ALED JONES IN CONCERT

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ALED JONES has been a household name since the mid-1980s when his uniquely pure treble voice reverberated worldwide sending shock waves of delight and admiration to music lovers everywhere. He has led us on an astounding musical journey from roaming through the heritage of Welsh choral singing to a highly-successful career as a magnificent, velvet-voiced baritone. He has a total of 27 albums to his name – selling over 6 million copies to date and is the popular presenter of BBC's ‘Songs of Praise’, where his empathy and spirituality has endeared him to over 20-million viewers worldwide. Lennard Promotions is proud to present ALED JONES - "THE ULTIMATE TOUR" in August/September 2010.

ALED JONES has come a long, long way since his enforced ‘retirement’ at the age of 16 when he gave up singing to concentrate on his school examinations. Aled always knew he would sing again – whether that was in the bath, at home or on the stage. So while the nation mourned the loss of his treble voice.

Aled concentrated on his studies and his tennis. He played the game to county standard and, after taking his A level exams, Aled left his home in Anglesey, North Wales and moved to London to study at the Royal Academy of Music.

Welsh-born ALED JONES was offered presenting roles on BBC Radio Wales as well as a TV role for the welsh-speaking channel S4C. He was also approached about a presenting role on the BBC’s ‘Songs of Praise’ and the rest, as they say, is history! Aled’s career blossomed and in 2002, 'Songs of Praise' asked him to sing on the programme. The viewers loved it and this led to the release of his first real adult album entitled ‘Aled’ which was a storming success and went to No 1 in the Classical Charts. The following year Aled was approached by Classic FM Radio and offered 2 two-hour Sunday morning programme which was an enormous personal success for him. Aled released another beautiful album entitled ‘Higher’ and followed this with a stunning album of carols which was packed full of everyone’s favourites. To his great amazement, Aled was the subject of the last ever ‘This is Your Life’ on the BBC and was surprised on stage at the Royal Albert Hall during the filming of the ‘Songs of Praise Big Sing’.

ALED JONES' life became suddenly so busy that he hardly had time to draw breath. He appeared as a contestant on ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ in 2004 and won a whole new army of fans who loved his dancing performances and he was able to add the title of ‘dancer’ to his long string of accomplishments. More tours and more albums followed and also a change of Sunday mornings as well. Aled was approached to join BBC Radio 2 and present their live flagship Sunday programme “Good Morning Sunday” which has been an amazing success for him although getting up to present his programme in the very early hours has played havoc with his sleep time. In addition to ‘Good Morning Sunday’ Aled was given his own BBC Wales chat show and also has a presenting role on the live BBC 2 radio programme ‘Friday Night is Music Night’. Add into the mix his BBC Radio 3 Programme ‘The Choir’ and you will see that Aled’s life has become so hectic that you might be forgiven for thinking that he needed to slow down. In 2008 Aled took on the lead role of Caractacus Potts in ‘Chitty Chitty Bang Bang’ in Cardiff to great acclaim and in 2009 he joined the cast of Irving Berlin’s ‘White Christmas’ in the starring role and played in Plymouth and Manchester until January this year. Aled has also released two singles with Sir Terry Wogan in aid of the Children in Need Appeal over the last two years. Aled has also written a book entitled ‘Aled’s Forty Favourite Hymns’ which was published towards the end of 2009 and is currently writing a book on Christmas carols which he plans to publish in 2010 and take on tour at the end of this year. Currently being shown on the BBC are two new programmes which Aled is presenting - ‘Escape to the Country’ and ‘Cash in the Attic’ which have been received with great warmth. Aled is still singing whenever he can and undertakes several concerts each year.

Now considered an accomplished all-round performer – ALED JONES thrills audiences everywhere with his singing, acting, dancing and presenting, drawing people to him with his warmth and good humour as well as his undoubted talent.

Supporting Aled Jones nationally is Soprano GRETA BRADMAN, who will be releasing her debut album "Forest Of Dreams" through Sony Music Entertainment in August 2010. Talent clearly runs in the Bradman family......Soprano Greta Bradman has been described as an exceedingly intelligent and perceptive musician and one of Australia’s finest young singers. Greta has performed with a range of ensembles and musicians, including a recent duet with rising talent Mark Vincent for his acclaimed album ‘Compass’; which went on to receive Top 5 honors in the ARIA Chart.

Tour Dates & Venue

Thursday 26th August
Burswood Theatre, Perth
(Bookings: Ticketek 132 849 or www.ticketek.com.au)
Friday 27th August
The Theatre, Adelaide Entertainment Centre
(Bookings: Ticketek 132 849 or www.ticketek.com.au)
Saturday 28th August
Palais Theatre, Melbourne
(Bookings: Ticketmaster 136 100 or www.ticketmaster.com.au)
Monday 30th August
Canberra Theatre
(Bookings: Canberra Ticketing 02 6275 2700)
Wednesday 1st September
Civic Theatre, Newcastle
(Bookings: Ticketek 132 849 or www.ticketek.com.au or 02 4929 1977)
Thursday 2nd September
Civic Hall, Ipswich
(Bookings: Venue Box Office 07 3810 6100)
Friday 3rd September
Twin Towns, Tweed Heads
(Bookings: Venue Box Office 1800 014 014)
Saturday 4th September
State Theatre, Sydney
(Bookings: Ticketmaster 136 100 or www.ticketmaster.com.au)
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