Bonnie Tyler – Greatest Hits Australian Tour 2017

The Welsh queen of rock and blues, Bonnie Tyler will surely bring total joy to your hearts as she hits Australian roads this May to June with her Greatest Hits Tour. Bonnie will first be performing in the Gold Coast for the Blues On Broadbeach Festival before bringing her smoky, raspy and emotive voice in Perth, Newcastle, Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra and Newtown.

Boasting a string of massive hits including “It’s A Heartache”, “Holding Out For A Hero”, “Bitterblue” and of course the worldwide number one “Total Eclipse Of The Heart", Bonnie has etched that fantastic voice on the psyche of a generation. With 16 studio albums, 2 live albums, 4 EP’s, 83 singles and a large number of compilation albums, she has created a seminal body of work that has captured the hearts of many people around the world.

Bonnie Tyler will be joined by special guests Eurogliders in the Melbourne, Sydney and Perth shows. Also along for the ride is Rick Price who will be Bonnie's special guest throughout the tour except for the Perth show.

Bonnie Tyler was born Gaynor Hopkins in Skewen, near Swansea, South Wales, on 8 June 1951. She was influenced by the music of Janis Joplin and Tina Turner. She began singing as a teenager with a group called "Bobby Wayne and the Dixies." She then formed her own band, calling it "Imagination."

Bonnie recorded her first single for RCA Records, "My My Honeycomb", in 1975. Her second single, "Lost in France" reached the top 10 on the British pop music charts. Her success with "Lost in France" led her to record her first album in 1977, "The World Starts Tonight." Before releasing the album, she underwent surgery to remove vocal nodules. Against her doctor's orders, she spoke before she had healed, resulting in her singing voice taking on a husky quality. Bonnie worried that her singing career was over, but as fate would have it, her next single in 1978, "It's a Heartache," made her a star.

Bonnie's record sat at No. 1 in 6 European countries, peaked at No. 4 on the UK charts, and went to No. 3 on the US pop charts, and to No. 10 on the US country charts. Signing with CBS Records in 1982, Bonnie's next album, "Faster Than the Speed of Night", proved to be a hit. Her single "Total Eclipse of the Heart", written by Jim Steinman, dominated the charts for 4 weeks. "Faster Than the Speed of Night" shot straight into the UK album charts at No. 1, earning Bonnie Tyler a Guinness Record for being the first ever female artist to have achieved this. The feat was followed by a 1983 nomination for the Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance while the album earned her another Grammy nomination for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance.

In 1984, she released the single "Holding Out for a Hero" from the soundtrack and film 'Footloose'. The albums Secret Dreams and Forbidden Fire and Hide Your Heart followed, but didn't match the success of her previous efforts. In the early 1990s, Bonnie recorded the album "Bitterblue", which went quadruple‐platinum in Norway, platinum in Austria, and gold in Germany, Switzerland, and Sweden. Bonnie followed up with another successful album – Angel Heart. "Silhouette in Red" was released in 1993. Bonnie won Best International Female Vocalist in the Echo Awards.

While she continued to draw large followings with her stage-devouring live performances, Bonnie's recording success began to slow down until the young French singer Kareen Antonn approached her to record a duet – Si Demain. Their French language version of "Total Eclipse of the Heart," was released in January 2004 and went to No. 1 in France, Belgium, and Poland, selling two millions copies all over world.

Get your tickets and catch Bonnie Tyler live, or you'll feel nothing but a heartache!