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*AUSTRALIAN TOUR DATES
.................... Special
Guest Artists:
ASHLEY COOK, PEGGY GILCHRIST, GREG BAIN,
JOHN LECNER,
EMMA JENE
More Dates released soon!
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JUNE Saturday 10 - DUBBO CM Festival Macquarie Inn -
7:00pm
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JULY Thursday 13 - TOWNSVILLE Thuringowa RSL Club QLD - 7:00pm
JULY Saturday 15 - HOME HILL Bowls
Club QLD -
7:00pm
JULY Sunday 16 - MACKAY Senior Citizens Centre QLD -
1:00pm
JULY Friday 21 - YEPPOON The Club House QLD -
8:00pm
JULY Saturday 22 - MARYBOROUGH Carriers
Arms Hotel Motel QLD -
8:00pm
JULY Sunday 23 - GYMPIE Albert Bowls
Club QLD -
1:30pm
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SEPTEMBER Friday 1 - TAMWORTH Wests Leagues Club NSW -
8:00pm
SEPTEMBER Friday 15 - TAMWORTH (View Club State
Conference) NSW - 7:00pm
SEPTEMBER Saturday 23 - TEXAS Country RoundUp QLD - 7:30pm
SEPTEMBER Sunday 24 - TEXAS Country Round-Up QLD - 10:00am
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OCTOBER Saturday 21 - WOLUMLA Community Hall NSW - 7:30pm
OCTOBER Sunday 22 - QUEANBEYAN ACT - 2:00pm
OCTOBER Friday 27 - TAMWORTH
Wests NSW - 8:00pm
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NOVEMBER Friday 3 - THEODORE
QLD - 7:30pm
NOVEMBER Saturday 4 - ROCKHAMPTON
St Mary's Hall - 1:00pm
NOVEMBER Sunday 5 - BOROREN
Community Hall - 2:00pm
NOVEMBER Friday 24 - TENTERFIELD
Golf Club - 7:30pm
NOVEMBER Saturday 25 - OAKEY
Community Centre - 2:00pm
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DECEMBER Friday 15th -
TAMWORTH Wests
NSW - 8:00pm
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JANUARY 2018 TAMWORTH COUNTRY MUSIC
FESTIVAL
Tour Dates are constantly updated as only confirmed bookings
are listed!
* MEDIA RELEASE
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Lindsay Butler & Shaza Leigh's
. . . GALAXY OF STARS
The Galaxy of Stars Concert is Australia's premier National Touring
Road Show featuring four of Australia's very best established
Recording Stars.
This years roster includes The Master of Country Guitar -
LINDSAY BUTLER OAM, Australia's First Lady of Song - SHAZA
LEIGH, Qld's Own Balladeer - ASHLEY COOK and The
Queen of the Country Piano - PEGGY GILCHRIST.
These artists have accrued hundreds of awards and accolades
throughout their respective careers and combined, their visual and
musical presentation stands amongst the best concerts in Australia
today.
Lindsay Butler OAM
is the greatest Australian country guitar player of his generation.
His unique sound is the most recorded and recognisable style of his
era, featured on thousands of recordings, inspiring
generations of young pickers to play guitar.
Lindsay has had a
great deal documented about his illustrious recording career,
including multiple Golden Guitars, elevation to the Roll of Renown
and receipt of the Order of Australia Medal, for services to
Australian country music.
Having toured
with as Slim Dusty's guitarist for 17 years, Lindsay
has forged one of the most significant careers of any musician in
this country and the Lindsay Butler legend continues. He has
released over 30 career albums and was just awarded ‘NSW Musician of the
Year’ and has received 'National Male Artist of the Year' on radio
on four occasions.
Lindsay Butler is a true living legend in musical circles.
Shaza Leigh
is the epitome
of success in the Australian music business and is a gifted
performer, powerful vocalist, talented musician and leading
songwriter with over 220 published songs to date. She is indeed a very rare talent having amassed a room
full of awards for singing and song writing including 'National Female Artist of the Year’
4 times and is the reigning 'QLD Female Vocalist of the Year',
having won this award for the last 12
consecutive years.
Shaza has secured
inductions into The Hands Of Fame, Australian CM Wall of Honour and Womens
Wall of Fame in Tamworth as recognition of her years of recording,
touring and dedication to her craft and has received 9 Golden Guitar
Nominations.
Shaza Leigh, a seasoned professional and specialist concert
performer, has 13 career albums plus 3 DVD's including her Golden
Jubilee DVD released this year.
She will feature material from the various albums
showcasing her vocal maturity and song writing prowess, highlighting tracks spanning a
30 year
career.
Ashley Cook
reigns supreme
amongst today's generation of Australian Bush Balladeers,
undoubtedly one of our best and brightest. Ashley has released
6 highly acclaimed albums resulting in numerous awards including
'National Bush Ballad of the Year', 'Qld Bush Balladeer of the Year'
5 times and this year claimed the big one, at the Gold Medallion
Media Awards in Tamworth, when he was crowned 'National Male Artist
of the Year' on radio.
Ashley has built a strong reputation with solid ethics and his
dedication to his recording career has never wavered, culminating in
his elevation to The Australian Country Music Wall of Honour for his
significant contribution to the Australian recording industry plus
hits in the National Charts.
Ashley Cook is one of our legends in the making, having carved out
his own successful career whilst proudly respecting the legends
responsible for paving the way in the field he loves. Ashley
currently carries the torch proudly for all who have gone before and
all who may follow.
Peggy Gilchrist
is well renowned on the Australian Circuit and has well earned her
title as Queen of the Country Piano. Peggy has dedicated her
life to being a professional musician and for almost a decade has
been touring exclusively with Shaza Leigh and Lindsay Butler as part
of their touring show.
Peggy is a highly sought after session musician and has featured on
nearly every LBS Music release for the past 10 years playing piano
and strings. She has also released 2 award winning solo instrumental
albums, securing 5 Qld Musician of the Year titles, 1 National
Female Artist of the Year Award and last year's duet instrumental
album with Lindsay Butler OAM won The Peoples Choice Award for Best
Vocal or Musical Event of the Year.
Peggy is a vivacious entertainer and brings enormous energy to each
performance.
The Butler
Showband is
one of the last touring show bands, spearheaded by
multiple award winning recording stars, Lindsay Butler & Shaza Leigh.
They
have maintained one of Australia's premier show-bands for 25 years.
Both leading entertainers in their own right, with highly acclaimed recording careers,
these two superb musicians build an awesome 4 piece show-band around their foundation.
The Butler Showband in 2017 is as impressive as ever, featuring
recording artists: Queen of the Country Piano Peggy Gilchrist
'Qld Musician of the Year', playing old piano favourites;
'Qld Bush Balladeer of the Year' Ashley Cook sharing bass and
rhythm guitar duties.
Don’t miss one of Australia’s finest touring shows in concert !!
* CONTACT
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LBS Music Australia
Phone: 07 5562 1292
SMS: 0412 605 488
Email:
shazaleigh@lbsmusic.com.au
* WEBSITES Artists on tour .........................
www.lindsaybutler.com.au
www.shazaleigh.com
www.ashleycook.com.au
www.lbsmusic.com.au/peggygilchrist.htm
www.gregbaincountry.com
www.lbsmusic.com.au/johnlecner.htm
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PUBLICITY PHOTO
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Lindsay Butler OAM & Shaza
Leigh
All Artist Websites (above) have individual
images available for print.
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