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Flashback
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10 years ago
On October 6th 1999 the band was at the TMF Netherlands studios for almost an hour long of interviews, clips and a great live acoustic version of Summer Son.
I split the broadcast in three clips (cut between the commercials) and uploaded them to megaupload. It might take a while to download but you wont be disappointed :-)
Content: Interview - clips - live acoustic version of Summer Son
Source: Bridget on air - TMF Netherlands
Date: 6 October 1999
Total time: 52:10mins
Format: mpg
Download part 1 Time: 14:02mins - Size: 143.424kB
Download part 2 Time: 20:18mins - Size: 207.365kB
Download part 3 Time: 17:50mins - Size: 182.090kB
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Young Brits Dinner
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Shar and Bryn attended the Esquire's 60 Brilliant Young Brits Dinner hosted by Esquire editor Jeremy Langmead and Asia de Cuba creator Jeffrey Chodorow in honour of Britain's new generation of talent and the restaurants's 10th birthday, at Asia de Cuba on June 16, 2009 in London, England.
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Red Sky July
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A great new track, "Forever On My Mind", has been added to Red Sky July's My Space. You have to check it out.
A gig is planned for July 1st at Ginglik, Sheperd's Bush Green in London.
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Kizzy Star
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Planned gigs
25 July: River Festival, Glasgow, UK
26 July: River Festival, Glasgow, UK
12 September: RockStock 09, Greenville, SC, USA
Record deal
Kizzy Star have signed a 3 year deal exclusive to the US and Canada with Spectra Records. An Album is due to be released this year.
Debut single
Kizzy Star's debut single was released on March 2nd and is available through the normal sources;
Out Of Control CD single at Amazon
Out Of Control digital release at iTunes
Review from The Daily Record:
Texas star Tony McGovern provides impressive vocals on this great single which sounds a bit like Joy Division. It hit me right away with its jagged energy. Kizzy supported Sharleen Spiteri on tour and they are a band to look out for.
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Sony Radio Academy Awards
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The winners of the 26th annual Sony Radio Academy Awards, the UK’s most prestigious radio accolades, were announced on Monday, 12th May, at London’s Grosvenor House Hotel.
Over the course of a memorable evening, hosted by Paul Gambaccini, the winners of the Gold, Silver and Bronze awards were honoured across 31 categories, covering the breadth of UK radio output from News, Speech and Drama through to Comedy, Sport, Entertainment and Music.
Sharleen was also present at the ceremony. You can see some photos in our gallery.
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Our hero awards
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from The Daily Record
Sharleen had tears in her eyes when she was presented with her "entertaining hero" award by the sister of a teenager her charity work has helped.
Sharleen, 41, has been a chart-topping singer for more than two decades, first with her band Texas and now with a successful solo career.
She is also an ambassador for CHAS, the Children's Hospice Association Scotland, raising funds and giving her time to terminally-ill youngsters and their families.
Her award was presented by Natalie Matthew, 16, whose twin Nicole requires 24-hour care.
Both have been given huge support by CHAS, which has enabled Nicole to begin her first year at a specialneeds school.
Sharleen said: "I'm a bit embarrassed getting an award.
"I'm very flattered, but you can't put me in the same category as the heroes we've seen and heard about tonight.
"I've been involved with CHAS since it started and the people who work there are all amazing, as are the families.
"It's always been important to me but, now I'm a parent, I have even more admiration for how the parents cope."
Sharleen beat fellow nominees rock band Glasvegas and singer-songwriter Tommy Reilly.
She added that the awards were a great chance to recognise people who make a big difference to others.
"Our Heroes is a fantastic event," she said. "The people honoured are the people we should all be paying tribute to, rather than people like myself and others in showbusiness.
"These people lead the way in showing the rest of us how to be selfless, how to stand up for what we believe in and how to be brave. It is great that we are all here tonight to honour them."
Stars from music, TV, film and sport flocked to Glasgow's Hilton Hotel on Friday (May 8th) to honour the ordinary Scots who do extraordinary things.
Of course also our congratulations to Sharleen, she's our hero also :-)
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Festivals
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The Outsider Festival in Rothiemurchus where Shar would play on June 27th has been cancelled due to economic reasons.
On the Festival site it says; All ticket holders will receive a full refund and we have also agreed to reimburse any booking fees incurred. Reimbursement will be processed automatically at your original point of sale.
Sharleen will play at the Cornbury Festival which takes place on July 11th and 12th near Charlbury, Oxfordshire, UK.
She will perform on the main stage on Saturday 11th at 20.00h. Among the other artists to appear on the festival are The Pretenders, Scouting For Girls, The Magic Numbers, Sugababes and Joe Jackson.
You can order tickets online on the Cornbury Festival website.
On July 12th Sharleen will perform at the Liverpool Summer Pops Festival. She will play the Echo Arena. Tickets go on sale on Wednesday April 8th and can be ordered here.
Sharleen will play at the Casablance Casa Music Festival on July 18th. Casa Music is a prestigious festival in Morocco.
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Private gig
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The Great British Songbook
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Sharleen performed The Clash's "Should I Stay Or Should I Go" on BBC Radio 2's Great British Songbook show on Easter Monday 13 April 2009.
