ITV Lorraine viewers stunned over Shayne Ward's appearance on the programme

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Lorraine viewers couldn't help but comment as Shayne Ward appeared on the show. The singer and actor was live on the programme to talk to stand-in host Christine Lampard about his return to music with a greatest hits tour in April.

Shayne confirmed the news at the end of last month that he will be heading back out on tour for the first time in eight years.

The star, from Clayton, announced a string of headline shows for 2023, including a special homecoming at Manchester O2 Ritz on April 9.

And Shayne, who first found fame as the winner of the second series of The X Factor in 2005 before later turning his hand to acting and starring as Coronation Street's tragic Aidan Connor, has reflected on his return to music, 11 years after he last headlined his own tour. READ MORE: Stacey Solomon pulls at heartstrings as she shares rare moment with Joe Swash after birth of newborn Belle "It feels right because I've had a lot of time acting in soap and in film and I want to show the kids what daddy has done previously," he told Christine before he was asked about The X Facotr. "I'm hugely proud of ['X Factor'].