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Coleen Nolan has opened up about a health condition which has been triggered following the heartbreaking death of her older sister Linda earlier this year

Coleen Nolan has opened up about a condition she’s been experiencing

Coleen Nolan opened up about a condition that she’s been experiencing on this afternoon’s Loose Women.

Coleen, 59, spoke about her health on the ITV show earlier and shared that stress has been a factor in what she’s been dealing with lately. She shared that it began over the festive period and continued as she grieved the loss of her late sister Linda Nolan, who, aged 65, passed away six weeks ago after having previously been diagnosed with cancer.

The panelist revealed to her colleagues on Loose Women that she’s been experiencing eczema and said that an expert suggested it’s the result of her having been “very stressed”. Coleen added that she will be having some moles and skin tags checked amid her experience with the condition, which can cause dry and itchy skin, among other symptoms.

She brought up the condition during a discussion about dermatology after reminding that she previously sought treatment for a carcinoma on her shoulder and pre-melanomas on her face. Coleen said: “They’ve told me [the latter] is from childhood. Being burnt in childhood. It’s quite common in people of our age and above, because, like you say, back in the day, we weren’t clued up as much about skin care.”

Coleen Nolan has shared that she’s been experiencing eczema recently(Image: Instagram)

The presenter, pictured with her late sister Linda Nolan, who passed away last month, suggested that stress has been the cause(Image: Dave Benett/Getty Images for Hea)

Coleen added: “But I also know that with stress and … I mean, my skin has gone insane.” Denise Welch said: “Well, you’ve had your fair share of stress.” Coleen said: “I’ve been covered in … I got a terrible rash all round my middle and it went up my shoulders. And it was so sore and so itchy.”

Further discussing her experience, Coleen said that she ended up visiting a dermatologist. She said: “I’m thinking ‘what is this?’ And it was all over Christmas and New Year, then obviously when Linda passed. And I went to the dermatologist and he’s like ‘yeah it’s eczema’.”

She continued by sharing on the show: “And I was like ‘I’ve never had eczema in my life’. And he said ‘no, but you’re very stressed and the first place stress shows itself, or any condition, is on your skin’.”

Discussing the future, Coleen told her co-stars: “Now I’ve got to go and have a couple of things just kinda shaved, like moles and stuff, that they’re gonna check out.” Ruth Langsford suggested: “And skin tags.” Coleen said: “And skin tags, yeah.”

The news comes just days after Coleen paid tribute to Linda on her late sister’s birthday on Sunday. Marking the occasion, she shared footage of them performing together on Instagram. She wrote in the accompanying caption: “To my beautiful sister … think of you everyday, but especially today on your birthday … I miss you so much and life won’ be the same without you.”

Brenda Edwards emotionally opened up about losing her son Jamal on Loose Women, giving an insight into the ‘gloomy’ days after his passing

Brenda Edwards has opened up about the tough days she faced following her son Jamal’s tragic passing. The TV star spoke about her loss during Wednesday’s (26 February) instalment of Loose Women.

Brenda appeared on the panel alongside fellow stars Christine Lampard, Jane Moore and Coleen Nolan. The four women discussed moving home and the memories that properties hold, as they shared different reasons for deciding to move homes.

Brenda spoke about the numerous times she’d moved, before opening up on her decision to swap to a new property with her daughter Tanisha following Jamal’s sudden death in February 2022.

Christine, Coleen, Brenda and Jane appeared on Wednesday’s Loose Women

Brenda revealed she’d moved a total of 13 times in her life, with nine of the occasions occurring after the age of 18. She openly discussed moving as a child after the deaths of her parents, as well as leaving the home she lived in for over two decades with her ex-husband.

The singer then spoke about moving home after Jamal’s passing, saying: “I made the decision to move from the other house, that we moved to after Jamal passed. It was a bright house, we all lived there together. But, when he passed, all of a sudden, the walls just seemed really dark. And I can’t explain that, it was just really gloomy.”

She went on to discuss her daughter Tanisha, adding: “Well, Tanisha as well. I was battling on with it and getting through it, I didn’t realise Tanisha was seeing Jamal come round ever corner. And that, I think, created a darkness.”

Brenda shared the news of Jamal’s death in February 2022. The entrepreneur, who was 31 years old at the time of his death, suffered from cardiac arrhythmia.

