Chris Rea

Following his 46 date sell-out UK & European tour in 2012, one of the UK's foremost singer songwriters Chris Rea is set to return to the stage with 11 UK dates this December in support of a new album, set for release in September

Chris Rea is the man behind the number 1 album’s ‘The Road To Hell’ in 1989 and ‘Auberge’ in 1991, and countless hits including ‘Fool (If You Think It's Over)’, ‘On The Beach’, ‘Let's Dance’, ‘Josephine’, ‘Stainsby’ Girls and many more. A retrospective, 2009’s ‘Still So Far To Go - The Best of Chris Rea’ debuted at number 9 in the UK charts.

More recently, Chris Rea has achieved considerable success with the independent albums ‘Dancing Down The Stony Road’ (2002),‘Blue Guitars’ (2005) released on his own Jazee Blue Label and ‘Santo Spirito Blues’ (2011) which was released on Warners.

The tour starts in Manchester on 1st December, taking in all corners of the UK before wrapping up at the Eventim Hammersmith Apollo on Saturday 20th December.

Chris will also perform at this year’s Montreux Jazz festival in July.