Top selling British Country act of all time; The Shires have announced that they are to support Shania Twain on her UK and Ireland tour later this year. The news comes hot off the heels of their third album release last month and Ben having just became a father for a second time.

The act who are going from strength to strength broke the exciting news earlier this morning via social media:

The new tour is in support of Twain’s her first album in fifteen years; ‘Now‘ which dropped last September going straight in at number 1 on both the UK and US charts. Combine this with The Shires as support and you cal tell the fans are going to be in for a really special night.

The Brit duo  of Ben Earle and Crissie Rhodes are currently touring the UK in support of that hit third studio album ‘Accidentally On Purpose‘ which peaked at number 3, making it their third consecutive top-ten release.