The Welsh queen of rock and blues, Bonnie Tyler, will be coming to the Shoalhaven on May 26 on her Greatest Hits Australian Tour.
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The voice is unmistakable, a smokey, husky thing of wonder, full of emotion and pathos, a voice that you’ve heard many, many times before.
Bonnie Tyler’s string of massive hits, including It’s A Heartache, Holding Out For A Hero, Bitterblue and Total Eclipse Of The Heart, have etched that inimitable voice on the psyche of a generation.
Bonnie will also welcome special guest Rick Price to join in the celebration at the Nowra show, adding his perennial favourites Not A Day Goes By and Heaven Knows amongst others.
Bonnie Tyler was born Gaynor Hopkins in Skewen, near Swansea, South Wales in 1951 into a large family of three sisters, two brothers and her mother and father.
Influenced by the music of Janis Joplin and Tina Turner, she started singing as a teenager.
In 1975, Tyler recorded her first single for RCA Records, which failed to make the charts.
Her second single reached the top 10 on the British pop music charts. Her success led Tyler to record her first album in 1977.
Signing with CBS Records in 1982, Tyler’s next album, Faster Than the Speed of Night, proved to be a hit. Her single, Total Eclipse of the Heart, written by Jim Steinman, topped the charts, remaining at No. 1 for 4 weeks.
In the early 1990s, Tyler recorded the album Bitterblue, which went quadruple‐platinum in Norway, platinum in Austria, and gold in Germany, Switzerland, and Sweden.
Bonnie followed up with Angel Heart,another success. Silhouette in Red was released in 1993.
Both It’s a Heartache and Total Eclipse of the Heart are among the best-selling singles of all time, with sales in excess of six million. Her work has earned her two Grammy Award nominations and three Brit Award nominations, among other accolades.
To see Bonnie Tyler perform live at the Shoalhaven Entertainment Centre on Friday, May 26 make sure you get your tickets now.
Phone 1300 788 503 or visit www.shoalhavenentertainment.com.au.