EUROPEAN TOUR 2009:

- November 7th: Grande Halle de Toulouse-L'Union
- November 13th: Théatre Molière (Marignane)
- November 14th: Centre-Culturel (Carnoux-En-Provence)
- November 21st: Théâtre de Moulins (l'Allier)

- December 4th: Théâtre du Jeu de Paume (TJP) à Albert (la Somme)
- December 12th: Cirque Royal de Bruxelles (Brussels)
- December 16th: Casino du Grau-du-Roi (l'Hérault)
- December 18th: La MAL (Maison des Arts & Loisirs) de Laon (l'Aisne)

Tickets:
http://www.ticketnet.fr
http://www.francebillet.com
http://www.fnacspectacles.com


AUSTRALIAN TOUR 2010 with Ronan Keating:

Indoor Concert Dates (Michael Coppel Presents)
- January 20th: Sydney Entertainment Centre
- February 2nd: Plenary At Melbourne Convention And Exhibition Centre

A Day On The Green Concerts (Roundhouse Entertainment)
- January 16th: Sandalford Wines, Swan Valley, WA
- January 17th: Sandalford Wines, Margaret River, WA
- January 23rd: Bimbadgen Estate, Hunter Valley, NSW
- January 24th: Centennial Vineyards, Bowral, NSW
- January 26th: Sirromet Wines, Mt Cotton, Qld
- January 30th: Leconfield Wines, Mclaren Vale, SA
- January 31st: Rochford Wines, Yarra Valley, Vic

Tickets:
http://premier.ticketek.com.au/shows/show.aspx?sh=RONANPRX10


Australian Filippina Lydia Arena was born to Italian immigrants, Giuseppe Arena and Franca Catalfamo (both from Valguarnera in Sicily), living in the Melbourne suburb of Moonee Ponds. She has two sisters, Nancy and Silvana. Her family calls her Pina, which evolved into her stage name: Tina. She began her career as a 7-year-old, singing live on Australia's longest running variety television show, Young Talent Time. Even as a young girl she was known for her powerful voice and stage presence, but she dropped from sight for several years following her Young Talent Time tenure, working the club circuit alone and in bands and appearing in musicals. In 1988, at the age of 21, she was reinvented as a raunchy disco diva with the national #3 Platinum selling single "I Need Your Body". It gave her a successful album, Strong As Steel, and more hits, but for Arena this was a momentary digression, as this was never a music style or image with which she was comfortable.

After a couple years, Arena broke the stigma of a TV childhood and carved out a successful solo career with Sony Music. The David Tyson-produced Don't Ask  was Australia's biggest selling album of 1995, and the biggest selling album by any Australian female to date. Don't Ask sold over 1.3 million copies worldwide and was certified 10x Platinum in Australia. "Chains" scaled the charts in the UK to #6, and charted well throughout Europe, earning her numerous awards in the process. The follow-up album, In Deep, produced by Foreigner's Mick Jones, was also a multi-platinum success.

Arena's collaboration with Marc Anthony, "I Want To Spend My Lifetime Loving You", from The Mask of Zorro soundtrack, gave her a new kind of European success, tipping the scales of her success in France where both the song and the movie became Top 10 hits. She began to record in French, and her single "Aller Plus Haut" moved in excess of one million units and peaked at #2 on the French national chart. She is now credited as being one of only five non-French artists to achieve album sales in excess of a million units in France.

Tina sung the official anthem of the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games, the song "The Flame", at the opening ceremony on September 15th 2000 in front of 4 billion people around the world. This is probably the peak moment of her entire career. Later that same year, she released in Australia Souvenirs, a compilation album to show some of the highlights of her international career over the previous few years. This album included songs from soundtracks, live recordings from a performance at the prestigious Olympia Theatre in Paris and the singles that launched her as a major star in Europe.