Brenda and son Jamal in 2021

In a heartfelt statement, Brenda expressed her sorrow: “It is with the deepest heartache that I confirm that my beautiful son Jamal Edwards passed away yesterday morning after a sudden illness. Myself, his sister Tanisha and the rest of his family and friends are completely devastated. He was the centre of our world.

“As we come to terms with his passing we ask for privacy to grieve this unimaginable loss. I would like to thank everyone for their messages of love and support. Jamal was an inspiration to myself and so many. Our love for him lives on, his legacy lives on. Long live Jamal Edwards MBE, MBA, PHD.”

Loose Women airs on weekdays from 12.30pm on ITV1

Loose Women’s Denise Welch has shared more information on her recent hospital dash, revealing that she was made to wait for 24 hours in A&E despite being in agonising pain

Loose Women star Denise Welch has opened up about her recent trip to hospital, revealing that she was forced to wait 24 hours for a hospital bed.

Today’s show saw the Loose Women panel discuss the NHS Trust’s recent advert for a “corridor care” doctor as pressure on Accident and Emergency departments across the UK worsens.

The TV presenter and actress had just returned from holiday when she was rushed to hospital with acute peritonitis. Speaking on the show, she said: “I’m going to say this. I was in hospital a few weeks ago.

“I was rushed into hospital. I was alright but I was in A&E for 24 hours,” she added. “Now they were looking after me and there was no bed, they kept saying, ‘There’s no bed.’

Denise Welch opened up about her recent hospital dash on Loose Women ( 
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“They wanted me on the surgical ward. [They said,] ‘There’s no bed, there’s no bed, there’s no bed.’ Somebody spotted me and phoned the press – and I was in a bed in 15 minutes.”

After a disappointed groan from the audience, host Charlene White added: “That’s not going to go down well.”

“We do have a statement from a spokesperson for the Department of Health and Social Care,” Charlene continued. “‘It’s shocking that corridor care has become a feature of our NHS. We will deliver a from and investment through our plan for change so the NHS is there when we need it once again.’”

Denise announced that she had been rushed to hospital after returning from holiday earlier this month.

She told the Loose Women viewers that she had been rushed to hospital after suffering with acute peritonitis – an infection of the inner lining of the abdomen.

“I got back from a lovely holiday in the Caribbean last Saturday. All bronzed looking forward to coming on here and showing off my suntan. I got rushed into hospital on the Saturday with acute peritonitis – a perforated diverticulitis,” she said.

“I’ve been in hospital for a drip for a week! They didn’t have to do surgery, they got it with antibiotics thankfully. As my mother said, ‘Take me to the knacker’s yard!’”

She added that she’s recovering but still feeling the effects. She said: “I’m eating and believe you me, what’s going on down there, I’m a Loose Women – believe you me!”

Penny Lancaster opened up about the start of her relationship with Rod Stewart as they navigated through life as a blended family

Penny Lancaster made a candid admission about her family life as she detailed a difficult start to her romance with Rod Stewart.

During Friday’s (February 28) episode of Loose Women, Penny was joined by fellow panelists Kaye Adams, Linda Robson and Jane Moore as they discussed the day’s trending topics.

However it was on one segment, where family life was the heartwarming topic of conversation, that Penny opened up about the start of her relationship with Rod, who she tied the knot with back in 2007, as they navigated through life as a blended family.

The couple have two children together, Alastair and Aiden, born in 2005 and 2011, however Stewart also has eight children in total from his former wives and ex-partners.

Penny opened up about the start of her relationship with Rod as they navigated through life as a blended family(Image: ITV)

Diving straight into the segment Kaye asked: “Is there a peacemaker in your family?” to which Penny admitted: “I would probably point the fingers at myself. When I first met Rod it wasn’t the case of being involved with the man I love, it was a case of bringing in the whole family including everybody.”

She continued: “I tiptoed in and said it’ll be alright in the end.” Kaye jumped in: “In fairness to that they [Rod’s children] all probably thought you were not going to be around forever, they weren’t going to know that you’ll stick around.”

Penny replied: “Exactly, they thought ‘this is the next girlfriend, what does she want’ so it was understandable so I took the stance of being empathetic and trying to look at life from different perspectives and put myself in their shoes.”

