Singer Michelle Heaton opens up about her new stage-show channelling the girlband era, scary fan encounters and what it was really like to do Celebrity Masterchef

Michelle Heaton has busy times ahead. The singer, 46, who has just enjoyed a stint on Celebrity Masterchef, is limbering up for brand new solo tour, The Ultimate Girl Band Show next year – but first she's got panto (and just one day off with her family for Christmas Day).

The star, who is married to Hugh Hanley , with whom she shares daughter Faith, 13, and son AJ, 11, rose to fame with Liberty X , the British pop group formed in 2000 out of the show Popstars, alongside Jessica Taylor and Kelli Young, Tony Lundon and Kevin Simm - and next year is the 25th anniversary of their very first single.

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