Axed acts The Risk, Kitty and Johnny make X Factor tour

The Risk perform on stage during a Christmas lights event in London

Axed contestants The Risk, Kitty Brucknell and Johnny Robinson will join the remaining X Factor finalists on the bill of next year's tour.

Nine acts will perform at 14 venues across the country from February to April for the X Factor 2012 shows.

Frankie Cocozza, who was ordered to leave the show over claims he had boasted about drugs, is not among them.

Tickets are already on sale before the announcement of which acts will finally take part.

The tour will open at Manchester's MEN Arena on 25 February.

Also performing are Misha B, Janet Devlin, Marcus Collins, Craig Colton, Little Mix and Amelia Lily.

Misha B said: "Last year I was busking on the streets of Manchester and now to be touring around the UK is just sensational."

Meanwhile, Little Mix are the first girl group to make it through to the tour.

Kitty Brucknell described the opportunity as meaning everything to her.

She said: "It's been my dream since I was a little girl to perform somewhere like Wembley or the O2 and now that dream gets to be realised."

The dates are as follows:

Manchester MEN Arena - 25 February

Liverpool Echo Arena - 27

Nottingham Capital FM Arena - 29

London Wembley Arena (two shows) - 4 March

Belfast Odyssey Arena - 9, 10

Aberdeen ECC -13

Glasgow SECC (two shows) - 17

Newcastle Metro Radio Arena - 19

Sheffield Motorpoint Arena - 21

Birmingham LG Arena (two shows) - 25

Brighton Centre - 27, 28

London O2 Arena (two shows) - 31

Cardiff Motorpoint Arena - 3, 4 April