Chris
and Chris with the champagne!!
Chris and Stewart 2004
Hi, our names are Chris and Stewart and we are very big
fans of ‘Chris de Burgh’.
He is arguably one of the best ‘singer/songwriters’ in the world,
and is popular
amongst all ages and cultures. His fan base stretches from Australia to North
America, from Russia to South Africa, and he is exceptionally popular in
We have been fans of ‘CdeB’ for over 20 years now and own
all his albums, singles,
Videos, DVD’S and many many press cuttings and concert
photos from all over the
Years. We have travelled literally thousands of miles over
the last 14 years attending
many of his concerts. One of these was just 12 miles away
from our home, another
one just 15 miles
away from where we live in the
UK, Ireland, Scotland, Germany, Holland, and even
At the last count we had been to over 100 concerts (April 2006) and have already
Booked 12 more for this year including shows in Germany,
Switzerland, Amsterdam,
Luxembourg and of course the one and only one show here in
the UK.
I (Chris) attended my 100th CdeB concert in
Newcastle on October 7th 2004 and was
totally stunned when I was presented with a bottle of
champagne from Chris, in the
middle of the show!!! but it was great from what I can
remember !!! J J J
Chris has been delighting his fans for over 30 years now
and is one of the worlds most
‘enduring’ artists. Although mostly famed for his massive
1986 hit ‘Lady In Red’, he
has actually written and recorded over 165 songs at this
time, (2006). His ability to write
and record songs is incredibly ‘diverse’, and he has styles
to suit everyone from love
songs and ballads, to pop and soft rock such as ‘High On
Emotion’, ‘Nothing Ever
Happens Round Here’, ‘Don’t Pay The Ferryman’ and ‘A
Woman’s Heart’ to name but a
few. Another style
for which he is legendary is his ability to write such brilliant story
telling songs such
as, Spanish Train, Crusader, The Devils Eye and more recently St.
Peters Gate. Over
the last few years he has also branched out to include working with
Full Orchestra and
choir along side his current band.
His album ‘Quiet Revolution’ released in September 1999 saw
Chris returning to his
musical routes of song writing and he has produced some
very good story telling songs
again such as ‘St Peter’s Gate’ and ‘Love Of The Heart
Divine’. Along with these songs
and his rockier numbers mentioned earlier he has balanced
this album out well with
some beautiful ballads. ‘The Same Sun’ which is a Celtic
style prayer for a loved one
far away, is possibly in my opinion the most beautiful song
that Chris has ever written?
and performed.
On Stage, ‘Chris’ literally
comes alive, getting right
inside each song as he sings it.
He is definitely not scared to
show his emotions while on stage. I recently recall seeing
him sing one of his older songs
called ‘The Tower’ and the emotion that he put into it
was really awesome. I literally
had shivers running down my spine.
We actually went to our first ‘CdeB’ concert way back in
September 1992, and
from that moment we were totally under the ‘CdeB’ spell.
Now as our kids grow
older we are lucky to be able to go and see ‘Chris’ as much
as possible.
We have had the privilege of actually meeting ‘Chris’ on quite a
few occasions
now and he really is one of the nicest people that either
of us has ever met. He is
always polite, courteous, humorous and always thoughtful. A
real pleasure to
meet.
In March 2001 Chris wrote and sung his first duet ever,
with a singer called ‘Shelly
Nelson’, and the song is a very strong ballad called ‘Two
Sides To Every Story’.
This song also features on a compilation of Chris’s best
songs which was released
on
From Planet Earth’ also includes a new upbeat version of
his 1988 hit ‘Missing You’,
which is much more like his live concert version, and also
‘Patricia 2000’ which is
much more ‘sassy’ than the original. Also on this album are
French versions of, ‘A
Woman’s Heart’ and ‘When I Think Of You’.
In the spring of 2004 Chris released his then ‘latest’ album which
was called
‘The Road To
Freedom. This again was a very different style from the last ones,
and was released on Chris’s own personal
record label, ‘Ferryman Productions’
which is owned and
run by Chris himself along with Kenny T
from his management.
The album is a
mixture of ballads, story telling songs, and even a follow up to
Lady In Red on it !!
The album is a far deeper one that his last
one, which Chris himself described as a ‘fun album’.
It covers such things as a song about Queen Elizabeth 1st,
about everything day things
like when you eldest child flies the nest for the first
time, and even a song for a
band member who died from cancer in the mid nineties. There
is also a tribute song to
‘Eva Cassidy’ on it, and this particular song is very good.
The album was accompanied
by an extensive ‘Solo’
European tour in 2004 and again in 2005 along with a short
Canadian tour, again solo.
Early 2006 saw Chris fly to New Zealand for his first ever
concert there and then onto
Australia for another ‘one off’ concert, all solo. Finally
he then travelled onto Dubai where
He done another ‘one off’ concert.
Now, as I update this page, Chris is working on his next
project. This is an album called
‘The Storyman’ and will be supported by a 12 date concert
tour in Germany mainly, with 1
concert in England, Switzerland, Amsterdam and Luxembourg.
The album will include
several ‘story’ songs for which Chris was ‘legendry’ in his
earlier career, and the tour will be
supported by the full band again.
Having attended so many concerts since 2004, I have really
fallen in love with Chris
performing ‘solo’ concerts, but I’m sure that once I see
him with the full band again,
I will fall in love
all over again !!!
Chris….thebluehealer
