Country music stars The Shires will join Sir Tom Jones in Carlisle this summer.
The Shires – Ben Earle and Crissie Rhodes – are the UK’s most successful country music export, with four top 10 albums and hundreds of thousands of tickets sold around the world.
Having caught the attention of broadcasting legend Bob Harris in 2014 with their debut single Nashville Grey Skies, Earle and Rhodes have been welcomed by Nashville with open arms.
Even though it hasn’t been an easy ride for the pair, they have had some incredible achievements supporting Little Big Town, The Corrs, and Carrie Underwood (during her Cry Pretty UK tour), playing C2C Festival, a sold-out headline tour and the release of their debut album, Brave, which became the first-ever top 10 album by a UK country music act.
Last month saw the release of their fifth album, 10 Year Plan.
Liz Doogan-Hobbs MBE, CEO of Grandslam Live, said “I am over the moon that The Shires will be joining Tom Jones. Country music is growing rapidly in the UK so we’re delighted they’ll be joining Tom Jones on tour this summer. The shows are going to be amazing, and fans are in for a real treat.”
Tom Jones and The Shires will appear at Bitts Park on July 24.
