{"id":24987,"date":"2016-12-11T09:25:59","date_gmt":"2016-12-11T09:25:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=24987"},"modified":"2016-12-11T09:25:59","modified_gmt":"2016-12-11T09:25:59","slug":"essential-advent-calendar-the-shires-a-thousand-hallelujahs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2016\/12\/essential-advent-calendar-the-shires-a-thousand-hallelujahs\/","title":{"rendered":"Essential Advent Calendar: The Shires – ‘A Thousand Hallelujahs’"},"content":{"rendered":"

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It’s the third Sunday of Advent and the eleventh day on our Essential Advent Calendar. Today The Shires are singing, ‘One Thousand Hallelujahs’! Not strictly a Christmas song, but it makes our advent calendar nonetheless!<\/strong><\/h4>\n

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UK Country superstars The Shires will tour the UK in spring 2017, performing at venues across the UK culminating in a performance at the prestigious London Palladium on 2 May 2017.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Shires stated: <\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cWe are so happy to be hitting the road again in 2017 \u2013 we love playing in the UK, the audience for UK country is growing and growing and every tour and show we do, we see more and more new faces! It\u2019s been such an amazing year but we can\u2019t wait to get started on the next, bring on 2017!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The Shires have celebrated a landmark year in 2016. Key moments on the live music scene include a packed summer festival schedule, with their first headline performance at Glastonbury Festival on the Acoustic Stage and a performance at CMC Rocks to look forward to in Australia in 2017.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Shires released their brand new album ‘My Universe’ in September, storming the charts, landing at No.3 and becoming the fastest-selling UK Country album of all time. They also joined the ranks of prominent US Big Machine Label Group Country artists Tim McGraw, Florida Georgia Line and Thomas Rhett, by signing an exclusive recording deal with the leading US Country music record label.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Shires were not only the biggest-selling Country act in the UK in 2016 (including US artists), but have positioned themselves comfortably alongside more mainstream pop acts, being one of the biggest UK debut acts of any genre last year. The duo set the tone with their first album, ‘Brave’ in 2015, becoming the trailblazers of the UK Country music movement ,which has seen a sea change in the opinion of the British public, who have embraced the genre.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

This year The Shires have build on this unprecedented success, winning praise from critics and fans alike, and landing endorsements from celebrity fans including Robbie Williams who praised their UK Country cover of his classic track \u2018Angels\u2019 after they performed it for him live on Chris Evans\u2019 BBC Radio 2 Breakfast Show. \u2018My Universe\u2018 has been Album of the Week at BBC Radio 2 and three singles have been\u00a0A-listed at the station\u00a0including,\u00a0\u2018Beats To Your Rhythm\u2018, \u2018My Universe\u2018 and current single, ‘A Thousand Hallelujahs\u2019,\u00a0which is out now. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

2017 SPRING UK TOUR:<\/span><\/p>\n

April 18th: Blackpool Opera House<\/span><\/p>\n

April 19th: Aberdeen Beach Ballroom<\/span><\/p>\n

April 20th: Edinburgh Usher Hall<\/span><\/p>\n

April 23rd: Bournemouth Pavilion Theatre<\/span><\/p>\n

April 24th: Guildford G Live<\/span><\/p>\n

April 25th: Warwick Arts Centre<\/span><\/p>\n

April 27th: Southend Cliffs Pavilion<\/span><\/p>\n

April 28th: Folkestone Leas Cliff Hall<\/span><\/p>\n

April 30th: Nottingham Royal Centre<\/span><\/p>\n

May 1st: Ipswich Regent Theatre<\/span><\/p>\n

May 2nd: London Palladium<\/span><\/p>\n

For more information and tickets please visit their official website<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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