The new music talent continues elsewhere in the MIF programme with a return of DJ and author Dave Haslam's True Faith series at the central Pavilion Theatre in Albert Square.

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Come fall 2011, Cowell will return to the Fox lineup with a U.S. version of his popular British music talent show, The X Factor.

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As the current plan stands, he will return to the Fox lineup in fall 2011 with a U.S. version of his popular British music talent show, The X Factor.

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