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Gareth Gates will be turning on the Christmas lights for the 3rd year running in his home city of Bradford tomorrow. He will ... be performing in Centenary Square from 7.00 onwards.
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Gareth Gates fans will be pleased to know that Gareth has signed with Meridien Musik, which is a record company owned by former Savage Garden member, Daniel Jones. Gareth is busy finalising his new album and it will be released in the near future. To all the people who have waited so long to hear any news about when, or if, Gareth will be releasing again, you are not going to be disappointed! Well done for hanging on and waiting for him for so long. He really appreciates your support.
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U.K. teen pop sensation Gareth Gates attended an audition for the top-rated TV show Pop Idol in Manchester holding a backround in singing, piano, and classical guitar. After a second audition the newcomer managed to get through to the final and came in second on February 9, 2002. Simon Cowell signed him as a solo artist. After participating in a collection of classic traditional pop and vocal pop songs from the 1950s and 1960s called Pop Idol: Big Band Album, covering "Mack the Knife" and "Oh Look at Me Now," Gareth Gates climbed to the top in the U.K. Top 40 singles chart with a contemporary version of the Righteous Brothers' "Unchained Melody"; setting the record for the youngest British male artist to have a number one single. "Anyone of Us (Stupid Mistake)" followed in July 2002. ~ Drago Bonacich, All Music Guide
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Gareth Gates shot to fame despite coming runner-up in Pop Idol to Will Young. Sell out tours, number one singles and screaming fans followed but it was not long before the media was revelling in his drunken nights out. His second album flopping and revelations about an affair with glamour girl Katie Price (aka Jordan) pretty much spelt the end of his run of hits. Two years later, at the tender age of 22, Gates is prepared for a comeback and documentary maker Lynn Alleway is invited to spend time with him to catch up.
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UK teen pop star Gareth Gates was born in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England on July 12, 1984. He came in second on the popular TV talent show "Pop Idol" and was subsequently signed as a solo artist. Gates was featured on the collection "Pop Idol: Big Band Album", for which he covered "Mack the Knife" and "Oh Look at Me Now". In 2002, Gareth Gates climbed the number one spot in the UK singles chart with a contemporary version of the Righteous Brothers' "Unchained Melody"; his debut album "What My Heart Wants to Say" followed in 2002.
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'Pop Idol' season one runner-up Gareth Gates is out with a comedy bit 'Skates Are For Skating. Not For...', which ends encouraging fans to vote for the singer in the British reality competition 'Dancing On Ice'. Watch the first one, demonstrating skates aren't for slicing produce, below the fold.
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