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The article Love Never Dies back to the West End written by Matt Trueman was published in The Guardian on March 19, 2013. It reports at length that famous Andrew Lloyd Webber's sequel Love Never Dies was set to return for a UK tour after successful Australian staging.

At the beginning the author says that its London premiere was widely judged to be a flop. And the other day the composer let slip that a revival was in the works, due "later this year or early next". That prompted David Ian and Michael Harrison, producers of the West End production of The Bodyguard, to announce that they would be taking the musical. It is interesting to note that, according to Playbill.com, the pair are in the process of booking a 75 to 80-week run around Britain with an eye towards a West End return should it prove a success.

There is a lot of comment on the other facts of the new project. It would be based on the Simon Phillips's Australian staging, which premiered in Melbourne in May 2011, shortly before the show closed in London after 15 months. The original had a tricky run, struggling to shake off a handful of negative reviews – including famously being dubbed Paint Never Dries by theatre bloggers the West End Whingers – and closed for a short period of revisions.

It's necessary to emphasize that in Australia, Phillips's production went three better, scooping up 10 nominations at the Helpmann awards and winning three. And moreover it was subsequently filmed for DVD.

The article concludes by saying that its success was the result of having had "very little involvement from Webber ". He also revealed that his latest musical, based on the Profumo scandal, is now ready for production.

In my point of view, Andrew Lloyd Webber is an outstanding impresario of musical theatre. His famous shows are Jesus Christ Superstar, Cats , The Phantom of the Opera, Whistle Down the Wind, The Woman in White, The Wizard of Oz and many others. I watched DVD version of Love Never Dies with Ramin Karimloo stared as Phantom and I can say that after The Phantom of the Opera the first musical isn't so successful, but if you are fond of Christine Daae's story you appreciate the sequel at its true value.