Flintoff called up for musical tour

FORMER England cricketer Andrew Flintoff is to appear in a musical.

The 2005 Ashes hero has been signed up to appear in Fat Friends — The Musical after his singing impressed organisers including composer Nicholas Lloyd Webber.

The show, an adaption of the awardwinning TV drama, will also feature X Factor winner Sam Bailey. It will come to London as part of a UK tour after opening in Leeds in November.