In 2001 Tina Arena released Just Me. Although critically acclaimed, the album didn't meet with the same commercial impact that it predecessors had throughout the 90's. Many felt Just Me's avant-garde production was out of sync with the expectations of the more middle-of-the-road radio programmers and their wider audiences. In any case, Tina knew it was time for change so she embarked on a self imposed hiatus during the early years of the new millennium. She moved to the UK and took time out to write and record, travelling regularly between London and Paris where new ideas were born.

A foray into dance music in 2003 was also successful when Arena was featured on The Roc Project's "Never (Past Tense)", which reached #1 in the United States Billboard dance chart.

In 2005, on the eve of motherhood, Tina staged a formidable comeback with her first all French repertoire album Un Autre Univers - a contemporary heartfelt diary of life as a modern woman. The record dominated the charts in France, Switzerland and Belgium for well over a year, constantly residing in the Top 20 and achieving double Platinum sales in France alone. The writing was on the wall, a new chapter had been written and Tina was back.

Throughout 2007, Tina worked with producers Paul Guardiani and Duck Blackwell on a concept covers album with no aim other than “to make a great sounding record that meant something”. Punctuated by touring, motherhood and a spell as Roxie Hart in the West End production of Chicago: The Musical  - the recording of Songs Of Love & Loss  (a select album of handpicked covers, all of which centre on the fragile human emotions of love and heartache) was treated as a part of Tina's ongoing daily life, rather than as a separate, singular project. Recorded at various studios in and around London and featuring the London Studio Orchestra (conducted by a previous collaborator - Simon Hale), the album grew and developed naturally. There were no demo sessions or pre-production rehearsals; Tina worked through the recordings track by track in her own time, often recording late at night, in and around other commitments. Songs Of Love & Loss achieved Platinum status and reached #4 in Australia, establishing Tina back in her native country's music scene.

Tina's record 7 Vies (2008), her second album in French, showcased a mix of sounds, stories and emotions that appealed to audiences from Africa, Asia, the Maghreb, the Mediterranean and the Latin countries. The album debuted at #12 in France and its first single, "Entends-Tu Le Monde?", reached #10.

On April 19th 2008, EMI released a deluxe edition of Songs Of Love & Loss. The package included the original tracklisting of the album with a bonus disc of five versions of classic Tina Arena tracks recorded live: "Wasn't It Good", "Les Trois Cloches (The Three Bells)", "You Made Me Find Myself", "Now I Can Dance" and "Sorrento Moon". All of the bonus tracks had freshly orchestrated arrangements by conductor Nicolas Buc and were mixed to feature some of Australia's finest string players.

On November 15th 2008 Tina released Songs Of Love & Loss 2. The tracklisting was a continuation of the love and loss theme and included Tina’s unique interpretations of "Call Me" (original by Blondie), "Oh Me Oh My" (Lulu), "I Hope I Never" (Split Enz), "Only Women Bleed" (Alice Cooper) and "Both Sides Now" (Joni Mitchell), among others. Recorded live at Air Studios in London alongside the London Studio Orchestra, Tina teamed up once again with famed arranger/conductor Simon Hale, who praised Tina saying: "She’s amazing... she is not intimidated by the live set up or the orchestra and rises to the challenge of having everything going to straight tape. Many artists would crumble in these conditions but Tina seems to shine. Nobody records like this anymore. This is how it should be done!".

On March 30th 2009, Tina released The Best & Le Meilleur, her first ever "Best Of" compilation in France which includes her most beautiful songs and three tracks never released before on any of Tina's albums: a cover of the Bee Gees' "Night Fever", "This Universe" (English version of Davide Esposito's "Io So Che Tu") and the duet "Out Here On My Own" with French crooner Patrick Fiori.

Regardless of her recording achievements, musical theatre has always remained more than just a sideline for Arena. Her performance in the Australian production of Joseph And His Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, while still in her teens, was applauded by the show's producer, Andrew Lloyd Webber. She has since made acclaimed appearances in the UK production of Notre Dame de Paris, as Esmeralda, and as Sally Bowles in the Sam Mendes-directed Cabaret in Australia in 2002. Arena returned to the London stage as Roxie Hart in Chicago in 2007.