TOP boy band Blue have announced a date at the Bournemouth International Centre as part of their forthcoming UK tour - and Daily Echo readers are being given the chance to win tickets to see them.

The pin-up popsters - Antony Costa, Duncan James, Lee Ryan and Simon Webbe - come to Bournemouth on Monday, November 10, as part of a 29-date tour to promote their third album, Guilty, due for release before Christmas.

The first single from the new album, also called Guilty, hits record shops today. The chest-beating ballad comes with a video shot in Prague and featuring massed ranks of extras embroiled in a huge fight.

The London lads, who attracted thousands of music fans to the Rose Bowl last month when they headlined at Hampshire County Cricket ground's first major pop concert, got together in 2000.

Their debut single, All Rise, got to number four in the UK charts and set the standard for a string of R&B-flavoured pop hits, including One Love and their recent cover version of Elton John's Sorry Seems To Be the Hardest Word, on which they duetted with the legendary singer-songwriter.

Blue will be supported on their tour by Irish boy band D-Side, who also performed at the Rose Bowl.

For tickets and information for the Bournemouth gig, call the box office on 01202 456456.

COMPETITION:

The Daily Echo has three pairs of tickets to be won to see Blue at the Bournemouth International Centre on November 10.

To be in with a chance of winning a pair, just answer the following question:

What was the name of Blue's first UK single?

SEND your answer, including your name, address and daytime phone number, to Blue Competition, c/o Andrew White, Entertainments Editor, Southern Daily Echo, Newspaper House, Test Lane, Redbridge, Southampton, Hampshire SO16 9JX by next Monday.