British singer and guitarist Chris Rea has enjoyed a run of popularity in Europe during the late '80s and early '90s after almost a decade of previous recording. Rea started out performing with a local group called Magdalene, taking David Coverdale's place; the band won a national talent contest in 1975 as the Beautiful Losers, but still failed to get a record contract. Rea left the band and recorded the album Whatever Happened to Benny Santini?, which alluded to a discarded stage name, which went gold on the strength of the U.S. Top 20 hit "Fool (If You Think It's Over)." Rea was not heard from again in the U.S. for some time, concentrating his efforts on his main fan base of Europe. A compilation of tracks from Rea's '80s albums, New Light Through Old Windows, was released in 1988 and sold well in the U.K. and Europe and charted in the U.S. Rea followed it up with the critically acclaimed The Road to Hell, which many regarded as his best album. It and its follow-up, Auberge, went to the top of the U.K. album charts, but did not prove as successful in the U.S., where he has failed to chart with his subsequent releases. He released his most ambitious project in 2005, an eleven-album, 130-track box set of all new material inspired by the blues and his own paintings called Blue Guitars. The fun The Return of the Fabulous Hofner Blue Notes appeared in 2008. ~ Steve Huey, All Music Guide
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| Chris Rea | Tue, Jan 26 8:00p | Kulturpalast, Dresden, Baden-Württemberg |
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| Chris Rea | Thu, Jan 28 8:00p | Awd Hall, Hanover, Germany |
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| Chris Rea | Fri, Feb 19 8:00p | Rosengarten, Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg |
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| Chris Rea | Wed, Feb 24 8:00p | Meistersingerhalle, Nuremburg, Bavaria |
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| Chris Rea | Fri, Mar 5 8:00p | Heineken Music Hall, Amsterdam, The Netherlands |
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| Chris Rea | Tue, Mar 9 7:30p | Symphony Hall, Birmingham, England |
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| Chris Rea | Wed, Mar 10 7:30p | Symphony Hall, Birmingham, England |
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| Chris Rea | Thu, Mar 11 7:00p | Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool, England |
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| Chris Rea | Sat, Mar 13 7:00p | Brighton Centre, Brighton, Brighton and Hove |
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| Chris Rea | Sun, Mar 14 7:00p | Hammersmith Apollo, London, England |
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| Chris Rea | Mon, Mar 15 7:30p | Royal Concert Hall, Nottingham, Nottingham |
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| Chris Rea | Wed, Mar 17 7:00p | Newcastle City Hall, Newcastle Upon Tyne, England |
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| Chris Rea | Thu, Mar 18 7:30p | Newcastle City Hall, Newcastle Upon Tyne, England |
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| Chris Rea | Fri, Mar 19 7:00p | Harrogate International Conference Centre, Harrogate, UK |
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| Chris Rea | Sun, Mar 21 7:00p | New Theatre Oxford, Oxford, England |
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| Chris Rea | Mon, Mar 22 7:00p | Portsmouth Guildhall, Portsmouth, Portsmouth |
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| Chris Rea | Wed, Mar 24 7:30p | Plymouth Pavillion, Plymouth, England |
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| Chris Rea | Thu, Mar 25 7:00p | Colston Hall, Bristol, England |
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| Chris Rea | Fri, Mar 26 7:00p | St David's Hall, Cardiff, England |
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| Chris Rea | Sun, Mar 28 7:30p | Manchester Apollo, Manchester, England |
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| Chris Rea | Mon, Mar 29 7:00p | City Hall, Sheffield, England |
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| Chris Rea | Wed, Mar 31 7:00p | Aberdeen Music Hall, Aberdeen, Scotland |
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| Chris Rea | Thu, Apr 1 7:00p | Festival Theatre, Old Town, EH8 9, United Kingdom |
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| Chris Rea | Sun, Apr 4 7:30p | Olympia Theatre, Dublin, Ireland |
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