Based on the TV series The X Factor, the musical made its West End and world premiere in March 2014, at the London Palladium.

[2] In December 2012, Harry Hill announced that he was working on a musical based on the talent show The X Factor.

[4] On 22 May, it was announced the show would now be called I Can't Sing!,[5] and that it would play the London Palladium,[6] with tickets going on sale the following day.

[40][41] The songs were "I Can't Sing",[39] "If That's Not Entertainment",[39] "Please Simon"[39] and "I Wanna Be Like Bono",[39] although the latter did not make it into the final show.

The musical uses a nine-member orchestra consisting of keyboard, guitar, bass, drums, percussion, trumpets and reeds.

Harry Hill acknowledged the leak on his Instagram page, saying he was "very pleased" to hear the songs, while jokingly calling the uploader "naughty" and referring to the musical as a "megaflop".