Well since our last blogs we had some time off over Christmas, during which we got the invitation for the Purple Ball, so all of a sudden we all had to give up our holidays early to fly over to Washington for a week. We did a dew TV shows while we were there, went up to New York for some more TV and lots of promo stuff, so we've been really busy.

After that we had another week free and then a week ago we started the music rehearsals for our tour. It's all very exciting, we've got a new band and lots of new people working on it and it's really starting to come to life. It's a very interesting period because we see development every day. Sunday will be the first day that we do a full rehearsal and see the stage set and the visuals, which will be very exciting.

It's always a very nerve-wracking time when we start rehearsing. Although, last tour we had about two days and this time we've got about two weeks, which is much nicer as we can take it a bit easier! I do get anxious though, worrying: will we get it right? We're playing to lots of people - will they like it? Will the ones who came last year come back and like it this time?

I can't give too much away, but one secret I will share with you is that we'll all be dressed in Armani. There will be several outfits and each one has been especially designed for the tour. Armani took all four of us and went to the drawing boards and created some very lovely pieces. It will be quite different from the other tours; this one is An Evening With Il Divo, which means we have no supporting act and we're going to play the whole evening, with one set before the intermission and one after. It's really going to be a true Il Divo show and we're very much looking forward to it!

Urs