You can download the mp3 from that performance here.
(With thanks to Rob)
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Charity event
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Sharleen and her band performed a live set for a charity event at the London Grosvenor Hotel on March 14th.
Photos by Mike King.
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UK Melody tour
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Please send us your reviews and photos. It doesn't matter if it was your first concert or your 4536th, but please share your experiences with the other fans.
Thanks to everyone for a fantastic tour
All good things come to an end, or even more appropriate as they say in Belgium, "great songs don't last long".
So also Sharleen's UK Melody tour, with a fantastic show at the London Apollo Theatre.
During the entire tour, Sharleen was supported by a supperb band with magnificent musicians and Tony's band Kizzy Star did an amazing job warming up the crowd.
All the press reviews were going from very good to fantastic and amazing, and then they didn't even heard us out :-)
Some quotes about Kizzy Star:
"They were fantastic, Tony's voice is really strong and very passionate. The sound is tight and catchy!"
"Supported by the excellent Kizzy Star surely destined for the big time..."
"Finally the support Kizzy Star were also excellent, They showed so much enthusiasm, there songs were great."
Sharleen played most of the "Melody" album, some Texas songs and some covers, completely in the style of the album.
Some quotes about Sharleen:
"The gig was brilliant. Sharleen was overwhelmed by the reaction and by people singing the songs. She really enjoyed herself up on stage."
"Last night was classy and almost intimate."
"Sharleen came onto the stage and immediatly engaged with the audience with her personality, high energy and fabulous voice. One never to be missed."
"It was a brilliant concert - class all the way - a superb night out!. "
"I wasn't sure what to expect? It must be one of the best live concerts my wife and i have ever seen."
Quotes by Jen, Romek, Karen, Steph and Ludovic.
Lots and lots of photos from several gigs can be found in our photo gallery. If you have some more then they are always welcome of course.
Lots of reviews and photos can be found through our Concerts 2009 page.
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Shar at Oran Mór
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Sharleen played a short secret acoustic gig at Glasgow's Òran Mór last night, January 20th for about 150 people.
Sharleen agreed to do the gig to give her new guitar player the chance to get to know some of the songs a little better before the tour starts.
During her intimate set, Sharleen sang the Clash's "Should I Stay Or Should I Go" and Elvis's "That's All Right Mama" as well as her two recent solo chart successes, "All The Times I Cried" and "Stop, I Don't Love You Anymore".
And in a banter-break with the crowd, she gave the audience a rundown of her biography - starting with the fact that she comes from Glasgow.
Sharleen sandwiched her special concert in between a voiceover for Radio 2 about the Beatles and a visit to her parents.
Among the audience where other band members from Texas and playwright and actor Dave Anderson.
Former Speedway singer Jill Jackson also performed a last-minute acoustic set with just her guitar and harmonica for company in advance of her solo gig at the venue on February 28.
Thanks to Lisa and Vicky
Related article:
The Daily Record
More photos will follow shortly in our photo gallery.
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Treasure Tones EP
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Treasure Tones' released their debut EP "Tonetwist", which is now available on iTunes.
Songs on this fantastic EP are Interlude - September Waves - Nothing's As It Seems - Shadow Seamstress.
So support Ally, Christelle and their band and click the order now button below.
ORDER NOW
TT will be doing another gig on friday February 20, 2009 at The Bull & Gate in London. The show starts at 7.30pm.
If you want to become a fan of TT on facebook please surf here.
You can also listen to their tunes in the player here.
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Children in Need
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Sharleen performed two songs on the BBC's annual Children in Need appeal on November 14th.
Accompanied by her full band she performed ATTIC and It Was You.
Download the Videos:
It Was You
ATTIC
BBC guests
You can view some screen caps in our photo gallery.
(thanks to Rob)
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Taratata
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The French TV station France 4 broadcasted the Taratata show with Sharleen on November 5th.
Sharleen performed "Stop, I Don't Love You Anymore" gave a long interview and then did a great duet with Jamie Lidell on Marvin Gaye's "I Heard It Through The Grapevine".
You can download the entire video from Shar's appearance here. Follow the link and then click "Télécharger ce fichier" and the download will start.
(Thanks a lot to Fanny)
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Electric Proms
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Rock in the city
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Sharleen performed with her band at Arte's "Rock in the City", a concert held in Strassbourg, France on 23rd October 2008. The concert was broadcasted live on the Arte TV channel.
Sharleen performed "Stop, I Don't Love You Anymore" and "All The Times I Cried" and later on the show she did an amazing breathtaking duet with Jane Birkin on Tom Wait's "Alice".
 
You can download the videos here
(Thanks to Béné for the videos)
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This Morning
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Red Sky July
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Red Sky July is a new project by Ally, his wife Shelly and Charity Hair. They are working with producer Graeme Pleeth to finish an album which should be released early next year.
The style of the songs is country flavoured with lots of harmony vocals and old style guitars, so we will hear Ally at his best supported by the lovely voices of Shelly and Charity Hair.
Please visit their My Space site and have a listen.
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