Sharleen Spiteri

Sharleen Spiteri

Sharleen Spiteri announces her brand new single ‘It Was You’ will be released on Monday 1st December 2009. Co-produced by Sharleen with man of the moment Bernard Butler, ‘It Was You’ is a super-infectious and brassy slice of strutting northern soul with a sassy James Bond fanfare added for good measure.

On ‘It Was You’ Sharleen makes her entrance as the wronged woman who’s not going to take betrayal lying down. “The lyrics are pretty hardcore,” she says. “Something inside just died - it was YOU. That’s quite tough. I’m proud of the fact that it sounds very ‘now’ but it still sounds different because it’s coming from an older woman’s perspective.”

The single is closely followed by Sharleen’s debut solo tour, taking place across the UK during January and February 2009. The tour comes hot on the heels of Sharleen’s debut solo album ‘Melody’ which went straight into the album charts at No 3, and has already been declared Gold for over 100,000 sales.

The release of 'Melody' has seen Sharleen back in huge demand with performances on a range of massive UK TV shows from Later with Jools Holland to the Paul O’Grady Show, via Graham Norton, The Charlotte Church Show and Transmission. Forthcoming performances include BBC Children in Need. Debut single ‘All The Times I Cried’ received a Neilson award for over 10,000 plays on UK Radio, including a coveted Radio 2 ‘A’ Playlisting.

Sharleen has also performed radio sessions for Radio 2 and Virgin as well as slotting in a triumphant main stage surprise performance at hometown festival T in the Park. She also starred at the recent BBC Proms in the Park, when she performed to over 30,000 people in London’s Hyde Park. Press plaudits include the NME who called Melody ‘a succulent record of Dusty Springfield-isms’.

The 2009 tour will see Sharleen perform tracks from Melody for the first time, along with a few Texas classics and, as always with Sharleen, some musical surprises - all delivered by one of the best and most distinctive voices in British music.

Tour dates in full:

JANUARY 2009

24th ABERDEEN Music Hall 25th EDINBURGH Playhouse 27th GLASGOW Academy 29th NEWCASTLE City Hall 30th SHEFFIELD City Hall

FEBRUARY 2009

1st MANCHESTER Apollo 2nd HARROGATE International Centre

3rd IPSWICH Regent 5th BRIGHTON Dome 6th BOURNEMOUTH International Centre 8th BIRMINGHAM Symphony Hall 9th NOTTINGHAM Royal Centre 10th LLANDUDNO Cymru Theatre

12th PLYMOUTH Pavilions 13th BRISTOL Colston Hall 15th LONDON Hammersmith Apollo