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RuPaul's Drag Race stars Sharon Needles and Alaska 5000 bringing Halloween tour to Birmingham

Two RuPaul's Drag Race alumni are set to appear on a Halloween tour coming to Birmingham next year.

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Both Sharon Needles and Alaska 5000 will appear on the Heels Of Hell Ultimate Halloween Tour 2018 hosted by Dragged Up and Holy Trannity - with four more drag queens set to be announced.

Aaron Coady, better known as Sharon Needles, won season four of the reality tv show alongside the likes of Chad Michaels, Phi Phi O'Hara and Latrice Royale.

Since the show Needles has appeared as a judge on RuPaul's Drag U, a horror host on Logo, and became the face of an advertising campaign by the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals promoting vegetarianism.

She has released three full-length albums, with her latest released this year entitled Battle Axe.

In 2012, Needles was issued an official proclamation declaring June 12, 2012 as Sharon Needles Day, by Pittsburgh City Council.

Justin Honard, better known by stage name Alaska 5000, appeared on season five of RuPaul's Drag Race - reaching the final three with Roxxxy Andrews and season winner Jinkx Monsoon.

She returns for the second season of RuPaul's Drag Race: All Stars alongside Katya Zamolodchikova, Roxxxy Andrews, Detox, Alyssa Edwards, Phi Phi O'Hara and more - which she won.

The star has since gone on to release two full-length albums, has appeared on VH1's Scared Famous, became a spokesperson for American Apparel and appearfed in theatre productions - namely as Dr Frank-N-Furter in Woodlawn Theatre's Rocky Horror Show and a stage production of Sex and the City

Coady and Honard were previously in a relationship from 2009 to 2013, yet the pair remain good friends.

The Heels Of Hell tour comes to Birmingham on October 24, 2018.

A venue is yet to be announced for this date.

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