Kimberley Walsh to release solo album

Kimberley Walsh is better known for her part in UK band Girls Aloud, West End appearances in Shrek and dancing around our screens on Strictly Come Dancing, but now the 30-year-old is gearing up to step out on her own and release a solo album.

However unlike her Girls Aloud bandmates, Kimberley won’t be going along the pop route, instead, releasing an album of West End hits, entitled Centre Stage.

Kimberley started recording the disc in Stockholm with producers Per Magnusson and David Kreuger over the summer after signing with Decca Records.

“I’ve always loved musical theatre and doing Shrek: The Musical definitely re-ignited the passion in me,” revealed Kimberley.

“I really wanted to share the love I have for musical theatre by taking some classic songs and completely reinventing them.

“The melodies in so many musical songs are so brilliant I knew we could create something special by experimenting with the production and I really feel like we’ve come up with some interesting takes on classic songs.”

Centre Stage is due for release on Decca Records on February 4 2013