Lee Ryan going back on tour with Blue after sentencing for racially aggravated assault-Emily Bashforth-Entertainment – Metro

Blue have announced they are going back on the road with a greatest hits celebration, their first full tour in 10 years.

In perhaps more surprising news, Lee Ryan is set to join them, following his sentencing for racially aggravated assault against a Black British Airways flight attendant. 

A judge handed the All Rise singer a 12-month suspended prison sentence last month after the 40-year-old was arrested following the drunken incident in July 2022.

Sharing their tour news with fans, Duncan James appeared on Good Morning Britain, while the remaining members – including Antony Costa and Simon Webb – joined in on a social media video.

‘Hi, we’re Blue! And our Greatest Hits Tour tickets are on pre-sale from 9am on Wednesday and on general sale from Friday at 9am.

‘Can’t wait to see you there!’, they said.

‘We really hope you come along and celebrate two decades of music with us,’ Antony said excitedly.

Simon teased: ‘We’ll be doing all of our hits and, also, there’ll be some storytelling. Yes, we’ve got some stories…’

Speaking in the GMB studio to Kate Garraway and Richard Madeley, Duncan assured there will be ‘lots of stories’ as there’s been ‘a lot happening in the past two decades.’

He confirmed that the tour will kick off in April 2024 in Liverpool.

‘I can’t believe it’s been two decades,’ said the singer.

‘We got together in 2000 and All Rise was released in 2001 – Lee was only 17, I was 22!’

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