Richard Marx Announces New Multi-Genre-Spanning Album And 2022 UK Tour Dates

Grammy-winning singer, songwriter, producer and best-selling author Richard Marx is a cultural touchstone whose influence remains steadfast in pop culture today having written and performed some of the most indelible pop hits of the late ’80s and early ’90s (‘Endless Summer Nights’, ‘Hold On To The Nights’, and ‘Right Here Waiting’). Now, Marx announces a new multi-genre-spanning album and debut on new label Shelter Records, ‘Songwriter’, out September 30th, detailing several decades of his discography and songwriting accolades across pop music, rock, country music and ballads.

Today, Marx also unveils the first preview of the album, the new pop song of the summer, ‘Same Heartbreak Different Day’, co-written with Lucas Marx (Katy Perry, Tyron Hapi, Refeci) and Michael Jade (Little Big Town, Andy Grammer, Rachel Platten). You can stream and download ‘Same Heartbreak Different Day’ here.

“I’ve had such an amazing opportunity in my songwriting career to write all kinds of songs with, and for, all kinds of artists,” says Marx. “It finally occurred to me that there was no reason not to record an album of my own that touches on multiple genres I love.”

Throughout his esteemed career Marx has made history as the only male artist whose first seven singles reached the Top 5 on the Billboard charts, and now he’s showcasing this versatility directly with contributions from legendary American composer Burt Bacharach, Keith Urban, Evanescence’s David Hodges and more of each genres’ respective masters.

Over the years Richard Marx has sold more than 30 million albums worldwide, starting with his self-titled debut which went to No. 8 on the Billboard Top 200 chart and spawned four Top 5 singles, including ‘Hold on to the Nights’, and ‘Don’t Mean Nothing’, which earned him a Grammy nomination for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance and No. 1 spot on Billboard’s Album Rock chart. Marx’s follow-up, 1989’s ‘Repeat Offender’, furthered his early success, hitting No. 1 and going quadruple-platinum with two No. 1 singles, ‘Satisfied’, and ‘Right Here Waiting’.

Marx has also written on a No. 1 single in each of the last four decades, an accolade previously only reached by Michael Jackson. He has written with numerous artists, including ‘To Where You Are’, the first hit single from Josh Groban’s debut album, the NSYNC smash, ‘This I Promise You’, and ‘Crazy’, the song he co-wrote with country music megastar Kenny Rogers in 1984. He went on to earn a 2004 Song of the Year Grammy for co-authoring Luther Vandross’ ‘Dance with My Father’. Overall, he has scored 14 No. 1 singles (including Keith Urban’s No. 1 smash, ‘Long Hot Summer’), both as a performer and as a songwriter/producer, revealing him a true multi-talented performer who continues to challenge himself and his fans.

‘Songwriter’ begins another busy year for Richard Marx who last Summer released his best-selling memoir ‘Stories To Tell’, available now via Simon & Schuster, and this week officially as a paperback edition. The literary debut recounts the singer/songwriter’s life and career — where all throughout he offers a ruminative and refreshingly candid account of his successes and failures in the music industry as he’s experienced it over the last four decades. Also released last year was ‘The Vault – Vol. 1’, the first in a multi-run series of coloured vinyl EPs featuring unreleased demos and early material.

This summer, Marx will head out on the road in Europe before returning to the UK this autumn for a run of UK headlining tour dates. See the full list of tour dates below and more info here.

Stay tuned for more to come on Richard Marx and ‘Songwriter’ soon.

You can pre-order and pre-save ‘Songwriter’ here.

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