By Discover Shropshire & Telford, 04 December 2019, 9:02AM
As Jack Savoretti puts the finishing touches to the biggest year of his career, with a special edition of his #1 charting, third consecutive UK gold-certified album ‘Singing To Strangers’ (out December 6th on BMG), he’s looking ahead by announcing a huge summer evening performance at the QEII Arena in Telford on Saturday 27 June 2020. Tickets go on sale 10am Friday 6 December via Ticketmaster.co.uk, Ticketstelford.com or by calling 01952 382 382.
Joining Jack as a very special guest will be good friend Imelda May, who is fresh off performing alongside the legendary Ronnie Wood. Her last album ‘Life. Love. Flesh. Blood’ was a Top 5 best selling album globally by a female in 2017 and featured the boldest, most personal songs Imelda has ever written – including the lead song ‘Call Me’ also recorded as a duet with Jack Savoretti and heard all over radio.
A glorious summer’s evening performance in the splendid surroundings of the QEII Arena at Telford Town Park from one of the UKs fastest rising songwriter’s is the perfect ticket for a family day out, with a scrumptious selection of street food and drinks also on offer. The full line-up will be announced in the forthcoming months.
Savoretti finds himself marvelling at another outstanding year. Months of rapturously received shows across the world; a triumphant, sold-out Wembley Arena homecoming; collaborations with artists as diverse as Kylie, Mika and Sigma; and an album in ‘Singing To Strangers’ that is one of the break-out releases of the year, with sales fast approaching 150,000.
Singing To Strangers: Special Edition features two brand new studio tracks, ‘Closer’, plus a stunning original festive track ‘Christmas Morning’ - listen here.
Jack says of the poignant, strings-laden ballad which he wrote for his children; “I wanted to reassure them that, even if I’m far away, I’ll be there on Christmas morning. I wanted them to have this song they could listen to every Christmas.”
It also includes the Radio 2 A-list smash ‘Youth & Love’ feat. Mika, ‘Music’s Too Sad Without You’ (Jack’s hit duet with Kylie Minogue); live versions of original album tracks from Jack’s stunning performance at the SSE Arena, Wembley in 2019, as well as ‘Candlelight’ from his Radio 2 Ken Bruce Piano Session and Jack’s collaboration with UK artist Sigma ‘You And Me As One’.
“I didn’t want this to feel like another album, nor just some outtakes,” he insists. “It has to feel like its own thing, and also be a step along the way to the next album. So that gives you some creative liberties. I want people to go: ‘Wait, what? He’s doing what with who now?’
