HERE WE GO...this is the first time Beccy Cole and I have ever toured together and I cant wait! Country superstars Melinda Schneider & Beccy Cole announce GREAT WOMEN OF COUNTRY CONCERT DATES New album Great Women Of Country and the songs that made them to be released 7th November Following on from the recent announcement of their new collaborative album Great Women Of Country and the songs that made them, to be released on 7th November (through Universal Music Australia), country music superstars and long-time friends Melinda Schneider and Beccy Cole are thrilled to announce a series of special concert hall performances to coincide with this release. Concerts will begin on 30th November in Brisbane and move onto Adelaide, Sydney, and Melbourne in December 2014, with further dates soon to be announced. Melinda and Beccy are music royalty in Australia. Renowned for their successful solo careers, between them these outstanding talents have amassed 18 albums, five of them Gold status, together with numerous awards and accolades. Fifteen Golden Guitars adorn their mantle pieces, with both of them having taken gongs for Female Vocalist Of The Year and APRA Song Of The Year. They both also proudly boast a swag of songwriting awards and Entertainer Of The Year awards. It seems only fitting and natural that these firm friends not only record an album of some of the all-time great country songs by women but also perform them live and in concert. The album and the performances are an opportunity for Melinda and Beccy to pay a heartfelt homage to the songs, the songwriters and the singers behind these timeless and heartfelt hits. All 22 tracks from the album will be performed live, including such classics as Stand By Your Man, I Will Always Love You, Blue Bayou, D.I.V.O.R.C.E., and of course, the first single off the album, 9 to 5. As Schneider puts it “Both Beccy and I had always thought about doing an album like this individually ... but I woke up one morning and the idea wouldn’t leave me alone, so I called Beccy and asked: wanna do it together?”. And so they have. I loved revisiting the songs that were such a big part of my childhood, theyre timeless, they were old even then! says Cole. These are some of the songs that I drew from to make my own music, to get to pay tribute to them by recording and performing new versions is a great responsibility but such an honour.” THE GREAT WOMEN OF COUNTRY TOUR DATES: Sun 30 Nov – QPAC Concert Hall, Brisbane Book on 136 246 or qpac.au Fri 12 Dec – Her Majestys Theatre, Adelaide Book on 131 246 or bass.net.au Sun 14 Dec – Sydney Opera House Concert Hall Book on 02 9250 7777 or sydneyoperahouse or 136 100 or ticketmaster Wed 17 Dec – Hamer Hall, Arts Centre Melbourne Book on 1300 182 183 or artscentremelbourne.au or 136 100 or ticketmaster All shows on sale 9.00am Monday 29 September. Album Great Women of Country release date: November 7 2014 Pre order your copy of the album now: iTunes: po.st/GWOC Sanity: po.st/GWOCSAN JB HI FI: po.st/GWOCJBHIFI FOR TOUR INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT: TATIANA MARCHANT | Estellar Publicity + Promotions 02 9817 1279 | 0410 655 020 | [email protected]
Posted on: Sun, 21 Sep 2014 23:52:20 +0000