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America's Got Talent star Courtney Hadwin will perform on stage with glam rockers The Struts at Newcastle University next week, it has been announced.

The teenage star, who made the final of the Voice Kids in 2017, then wowed audiences in the States with her incredible voice during America's Got Talent last year.

Hadwin was born in Hesleden, County Durham and studied at The Academy at Shotton Hall in Peterlee. She finished sixth overall on America's Got Talent and has since signed a record deal with Simon Cowell with her first album due to be released later this year.

It was during one of her final performances on the show that the 15-year-old first met Derbyshire four-piece rockers The Struts, with the two acts dueting on The Struts' hit Could Have Been Me, mashed with Janis Jopling's Piece Of My Heart.

And the two are set to reunite again, with the extravagant rockers inviting Hadwin to join them on stage on Monday, February 18 for their headline show at Newcastle University.

The show is part of their UK tour in support of their second album Young and Dangerous which was released late last year.

And fans can expect an energetic live rock show from The Struts with Dave Grohl last year describing them as the best band ever to open for the Foo Fighters!

On what to expect from a Struts show, guitarist Adam Slack explained: “It’s a lot rockier than the record.

“It’s like a garage band version of the album really because its just me on guitar, I don’t have all the bells and whistles that we have on the record. It’s definitely just much more in your face. High energy, and sweaty.”

Charismatic frontman Luke Spiller added: “It’s very theatrical. One thing we always try to do is give the audience a completely different experience to what they would have just putting the album on.

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“So, we tend to add a lot of things to the songs themselves. There’s costume changes, there’s audience participation...

“I’d say if anyone enjoys the music and is interested by that, I would encourage anyone to come and see us live, because that is really our bread and butter. That really is one of the biggest reasons we’ve been getting such promising opportunities.

“The only reason we managed to get the Foo Fighters one was because Dave came and saw us play live. A friend of a friend of his had heard us, and they were on holiday together, and a few days before he said, ‘You know that band I was telling you about? There in DC, why won’t we go watch them?’, and he ended up loving it.

“I would definitely say we’re very much a live band and I think we take enormous pride in what we do live.”

Hadwin isn't the band's only North East link either. Bassist Jed Elliot is dating Little Mix star Jade Thirlwall!

Tickets are still available for The Struts’ Newcastle show and can be purchased from Ticketmaster.