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Gilbert O'Sullivan Celebrates 45th Anniversary With New 'Best Of' Album & UK Tour
Thursday, 26 January 2012 Written by Jon Stickler
Gilbert O'Sullivan Celebrates 45th Anniversary With New 'Best Of' Album & UK Tour

Gilbert O’Sullivan, one of the country’s most revered singers, songwriters and musicians, celebrates an amazing forty-five year recording career with the release of ‘A Singer and His Songs - The Very Best Of Gilbert O’Sullivan’ on 5th March 2012.  The album will also be supported by a full UK tour beginning on 17th March through to 15th April. 

Part of a major Gilbert O’Sullivan reissue campaign, the album chronicles songs from his debut album, ‘Himself’ in 1971, through to his most recent album ‘Gilbertville’ and features no less than 14 top 10 UK hits, including the multi-million US selling and Grammy-nominated, ‘Alone Again (Naturally)’, the unforgettable UK Number One ‘Clair’ and ‘Get Down, for which he won two Ivor Novello Awards in 1973, for Best Song and Best Songwriter.

Gilbert’s songs have appeared in TV series including The Simpsons and Life On Mars and in films such as The Virgin Suicides, Stuart Little, Margot At The Wedding and Stuck On You.  His songs have been covered by acts as diverse as Elton John, Bobby Darin, The Feeling, Nina Simone, Har Mar Superstar, Sarah Vaughan, Andy Williams, The Pet Shop Boys, Shirley Bassey, Tom Jones, and Herb Alpert, and at a recent live show in Dublin Morrissey performed a version of ‘Nothing Rhymed’.

More recently ‘Gilbertville’, which was released in January 2011, was hailed as one of his finest albums to date, which led critics and the media to suggest maybe it was time to revisit O’Sullivan’s career for re-appraisal.

Along with the release of the album, fans will be delighted to know that Gilbert will be touring with ‘A Singer and His Songs', performing 18 live dates across the UK from 17th March 2012. He will be joined by his amazing 11 piece band, including a string quartet, to present a stunning two hour plus performance.

Gilbert O'Sullivan 2012 UK Tour Dates are as follows:

Mar 17th - Torquay, Princess Theatre
Mar 19th - Guildford, Glive
Mar 20th - Dartford, Orchard Theatre
Mar 22nd - Bristol, Colston Hall
Mar 24th - Llandudno, Cymru Venue
Mar 25th - Birmingham, Town Hall
Mar 27th - Basingstoke, Anvil
Mar 28th - Buxton, Opera House
Mar 29th - Cambridge, Corn Exchange
Mar 31st - St Albans, Arena
Apr 1st - Brighton, Theatre Royal
Apr 3rd - Peterborough, Cresset Theatre
Apr 4th - York, Opera House
Apr 5th - Liverpool, Philharmonic
Apr 7th - Bradford, St. George’s Hall
Apr 12th - Leicester, De Montfort Hall
Apr 13th - Derby, Assembly Rooms
Apr 15th - Glasgow, Royal Concert Hall

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