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Choirs who would like the chance to join Blake on stage should send a YouTube video link of the choir performing to [email protected] accompanied by a short description of the choir.

One choir will be chosen for each concert and the choir will join the group on stage to perform some of Blake’s classic-pop renditions, including Hallelujah, Jerusalem and Nessun Dorma – songs that helped catapult the group to global success after their formation using Facebook in 2007.

The quartet came up with the idea of having a local choir joining them on stage after they toured schools across the country giving performances and talks about the music industry. “The schools tour was part of the campaign for our second Brit nomination, but it quickly became so much more than that to us,” explains baritone Jules Knight.

“The kids really engaged with what we did and we were blown away by the talent and confidence of some of them in the mock X-Factor auditions that we held. With all that singing talent, we just couldn’t understand why choirs weren’t as popular as they used to be.”

Tenor Oliver Baines added: “We thought about how we could involve school choirs and local community choirs in our live shows, and that getting some of the choirs up on stage with us would be a great experience for both them and us.”

Baritone Stephen Bowman said: “We’ve always believed that choirs are totally essential to the future of British music, and we’re proud to be getting great choirs up on to some of the UK’s finest stages to show our audiences who the next wave of great performers might be.”