Penny was joined by fellow panellists Kaye Adams, Linda Robson and Jane Moore on Friday’s Loose Women (Image: ITV)

She added: “Just slowly, slowly they got to recognise the truth and that I was the good guy and now ten years later they know who I am and we have formed a family bond but they do all come to me because of my honesty and they know they’ll get the truth and it all works out in the end.”

Elsewhere in the show, Penny spoke out about how she supports Rod’s older daughters, who have had children, on suffering from mum guilt.

She said: “I’ve always said to Rod’s girls that have had babies now, don’t feel bad if you feel guilty because it is a very normal feeling for a lot of mothers. All the pressures of what you should and shouldn’t do, do you give them enough attention, are you strict enough and the list just goes on and on.”

Speaking about her own battle, she added: “For me I always doubt myself whether it’s enough and I have to remind myself that ‘you are enough and you have done the right thing’. I sort of battle with it sometimes and I know there isn’t a perfect out.”

Linda Robson has revealed she can soon be seen on stage in an adaptation of a classic BBC comedy – meaning fans can soon see her treading the boards with their own eyes

Linda Robson has shared an exciting update about her acting career(Image: ITV)

Linda Robson has revealed she has landed an exciting new acting gig – and fans will be able to watch her perform in the flesh.

The 66-year-old TV star is known to millions as a panellist on ITV’s lunchtime talk show Loose Women – but for years before she pulled up a chair on the daytime show, she had a successful career as an actress. By far her most iconic role was playing Tracey Stubbs in the sitcom Birds of a Feather – a role she held from 1989 until the series was cancelled a second time in 2020.

Over the years, the star has made appearances on shows including police drama The Bill and Channel 4 soap Hollyoaks – as well as appearing as herself in reality shows including Celebs on the Farm and Celebrity Coach Trip. Since 2003, Linda has appeared on Loose women, more regularly appearing since 2010.

Later this year, fans of Linda will be able to see her live on stage – as she has revealed she has landed a role in a production of Fawlty Towers. The legendary comedy series aired as a sitcom on the BBC from 1975 until 1979 – and since 2016, a stage adaptation has been performed, with a recent run winning over audiences in London’s West End.

A stage version of Fawlty Towers has been hosting performances since 2016(Image: PA)

Now Linda will be taking on a role in the stage adaptation of the show for a limited run. Speaking about her continuing acting career, she told The Sun: “I did The Good Ship Murder, and then I’m going into [John Cleese’s] Fawlty Towers, the play, for a couple of months, so I’m looking forward to that. Hopefully I won’t have to sing.”

Discussing if she still gets nervous, Linda said: “A little bit, yes. Because I haven’t done stage for a little while. I’m going to see it on Friday night, and then we start [the live shows] in probably May/June.” It is unclear what part the TV star will take in the stage version of the comedy.

This marks the latest time Linda has opened up about her existing acting ambitions – having enjoyed her role in Channel 5’s crime drama The Good Ship Murder – which she starred in alongside X Factor’s Shayne Ward. She told The Sun: “I’ve just won a part in ‘Murder on the Ship’ or whatever it is called that Shayne Ward does. So yeah, I’m going to be doing eight days of filming for that in Malta. Hopefully I don’t die!

“My character’s name is Elsa and I think I play a cabin steward and I’m filming that in March. I’ve met Shayne quite a few times too – he’s been a guest at ‘Loose Women’ but apparently he sings in every episode doesn’t he?”

Meanwhile, Linda has been offering her support to Birds of a Feather co-star Pauline Quirk – who, it was revealed recently, is battling dementia and no longer recognises her co-star. Speaking to the Mirror at the TV Choice Awards, Linda said: “I knew about Pauline’s diagnosis for three years and it has been tough. I kept in touch with her husband Steve the whole time and she’s being really looked after. We FaceTime a lot but she doesn’t say too much, we’re always in contact and I’m seeing her next week. It’s nice to see the support for her but it can be upsetting to talk about it.”

Loose Women veteran Coleen Nolan has opened up about the ‘devastating’ impact of the changes at ITV, saying many of the crew ‘have become family’ to her

Coleen says the uncertainty behind the scenes is hard to witness(Image: Ken McKay/ITV/REX/Shutterstock)

Loose Women’s Coleen Nolan has described the upcoming changes and cuts at ITV as “devastating” with staff members currently living in limbo. The channel recently announced a raft of changes to its daytime schedules, including slashing the daytime panel show down to 30 weeks a year and merging the teams working on Lorraine, Loose Women and This Morning.

