Shamed BBC star giving away tickets for FREE after failing to sell out new tour

TICKETS for shamed BBC prima John Barrowman's caller circuit are being fixed distant for escaped amid sluggish sales.

The erstwhile Strictly and I'm a Celeb contestant has a caller circuit called Laid Bare featuring songs and stories from his beingness - wherever helium besides promised to speech honestly astir his damaged reputation pursuing accusations that helium repeatedly exposed himself connected the sets of Doctor Who and Torchwood.

But tickets for the 2nd day of the 2025 fractional of the circuit successful Tunbridge Wells Assembly Halls Theatre successful Kent connected February 5 - lone 2 weeks distant - are being fixed distant for free.

Sales tract Show Film First says it is lone charging its "Access Fee", which covers "our tenable costs of providing entree to the tickets and administering the booking website", but thing other for the summons price.

The theatre's ain nonstop tract shows summons prices should beryllium £42, £37 oregon £32, earlier the other charges are applied.

This week its spot representation showed full rows of seats inactive available  - with lone 18 retired of 310 sold successful the cheapest £32 tiered stalls.

Less than fractional the £37 stalls tickets were sold - with successful full lone conscionable implicit 300 seats of the adjacent 1,000 capableness theatre reserved.

Barrowman hoped his tour, which is successful the mediate of a two-month break, would herald a comeback almost 2 years aft helium was dropped from his relation arsenic a justice connected Dancing connected Ice pursuing the allegations against him.

He describes the past three years arsenic "devastating" arsenic his enactment dried up.

After the accusations came to a caput successful 2021, helium issued a connection saying: "With the payment of hindsight I recognize that upset whitethorn person been caused by my exuberant behaviour and I person apologised for this previously."

Ahead of the tour, Barrowman claimed precocious that "99% of the things that were said astir maine were bulls***"

He said: "If I was bare connected acceptable it's due to the fact that it was written into a script, and if I was wiggling it oregon being anserine it was to marque myself consciousness comfy due to the fact that I'm lasting determination stark b****** naked."  

He said of the caller circuit Laid Bare: "That's wherefore I've decided to speech astir it and laic it bare connected signifier due to the fact that it's rather disgusting however radical person treated me.

"You're going to beryllium entertained, going to larn things astir maine you mightiness not expect maine to speech about."

There is simply a question and reply league with the assemblage and they tin inquire thing they privation to ask."

Barrowman besides sings connected the 46-date circuit - with a premix of Broadway classics and modern songs.

He present lives successful Palm Springs, California,  with his hubby Scott Gill and his parents who person precocious moved in.