▁Chris ▁Thompson ▁returned ▁as ▁The ▁Vo ice ▁Of ▁Human ity . ▁Also ▁from ▁the ▁original ▁recording ▁were ▁Chris ▁Sp ed ding ▁playing ▁lead ▁guitar ▁and ▁Her bie ▁Flow ers ▁on ▁bass ▁guitar . ▁Other ▁guest ▁artists ▁who ▁appeared ▁were ▁the ▁" Pe ople ' s ▁Ten or " ▁Russell ▁Watson ▁as ▁Par son ▁Nathan iel , ▁Alex is ▁James ▁as ▁The ▁Art illery man , ▁and ▁T ara ▁Bla ise ▁as ▁Beth . ▁Daniel ▁Boys ▁( known ▁from ▁BBC ' s ▁Any ▁Dream ▁Will ▁Do ) ▁was ▁under stud y ▁for ▁all ▁the ▁roles ▁s ung ▁by ▁male ▁artists . ▁A ▁model ▁Fight ing ▁Machine ▁featured ▁on ▁stage . ▁A ▁short ▁animated ▁' pre quel ' ▁to ▁the ▁story ▁was ▁also ▁presented ▁in ▁the ▁style ▁of ▁the ▁up coming ▁feature - length ▁film ▁detail ing ▁the ▁Mart ians ' ▁e colog ical ▁destruction ▁of ▁their ▁own ▁world ▁( which ▁was ▁originally ▁made ▁for ▁the ▁ 1 9 9 8 ▁computer ▁game ) ▁and ▁their ▁prepar ations ▁to ▁in va de ▁Earth , ▁and ▁including ▁a ▁short ▁rem ix ▁of ▁" The ▁Red ▁We ed ". ▁The ▁show ▁was ▁produced ▁by ▁Ray ▁Jones , ▁Dam ian ▁Col lier ▁and ▁Jeff ▁Wayne . ▁ ▁The ▁live ▁show ▁tou red ▁Australia ▁and ▁New ▁Zealand ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 7 , ▁with ▁dates ▁in ▁Sydney , ▁Melbourne , ▁Per th , ▁Br is b ane ▁and ▁A uck land . ▁The ▁Australian ▁tour ▁featured ▁Australian ▁Id ol ▁runner - up ▁Sh annon ▁N oll ▁as ▁Par