Now Coleen, who celebrated 25 years on the show this year, has expressed her devastation and fears about what will become of the show’s behind-the-scenes staff once the changes come into force. “The crew have become family. I’ve watched them grow,” she said. “Some of our runners from back in the day are producers, married with kids. I’ve shared my life with them. They’re in limbo, not knowing what they’re going to do.”

Coleen has been on Loose Women since 2000(Image: Ken McKay/ITV/Shutterstock)

She continued, “Loose Women isn’t ending, which I’m so thankful for, but it’s changing. It’s going to be very different in the respect of the size of the crew, but it’s still running. Which it should be – there isn’t another show that celebrates and supports all women of every size, age, whatever. But it’s heartbreaking to see some of my colleagues not knowing what they’re going to do. Many of them have young families and mortgages.”

Sources previously told the Mirror there wouldn’t be any “radical changes” to the Loose Women panel, but there are expected to be a number of redundancies in the behind-the-scenes crew.

Lorraine Kelly’s daily show is also being cut to 30 minutes each day and to 30 weeks of the year, with Good Morning Britain running until 9.30am to fill the time. GMB will also be extended until 10am on the weeks Lorraine is off air entirely.

The show will no longer be on-air over the school summer holidays

Coleen, 60, joined the series in 2000, joining Jane Moore, Kaye Adams, Nadia Sawalha and Ruth Langsford, and told Mirror’s Notebook magazine she had never experienced anything like the current changes.

“You read about it all the time – a chain store’s shutting down and 300 people are affected,” she said. “You go, ‘Oh that’s awful. Anyway, what do you want for dinner?’, because it doesn’t directly affect you.

“I’ve never been so close to it. It’s made me realise how much this is happening across the whole country at the moment and it’s devastating.”

On announcing the changes, Kevin Lygo, Managing Director of ITV’s Media and Entertainment Division, said the channel’s daytime slate was “a really important part of what we do” and would “enable us to continue to deliver a schedule providing viewers with the news, debate and discussion they love from the presenters they and trust”.

When Prince Harry called his grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II, once during the Covid pandemic, there was reportedly a “stony silence,” said to be a direct result of tensions in the Royal Family

Prince Harry was said to have been very close with his grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II(Image: Getty Images)

Details of a particularly memorable phone call between Prince Harry and Queen Elizabeth II have emerged today – and the chat is said to highlight tensions between the then monarch and Meghan Markle.

Harry is understood to have followed procedure, by calling Queen Elizabeth II’s private line and telling the telephonist who was on the line. The operator was then tasked with informing the Queen who was calling and then leaving them to their conversation. Yet when Harry rang from the US during the pandemic, the then Buckingham Palace telephonist informed the monarch – and was left with “a stony silence,” a moment which became particularly “uncomfortable”.

“When I announced to the Queen that Harry was her caller there was just a stony silence,” she said. “In fact, it was so uncomfortable that I filled the silence myself by saying ‘Thank you, your Majesty’ and then connected them.”

The operator recalled the conversation and, today, the Daily Mail published new details of this, in the wake of fresh memoirs which appear to lay bare the Queen’s opinion of Meghan. The newly released memoirs also highlight how the Queen became “very worried” for her grandson ahead of his wedding.

Meghan Markle, Prince Harry and Queen Elizabeth II are pictured weeks after the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s wedding(Image: Getty Images)

This particular telephone call happened some years after the wedding, and after Meghan and Harry ditched royal duties for a new life in the US. The fallout from this move was, according to royal experts, still on Queen Elizabeth II’s mind, as was the declining health of her husband Prince Philip. The Duke of Edinburgh died aged 99 at Windsor Castle in April 2021.

Richard Kay, royal columnist with the Daily Mail, writes in today’s piece: “The telephonist has never forgotten the moment, telling me: ‘It was memorable because the Queen would never not acknowledge you.’

“To this longstanding and loyal servant, the absence of the usual courtesy was a direct result of the tensions and discord sewn by the prince and his wife.

