Tommy Fleming announces Tullamore tour date

Tommy Fleming, Ireland"s biggest selling Irish artist in recent years, has announced he"s coming to Tullamore as part of his 2009 nationwide tour. Tommy"s lengthy nationwide tour will take in over 30 dates, including one night in the Tullamore Court Hotel on Sunday, February 8. He is now set to release The Best is Yet to Come, a double compilation album which will feature some of his favourite recordings over the past 15 years and will include duets with Phil Coulter, the late Christy Hennessy, De Dannan and a host of other artists that he has collaborated with over the years. Tommy is well-known as a superb live performer and this accolade is reflected in the success of his best-selling CDs and DVDs. October 2007 saw the release of "A Journey Home", a CD and DVD recorded live at the INEC in Killarney in March 2007 with a 23 piece orchestra, band and choir. It catalogues the journey of Irish music from Thomas Moore to U2. His "Voice of Hope" album was the best-selling CD and number two selling DVD in 2005/6. This success was followed by the platinum selling "A Life Like Mine", released under his new record label Universal Music, the first of a recently signed five album deal. His concerts are the biggest selling shows in venues throughout the entire island and these successes have come after 18 years of hard graft. Tommy is also expanding to other territories having recently signed to Universal Classics and Jazz (UK) who have taken all of his back catalogue of recordings in addition to the recent albums. In this regard, he is now a labelmate of such luminaries as Andreas Bocelli, Russell Watson, Katherine Jenkins, Leslie Garrett, Bryn Terfnell, Hayley Westerner and Dame Kiri Tae Kanawa. Tommy was chosen by Universal to represent Ireland, as each of the above artists represents their country, in singing the IRB anthem "World in Union" for the Rugby World Cup. Tickets are on sale now, contact the Tullamore Court on 057 9346666 or log on to ticketmaster.ie.