26 November 2019

The Shires have announced that they will be touring the UK across April, May and June 2020, with 25 dates pencilled in to tour their upcoming new album, ‘Good Years’. Tickets go on sale at 10am on November 27. ‘Good Years’ represents the fourth full length studio record from The Shires and their first with BMG following their move to the label earlier this year, with the album being released on March 13. You can pre-order the record here. The duo – made up of Ben Earle and Crissie Rhodes – are the UK’s best selling country act, with all three of their previous albums hitting the top spot in the UK Country Album Charts, while ‘My Universe’ and ‘Accidentally on Purpose’ both peaked at Number Three in the UK Album Charts. Earlier this year, The Shires headlined Black Deer Festival on the Sunday night, bringing the festival to a close. The Shires will be playing: April 27 – Weymouth Pavilion, Weymouth, England April 28 – Princess Theatre, Torquay, England April 29 – Victoria Hall, Stoke, England May 1 – Engine Shed, Lincoln, England May 4 – Symphony Hall, Birmingham, England May 5 – Arts Centre, Aberystwyth, Wales May 6 – G Live, Guildford, England May 8 – O2 Academy Bristol, Bristol, England May 9 – Cambridge Corn Exchange, Cambridge, England May 10 – Royal Centre, Nottingham, England May 12 – Sands Centre, Carlisle, England May 13 – Beach Ballroom, Aberdeen, Scotland May 14 – Liquid Room, Edinburgh, Scotland May 15 – The Sage, Gateshead, England May 17 – Regent Theatre, Ipswich, England May 19 – Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, England May 20 – Barbican, York, England May 22 – New Theatre, Oxford, England May 23 – Liverpool Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool, England May 24 – St David’s Hall, Cardiff, Wales May 26 – The Anvil, Basingstoke, England May 27 – London Palladium, London, England June 2 – Brighton Dome, Brighton, England June 3 – Leas Cliff Hall, Folkestone, England June 4 – Bedford Corn Exchange, Bedford, England