“I was reminded of this highly unusual behaviour of a monarch who was rarely – if ever – abrupt with her staff by an extraordinary insight into the Queen’s attitude towards her grandson and the former Meghan Markle, which emerged this week from an American historian who befriended one of the Queen’s close confidantes.”

And it is this new insight – by Lady Elizabeth Anson, party-planner extraordinaire and a cousin to the Queen – which has caused controversy in the past week. She said the Queen Elizabeth II “was not at all content” with the “Megxit” debacle, and she alleges Prince Harry was “rude to her [the Queen] for ten minutes”.

But others point out Harry had a very close relationship with his grandmother, who died aged 86 at Balmoral Castle in Scotland in September 2022. The Duke of Sussex, one of her eight grandchildren, was frequently pictured smiling alongside the Queen at royal functions during the latter part of her reign.

EXCLUSIVE: Noel Gallagher’s ex Meg Mathews cheered him on from the audience during his Oasis comeback gig in Cardiff, but she left early – before one of the band’s more painful songs

Noel Gallagher and his ex Meg Mathews(Image: Meg Mathews/Instagram)

Meg Mathews left Oasis’ Cardiff gig early this evening – as they returned for a special and heartbreaking song. Meg had been on hand to cheer on her ex-husband, Noel Gallagher, on the first night of the tour.

She was spotted arriving today, with a source telling the Mirror: “After posting about her ex-husband for weeks, Meg Mathews had a prime seat for watching the band. She was in great spirits before the set, watching Richard Ashcroft with pals.”

However, she left before the encore and was seen departing the show before the band came back to sing some of their biggest songs including Don’t Look Back In Anger, Wonderwall and Champagne Supernova.

Wonderwall may be a sore subject for Meg, as Noel had originally claimed he’d written it on a rainy Tuesday night for his girlfriend. He said back in 1996: “It’s about my girlfriend, Meg Mathews. She had a company which folded and she was feeling a bit sorry for herself. The sentiment is that there was no point in her feeling down, she has to sort my life out for me because I’m in bits had the time.”

Oasis are back on tour!(Image: Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images)

However, in 2002, Noel did a complete U-turn and insisted Wonderwall actually had nothing to do with Meg. He said: “The meaning of that song was taken away from me by the media who jumped on it, and how do you tell your missus it’s not about her once she’s read it is? It’s a song about an imaginary friend who’s gonna come and save you from yourself.”

Meg even commented about the backtrack. In 2005, she said: “All of a sudden, when I was getting divorced, he said it wasn’t about me, so I don’t really understand.”

It comes just days after Meg was forced to deny that she and Noel had decided to give their relationship another go.

She had been sharing throwback snaps on social media, prompting fans to believe that they were back together following the breakdown of Noel’s second marriage.

Alongside the pics, fans have been desperate to see them reunite. One wrote in the comments: “Please tell us you are back together again,” whilst another added: “So nice to see you still love and support your ex. So healthy to have that bond. Especially when you have a beautiful daughter together.”

A third shared: “Meg these pics are the best!! You’ll always have a bond, you share an amazing child who is a credit to you both,” with a fourth writing: “The best era, and the best couple, wish you two got back together.” But Meg said it was a firm “no” when asked if she and Noel were an item again.

Liam and Noel Gallagher put their differences aside last year when they announced that they would be reuniting for a come-back tour and some fans cheekily booed them

Liam Gallagher was booed by Oasis fans during his first come-back tour date in Cardiff. The reunion tour kicked off tonight in the Welsh stadium but it seems not all fans were too happy.

Liam asked the crowd “Anybody here from Manchester? Anyone here from Burn-aaage?” which was met by a whole host of booing. However, this didn’t stop the frontman from continuing his performance.

He ignored the boos as he shook his tambourine before launching into the band’s next song. The tour came after brothers Noel and Liam announced that they would be getting back together to perform last year.

Liam asked where the crowd was from but they cheekily booed him(Image: Daily Mirror)

They shared a video to promote the comeback when Liam was heard saying: “When we both come together, you have greatness.” Noel then says: “I know my brother better than anybody else. This is it, this is happening.”

Cardiff marks the first of 17 shows across the UK, with fans set to flock to London, Manchester and Edinburgh too. Oasis will also play in Dublin before the band takes the show on the road to North America, Mexico, South Korea, Japan, Australia, Chile and Argentina.

