It was like going back to the 1970s as Osmonds mania hit Manchester at the city's Palace Theatre with the arrival of the new musical of the American boyband's life story. And with original Osmonds bandmate Jay Osmond hitting the red carpet, he was near-mobbed by fans eager to get a chat, a hug and a photo with the much-loved star.
Jay has written the new autobiographical musical sharing for the first time the journey of he and his brothers to worldwide super-stardom as The Osmonds. It follows the highs and lows of life with the band's biggest hits soundtracking it all, like Love Me For A Reason, Let Me In, Puppy Love and Crazy Horses.
And at the star-studded launch night in Manchester this week, fans got an even bigger treat when Jay jumped on stage at the finale to perform a jumping encore of Crazy Horses to the delight of the cheering audience. They had already delivered a standing ovation to the stars of the musical before the surprise reveal of Jay.
