break even more records in Glasgow and stage an unmissable pantomime experience.”

Aladdin has all of the traditional elements of pantomime but with the added surprise of an array of 3D special effects. Wearing 3D glasses at certain points throughout the show the audience can rub the magic lamp as it appears in front of their nose, summon the magical 3D Genie from his lamp and join Aladdin on a superb magic carpet ride!

Aladdin runs at the SECC’s Clyde Auditorium from Saturday 11 December 2010 to Sunday 9 January 2011. Tickets priced from £12.00.

Book online for Aladdin 2010/11 (opens new window)

Buy tickets from the box office on 0844 395 4000

A request from John

Many of you have given John gifts over the years, and although he appreciates your thoughtfulness, he's running out of space to keep them! Rather than buying him a gift, he would ask you to support one of his chosen charities.

All donations, large or small, will help these wonderful organisations.