ICONIC British band Wet Wet Wet’s The Big Picture Tour is coming to Liverpool and Manchester as part of an extensive 17-date arena tour - and the Guardian has two pairs of tickets to give away.

The group has sold more than 15 million records while notching up 30 UK chart hits including three number one's.

Alongside this incredible success, performing amazing live shows has always been at the heart of what Wet Wet Wet do.

Since coming to prominence in 1987 they have played to over 5 million people across the globe.

The tour coincides with the 20th anniversary of their huge No. 1 album Picture This which included the hits Julia Says, Don’t Want to Forgive Me Now, Somewhere Somehow, She’s All On My Mind, Morning and of course Love is all Around.

Lead singer Marti Pellow said: “When we play together it always reminds me how great this band is and how proud I am of the armoury of songs we’ve built up. We love to see the fans enjoying what we do on stage and we’re all looking forward to being on the road again”

Bass guitarist Graeme Clark said : “We’ve been working on new material as well as looking into the archive and we’re looking forward to playing plenty of songs from Picture This to commemorate its anniversary alongside many other favourites."

Keyboard player Neil Mitchell said: “Playing live for the fans is so important to us and we’re delighted to have booked shows all over the country and then some on this tour."

And drummer Tommy Cunningham said: “We always put on a spectacular show and it will be no different this time around as amongst a few other surprises, we’ll have massive screens on stage to fit right in with the Big Picture theme”

Markus Feehily has been confirmed as the special guest for the tour.

Markus rose to fame as one fifth of Westlife, with the band’s 14 year career seeing them sell over 50 million records worldwide, achieve 14 No.1 singles in the UK and 26 Top 10s.

Wet Wet Wet will be appearing at the Liverpool Echo Arena on Saturday, February 27 and at the Manchester Arena on Saturday, March 5.

Tickets are available from www.myticket.co.uk

The Guardian has a pair of tickets for each venue to give away. All you have to do to be in with a chance of winning is answer the following question: How many Number One hits has Wet Wet Wet had?

Email your answer to carla.flynn@nqnw.co.uk and include you name, address and telephone number or write to Wet Wet Wet competition, c/o Northwich Guardian, 5-6 Theatre Court, London Road, Northwich CW9 5HB. Closing date for entries is Wednesday, February 3. Usual Newsquest rules apply.