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A warm welcome to the 1994 Silhouette in Red Tour.

The story so far:

Like so many great rock singers, Bonnie served an apprenticeship. Hers was spent singing six nights a a week in clubs with her first band 'Imagination'. During this period Bonnie learned how to use that remarkable hard-edged voice and in 1975 she recorded her first single 'My My Honeycomb'. Her second single, 'Lost in France' released soon afterwards climbed to No. 7 in the UK charts. The track was then released in Europe and became an even bigger hit, staying in the Top Ten in Germany for over six months. Bonnie recorded her first album 'The World Starts Tonight' and began to tour extensively in Europe.

Success followed with 'It's a Heartache'. This track reached No. 4 in the UK charts and No. 1 in most of Europe, selling more than six million copies world-wide. Buoyed by this huge success 'It's a heartache' climbed into the top five in the USA, making Bonnie an international artist with a large collection of gold records from around the world. Her last album on RCA, 'Diamond Cut' leaned more towards country than a girl who lists Janis Joplin and Tina Turner among her favourites cared for. Consequently she decided to get involved with other musicians and producers to redirect her career toward the rock that she loves.

The early part of 1982 was spent in finding the correct songs and producer for the album that Bonnie really wanted to record. Contacting Jim Steinman who had produced and written the massive selling 'Bat Out Of Hell' album proved to be the start of a perfect musical friendship. 'Total Eclipse of the Heart' was recorded and  within four weeks of it's release was No. 1 in the UK replacing Michael Jackson's 'Billie Jean'. This was swiftly followed by similar success around the world, culminating in a four week stay at the No. 1 position in the USA in September 1983 and over five million records sold. The epic multi-million selling album 'Faster than the Speed of Night' went straight to the top of the album charts in the UK, making Bonnie the first female artist ever to have achieved this. The album replaced Pink Floyd's 'The Wall'. 'Faster than the Speed of Night' achieved platinum status in the UK, USA and many other countries around the world.

During this period of platinum records Bonnie had the honour to be nominated for a Grammy as Best Female Artist and also for a Brit Award. Bonnie's next album with Jim Steinman 'Secret Dreams and Forbidden Fire' (1986) contained the single from the 'Footloose' film 'Holding Out For A Hero', which stayed at No.2 for three weeks in the UK charts in September 1985.

The 1988 'Hide Your Heart' album was recorded in Bearsville studios near Woodstock, N.Y. This was where the late Janis Joplin, one of Bonnie's greatest influences, had also recorded. As a tribute, Bonnie  included a searing version of Joplin's 'Turtle Blues'. Desmond Child, the producer, had written two tracks for the previous album and had also had huge success writing for Jon Bon Jovi's 'Slippery When Wet' album.

A new chapter in Bonnie's career began when she signed directly to Hansa Musik, BMG in Germany in 1990. Deciding on a multi-producer album gave Bonnie the opportunity to work with a superlative team of international songwriters, producers and musicians. The album was titled 'Bitterblue'. 'Bitterblue' was a comeback and a change of direction at the same time. Bonnie sang a duet with Giorgio Moroder who wrote and produced four songs. Nik Kershaw wrote one track. Dieter Bohlen worked as songwriter and producer and further compositions came from the pen of legendary songwriter Albert Hammond. First class musicians helped as well; Roy Bittan (piano), Waddy Watchel (guitar), Randy Jackson (bass) and Kenny Aronoff (drums) put the three Hammond songs to music. Again Bonnie was rewarded with gold and platinum from Germany, Norway, Switzerland, Austria and many other counties as well as a rapturous reception from her numerous fans during her extensive tours. The album 'Angel Heart' was recorded in a similar style only with different people (Dieter Bohlen, Mutt Lange, Jerry Lynn Williams, Frankie Miller). More concerts and more gold and platinum records!

And now to the present. 'Silhouette In Red' is the tenth studio album recorded by Bonnie in seventeen years - an anniversary which we celebrate with you during this concert tour. We wish you all a great evening enjoying the highlights from Bonnie's marvelous collection of hits and songs from her new album including the latest single release 'Stay'.

The Band:

Alan D'Arby - musical director - all guitars, backing and lead vocal parts. Alan studied guitar at The Berkley Jazz School in Boston, USA. He formed his first band, Cado Belle, with Maggie Riley and then moved to London. Alan has toured with Robert Palmer and Eric Clapton and worked with Mark Knopfler on the Local Hero film soundtrack.

Ed Poole - bass and backing vocals. Ed played viola and later clarinet in the youth orchestra. He is a self-taught bass player and has worked with Sam Brown, George Michael and Romeos Daughter.

John Young - keyboards. John studied music at the Liverpool Cathedral where he was head chorister. He has worked with Asia and Paul Rogers.

John Tonks - drums and backing vocals. John Studied under Tony Harper, a well-known big band drummer from the 50's. He has worked with the Blessing, Sheena Easton and Tasmin Archer.

The Tour:

(Note: This tour was in 1994! Please don't show up at the venue expecting Bonnie to be there too!)

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