your questions answered

Replies to some of the questions people most often ask about John, covering:

• Tonight's the Night
• Autographs and signed photos
• Supporting charity events
• Birthday and other greetings at shows
• Requests for cards and messages
• Backstage passes
• Gifts for John
• Supporting John's charities from outside the UK
• Signing autographs after concerts
• Concerts outside the UK
• Buying John's CDs from outside the UK
• Requests for advice about being gay

   

Tonight's the Night

The BBC are not currently accepting any further nominations for Tonight's The Night. While we appreciate the wonderful stories of deserving people who you would like to appear on the show, John and his web team do not manage requests for surprises and are unable to pass these to the BBC.

If there is a fourth series of Tonight's The Night, the BBC will again invite viewers to nominate friends and relatives and details of how to do this will be available on the BBC website.

Autographs and signed photos - Message from John

"First of all, thank you to all my fans who've heeded my request not to ask for autographs or items to be signed until I'd cleared the backlog. Hurrah! I've now signed all the items sent to me after the tour and panto. But not hurrah - I'm still swamped with requests and items to be signed."

"So I need to ask for your indulgence and patience for a while longer. Until I'm fully caught up (it'll happen), I can't accept any further requests for autographs or signed items. This means any further SAEs I receive will be returned unsigned."

"I know this may disappoint many of you, but I also know you appreciate how difficult it is for me to make this decision. I adore and appreciate you all and, when my schedule opens up a bit, I'll let you know when you can resume sending things to be signed."

JB

Asking John to support charities with donations or to attend charity events

John gives as much time as he can to help support his chosen charities:

• Dogs Trust
• Ty Hafan Children’s Hospice
• Stonewall
• The Make A Difference Trust
• Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY)

He's not one to put his name to a cause without actively becoming involved, so he's unable to support, sponsor or take on any other charity work right now.

Birthday and other greetings at shows

John's concerts are very carefully planned so that each song flows to the next via a personal story so, although he receives a huge number of requests for shout-outs, he couldn't include these without disrupting the show.

Requests for cards and messages

John receives hundreds of requests to send card or messages. He’d love to be able to do this, but there isn’t enough time to deal with all of these requests – and if he does one, he has to do them all to be fair to everyone.

Backstage passes

Backstage passes are not provided for John's concerts or other shows and he cannot arrange to meet fans before or after shows.

Gifts for John

While John really appreciates the thought behind them, he’d much prefer that, instead of buying him personal gifts, you gift to charity in his name. Even the cost of a card can make a difference to a charity.

Donate to charity in John’s name

Supporting John's charities from outside the UK

John's chosen charities are all delighted to receive donations from fans wherever they are!

Signing autographs after concerts

John’s first priority is to maintain his health so that he doesn’t disappoint audiences by having to take time off due to illness, which in the past has resulted from him signing autographs in bad weather. After each concert, he and his crew have to drive to the next venue, which may be many hours away. He hates to disappoint his fans, and while you may not have the opportunity to meet him at the stage door afterwards, he will always do his best to make sure you’ve enjoyed the show!

Buying John's CDs from outside the UK

Not all of John's albums have been released overseas but many online retailers do ship world-wide at reasonable rates. You can find links to buy John’s CDs in the shop section of the website.

Concerts outside the UK

There are currently no plans for John to take his concert tour to other countries. If anything is arranged, this will be announced on this website and the mailing list.

Requests for advice about being gay

If you are confused about your sexuality or want to talk about being gay, Stonewall (a UK charity) can give you advice. If you are in the UK you can contact them on their helpline (0800 050 2020) or via their website: www.stonewall.org.uk. For people both inside and outside the UK, you could also try the following web page of resources www.avert.org/gaylesbianhelp.htm.

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