It has been estimated that more than 100,000 people travelled to Cardiff yesterday, with some hoping to get a last-minute ticket or just to be there to celebrate in the pubs and bars as they partied late into the night.

Despite the months of preparation for the upcoming gigs, it seems that Noel was in no rush to get in stage. He was spotted enjoying the build-up to the epic Oasis reunion at Cardiff’s Principality Stadium.

The once warring brothers are back and better than ever(Image: Samir Hussein/WireImage)

The guitarist was seen taking in Richard Ashcroft’s performance as he warmed up the crowd for the big comeback event. Ashcroft was scheduled to take to the stage at 7pm, with Oasis following behind at 8.15pm.

Cast first played at 6pm as the first of two support acts. Several fans camped outside of the stadium 24 hours before the show began to try and get the best spots.

However, they didn’t need to do this, they were then given wristbands to access the front pit in the standing crowd. ITV Lorraine correspondent Nick Dixon revealed that some ticket holders had been waiting outside the Principality Stadium since yesterday in the hopes of getting to the front of the stage.

He explained: “Some of the more passionate fans with tickets have been queuing up at different sections of the stadium since yesterday because they want to get in there as soon as the doors open at 5pm and rush to the stage.”

He then finished the segment by explaining they had been upgraded which left the superfans “deliriously happy”.

A string of famous faces have been spotted at Oasis’ first reunion gig in Cardiff, the first time the brothers have been seen together on stage in 16 years

Danny Dyer partied at Oasis tonight(Image: JAMES CURLEY AND MAGICMOMENTSUK)

A string of famous faces are in the crowds as Oasis reunites after 16 years. Tonight’s gig in Cardiff marks over a decade since Noel and Liam Gallagher performed with one another.

The band were seen walking to the stage with their song ‘F**king in the Bushes’ before they then started performing their song ‘Hello’. The crowd welcomed them with cheers at the sold out gig.

In the audience was the likes of EastEnders star Danny Dyer as well as Line Of Duty actress Vicky McClure. Vernon Kay also posed for pictures outside Principality Stadium.

“Hey, beautiful people, it’s been too long,” Liam told the crowd, which has also included the likes of Glastonbury founder Emily Eavis as well as Dominic Mohan and Andy Goldstein.

Vicky heads to Oasis’ first gig(Image: JAMES CURLEY AND MAGICMOMENTSUK)

Meg Mathews – Noel’s ex-wife – was also spotted at the gig, The Mirror can exclusively reveal. Noel and Meg’s daughter Anais was also seen at the venue. Earlier today, Meg shared a string of snaps of her and Noel, writing alongside it: “TODAY IS THE DAY 4th July 2025 Finally here ….OASIS REUNION TOUR, Britpop was a British music and cultural movement that peaked in the mid-1990s, characterized by a revival of British guitar pop from the 1960s and 1970s, in contrast to American grunge.

“It was not just a genre, but a reactionary and patriotic cultural response, celebrating British identity, working-class roots, and everyday life. To everyone who’s there when they walk on the stage at 8.15pm will be a piece of history.”

Referencing the photo, she added: “That night was a lot of fun can’t remember what after party gig it was .. back then there was always one which I was in charge of organising through @creationrecords money and fun had no limit back then.”

Vernon Kay was also there(Image: JAMES CURLEY AND MAGICMOMENTSUK)

Meg had recently been forced to deny they were back together after she posted snaps of them kissing. During a 2020 interview with the Irish Mirror, Meg admitted she used to get terrible PTSD. She said: “I came through the marriage. Everything was public. At the end of the day I did not have the cog or the PR world that that person (Noel) had.

“I was just the ex-wife. I had nobody. I didn’t know what to do. I didn’t have a press agent, wasn’t famous, I just had a daughter. I used to get terrible PTSD. In 1997 I was the third most written about woman. It was Lady Diana, The Spice Girls and me.”

For those fans hoping to get a last minute ticket to Oasis’ reunion gigs, the band are set to release a few final tickets. In a statement, they said: “As the shows are getting closer, Oasis promoters may be able to release a very limited number of additional tickets for sale once final sight lines are checked and the production is fine tuned. These final production releases will happen over the coming days.”