Chris Rea announces 2010 UK tour

Chris Rea, one of England's greatest singer songwriters and world renowned slide guitar player will hit the road once again in the Spring of 2010 playing 18 cities across the UK and Ireland in support of his forthcoming 2 CD Greatest Hits album 'Still So Far To Go – The Best Of Chris Rea' released in the UK on October 5th through Warner Music.

With a career spanning 30 years and a catalogue of massive hits such as Fool (If You Think It's Over), Working On It, The Road To Hell (Part 2), Auberge, God's Great Banana Skin, Julia On The Beach, Let's Dance, Josephine, Stainsby Girls and I Can Hear Your Heartbeat, Chris has sold over 30 million albums: both The Road To Hell in 1989 and Auberge in 1991 debuted at No.1 in the UK cementing his position as arguably one of the country's finest musicians and songwriters.

Revisit the musical journey of one of the UK's foremost singers and songwriters when he plays throughout the UK in March 2010.

The brand new single from Chris Rea Come So Far, Yet Still So Far To Go will be released as a physical 7" and digital single on September 28th 2009 and the ballad Valentino will be released early December 2009.

CHRIS REA DATES:

MARCH 2010
TUESDAY 9 BIRMINGHAM SYMPHONY HALL
THURSDAY 11 LIVERPOOL PHILHARMONIC
SATURDAY 13 BRIGHTON CENTRE
SUNDAY 14 HAMMERSMITH APOLLO
MONDAY 15 NOTTINGHAM ROYAL CONCERT HALL
WEDNESDAY 17 NEWCASTLE CITY HALL
FRIDAY 19 HARROGATE INTERNATIONAL
SUNDAY 21 OXFORD NEW THEATRE
MONDAY 22 PORTSMOUTH GUILDHALL
WEDNESDAY 24 PLYMOUTH PAVILION
THURSDAY 25 BRISTOL COLSTON HALL
FRIDAY 26 CARDIFF ST DAVIDS HALL
SUNDAY 28 MANCHESTER APOLLO
MONDAY 29 SHEFFIELD CITY HALL
WEDNESDAY 31 ABERDEEN MUSIC HALL

APRIL 2010
THURSDAY 01 EDINBURGH FESTIVAL THEATRE
FRIDAY 02 GLASGOW CLYDE AUDITORIUM
SUNDAY 04 DUBLIN OLYMPIA
MONDAY 05 BELFAST WATERFRONT

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