Cliff Richard to reform with The Shadows

Cliff Richard and The Shadows are to reform for a UK-wide arena tour in 2009.

The reformation is to come exactly 50 years after Richard and the band first recorded and performed together.

The tour will kick off at London's O2 arena on 25 September 2009 and then move on to Nottingham, Birmingham, Cardiff, Liverpool, Glasgow, Newcastle and Sheffield.  The tour will end with a date at the Manchester Evening News Arena on 17 October.