{"id":1591,"date":"2018-05-18T12:44:31","date_gmt":"2018-05-18T11:44:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cmni.co.uk\/?p=1591"},"modified":"2018-05-18T12:56:38","modified_gmt":"2018-05-18T11:56:38","slug":"the-shires-to-support-shania-twain-on-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cmni.co.uk\/index.php\/2018\/05\/18\/the-shires-to-support-shania-twain-on-tour\/","title":{"rendered":"The Shires to Support Shania Twain on Tour"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>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.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The act who are going from strength to strength broke the exciting news earlier this morning via social media:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">So happy to announce we will be joining <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ShaniaTwain?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ShaniaTwain<\/a> on tour later this year!!! We are huge fans and are so excited for this! Tickets are on sale now<\/p>\n<p>GLASGOW \/ MANCHESTER \/ BIRMINGHAM \/ LONDON:  <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xbF3d7NbUq\">https:\/\/t.co\/xbF3d7NbUq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>DUBLIN &amp; BELFAST: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mAa8oJAqA3\">https:\/\/t.co\/mAa8oJAqA3<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/L8hSLi0Evq\">pic.twitter.com\/L8hSLi0Evq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; The Shires (@theshiresuk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/theshiresuk\/status\/997403072312807424?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 18, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The new tour is in support of Twain&#8217;s her first album in fifteen years; \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Now-Deluxe-Shania-Twain\/dp\/B071GG2KQS\/ref=sr_1_1?s=dmusic&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1526637664&amp;sr=1-1-mp3-albums-bar-strip-0&amp;keywords=shania+twain+now\">Now<\/a>\u2018 which dropped last September going straight in at number 1 on both the UK and US charts.\u00a0Combine this with The Shires as support and you cal tell the fans are going to be in for a really special night.<\/p>\n<p>The Brit duo\u00a0 of Ben Earle and Crissie Rhodes are currently touring the UK in support of that hit third studio album \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Accidentally-Purpose-Shires\/dp\/B07B5441TP\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1526637647&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=the+shires+accidentally+on+purpose\">Accidentally On Purpose<\/a>\u2018 which peaked at number 3, making it their third consecutive top-ten release.<\/p>\n<iframe  id=\"_ytid_79663\"  width=\"676\" height=\"380\"  data-origwidth=\"676\" data-origheight=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SD7Pbd7gXFw?enablejsapi=1&autoplay=0&cc_load_policy=0&cc_lang_pref=&iv_load_policy=1&loop=0&rel=0&fs=1&playsinline=1&autohide=2&hl=en_US&theme=dark&color=red&controls=1&\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. 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