Slightly over a year back a painfully shy and under assured single mum-of-two was auditioning for The X Factor. Now setting out on a nationwide tour, including a date in Rhyl, Rebecca Ferguson has the world at her feet, releasing debut album Heaven while her first single, Nothing’s Real But Love made the UK Top 10.
It’s beside the point that she came 2nd in the final maybe even preferable, as it means that the year has allowed this Liverpudlian world-class singer-songwriter to hone her writing talents and channel that outstanding soul voice into a variety of songs which will build her, now aged 25, as the voice of her generation, and a world megastar.
Rebecca Ferguson, Rhyl Pavilion, February 17-18. Tickets 01745 330000.