Chris De Burgh to tour SA in 2018
Chris De Burgh will perform at the GrandWest Grand Arena in Cape Town on 28 February 2018 and at the Sun Arena, Time Square in Pretoria on 2 March 2018. De Burgh will tour South Africa in support of his new album A Better World.
This tour also marks the 25th anniversary of Chris De Burgh's first tour of South Africa, which was in celebration of the lifting of the cultural boycott. To date, he has sold over half a million tickets over his eight tours to the country.
Spanish Train and Other Stories was De Burgh's first major hit in SA and the album's lead single Just Another Poor Boy was number one for several weeks. When he released Man On The Line in 1981, De Burgh was a well-established global star and the single from this album High On Emotion became a number one record right across the globe. 1986 saw the release of Into The Light, which sold in excess of 10 million copies worldwide. It also featured the single Lady In Red, which was number one in 50 countries.
By 1990, De Burgh's became the only international artist to personally receive an invitation from then-Chancellor Kohl to perform at the historic public celebrations marking the reunification of East and West Germany. With his 1995 album Beautiful Dreams, De Burgh realised a lifelong ambition to have his music recorded in a classical style with a full 32 piece orchestra.
Musically, A Better World is a familiar De Burgh melting pot of diverse styles, tempos and instrumentation. Ballads sit alongside anthems, solo performances with band or orchestral ensemble pieces. Rock and pop songs are infused with regional flavour; from the Caribbean to Celtic. Guitar, bass, drums and keyboards are augmented by pipes, strings and brass.
Tickets go will go on sale at 9am on 16 December 2017 from bigconcerts.co.za and Computicket.
