British composer, Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber is to jet off to America in two weeks time in order to make an appearance on US TV show, American Idol.

Lloyd Webber will appear on a live link-up from Las Vegas to the Los Angeles AI studios.

Sir Andrew is currently judging on BBC’s talent show, I’d Do Anything and he hinted to The Sun that the BBC may not have been too happy with his extra-curricular activities, saying: “I told them my dates and just said, ‘I’m going!’”