{"id":13944,"date":"2017-04-24T10:08:45","date_gmt":"2017-04-24T09:08:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/?p=13944"},"modified":"2017-04-24T10:15:21","modified_gmt":"2017-04-24T09:15:21","slug":"chris-rea-announces-the-road-songs-for-lovers-european-tour-waterfront-belfast-07-december","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/2017\/04\/chris-rea-announces-the-road-songs-for-lovers-european-tour-waterfront-belfast-07-december\/","title":{"rendered":"CHRIS REA – Announces the \u2018Road Songs for Lovers\u2019 European Tour Waterfront, Belfast \u2013 07 December"},"content":{"rendered":"

Chris Rea will play the Waterfront, Belfast on 7th<\/sup>\u00a0December 2017, as part of a European tour, to celebrate the release of his new album, \u2018Road Songs for Lovers\u2019.<\/h1>\n

\"\"Tickets will go on sale this Friday 28 April at 9am via:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tickets for Belfast Waterfront are available:<\/p>\n

In person at the Ulster Hall Box Office<\/strong><\/p>\n

By Telephone: 028 9033 4455
\nBook On Line:\u00a0www.waterfront.co.uk<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

In person: From 100 Ticketmaster Outlets Nationwide<\/strong>
\nBy Telephone (24 Hour): Northern Ireland – 0844 277 44 55
\nBook On Line:\u00a0www.ticketmaster.ie<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

The album will be released on BMG in September, with the European tour arriving in the UK for ten dates starting on November 21st<\/sup> at The Sage Theatre, Gateshead.<\/p>\n

Like all truly great artists, Chris Rea has followed his own unique artistic vision and a path that is his and his alone. And although his exemplary musical output to date is deeply embedded into the framework of the world\u2019s rock n roll DNA, it is also safe to say that his presence has been something of a glittering thorn in the side of an industry that has always had him down as a perennial outsider. Artist and painter, blues aficionado and self-confessed motoring nut, filmmaker and Italian-influenced classical music composer, eclectic <\/em>and maverick <\/em>are two terms that hardly come close to describing a man who has sold more than 30 million albums worldwide for just being himself.<\/em> In 2017 Rea returns to what he\u2019s best known for: an album of gorgeous rock ballads which showcases Rea\u2019s unique voice and a songwriting skill at the top of his game.<\/p>\n

Born in Middlesbrough in 1951, Rea released his debut album in 1978 and promptly had a huge US hit with the first track to be lifted off the record, Fool If You Think It\u2019s Over<\/em>. In 1983, Rea’s fifth studio album Water Sign<\/em> sold over half a million copies after I Can Hear Your Heartbeat<\/em> became a Top 20 hit all over Europe. Rea\u2019s follow up, Wired To The Moon<\/em> was also a huge success and attendant tours of Europe would ensure that Rea commandeered a significant fan-base that has stayed with him through subsequent decades.<\/p>\n

In 2000, Rea\u2019s, King Of The Beach<\/em> reached the Top 30 but his well-documented illness meant that he took a brief sabbatical from recording before returning to his blues roots.<\/p>\n

Rea is not alone in the company of musicians who found fame later in life \u2013 think Jarvis Cocker, Leonard Cohen \u2013 and indeed it is interesting to note that he didn\u2019t achieve UK Top Ten single status until the release of The Road To Hell (pt2),<\/em> a record that was actually his eighteenth chart entry. Perhaps it is this fact that makes Rea such a breath of fresh air and a man effortlessly in control of his own faculties as a singer songwriter. \u201cI was never a rock star or pop star and all the illness has been my chance to do what I’d always wanted to do with music,<\/em>\u201d he says. \u201cThe best change for my music has been concentrating on stuff which really interests me.\u201c<\/em>\u00a0 He is obviously referring to his love of motor racing, painting and the blues but if Road Songs For Lovers<\/em> proves one thing it is this: you can add beautiful, poignant rock \u2018n\u2019 roll love songs to that pantheon of passion.<\/p>\n

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http:\/\/www.chrisrea.com<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Chris Rea will play the Waterfront, Belfast on 7th\u00a0December 2017, as part of a European tour, to celebrate the release of his new album, \u2018Road Songs for Lovers\u2019. Tickets will go on sale this Friday 28 April at 9am via: Tickets for Belfast Waterfront are available: In person at the Ulster Hall Box Office By … Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13944"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13944"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13944\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13947,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13944\/revisions\/13947"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13944"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13944"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13944"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}