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For 10 Year Plan: "Chart Archive > 18 March 2022 – 24 March 2022". Official Charts Company. Archived from the original on 21 April 2022 . Retrieved 19 March 2022. March 2020 saw the release of a compilation album called Greatest Hits which saw the end of their record deal with their record label Decca. The album featured highlights from all three studio albums to that point as well as many of the bands singles. However, chart wise it failed to equal the success of their other albums only reaching NO52. Alone in the Universe tour ( Electric Light Orchestra) (UK: Wembley Stadium and KCOM Stadium only) (2017) [39] They hail from the neighbouring counties of Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire in England. " Shire" is the original term for what is usually known as a county in the United Kingdom. The duo took the band name to maintain a British identity and take a small part of Britain to the United States. After playing hardly half a dozen shows together, The Shires caught the attention of Decca Records, who signed them in the United Kingdom, and they secured a contract with American record label Universal Music Group Nashville, thus becoming the first English country act to be signed to a major Nashville label. [3] [4] [5] They were also the first UK country act to have a top ten album and the first to receive an award from the American Country Music Association.

He was proven right, as Rhodes continues: “The number of people enjoying country music has exploded in the UK, but it still feels like an undercurrent. Even recently, we’ve had people come to our shows and say they were surprised, because they didn’t think country was for them!” Review: The Shires – 'My Universe' – GetToTheFront". 26 August 2016. Archived from the original on 23 May 2018 . Retrieved 23 May 2018.

Although it’s debatable whether or not The Shires qualify as a proper country band, they certainly fit in with the likes of Lady A, Little Big Town, early Taylor Swift and all those other contemporary acts who, armed with radio-friendly pop melodies, modern production techniques and huge crossover appeal, gatecrashed Music Row and ruffled a lot of traditionalist feathers.

Both are inspired by the old-school workmanship of country music’s professional songwriters – people they would later work with on their first trip to Nashville last summer. Learning at first hand the storytelling style of classic country songs, and how to craft a catchy chorus, the duo then injected elements that could only have come from our side of the pond. In March 2020, The Shires were announced to be playing the main stage at the C2C: Country to Country festival, replacing Old Dominion who withdrew due to concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic, making The Shires the first UK country act to perform a set on the main stage.

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Selected items are only available for delivery via the Royal Mail 48® service and other items are available for delivery using this service for a charge. About Ben Earle". planetradio.co.uk. Archived from the original on 12 May 2023 . Retrieved 12 May 2023.