{"title":"Chris de Burgh","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFew artists can lay claim to international success spanning three decades but, beginning with his very first release, Chris de Burgh has achieved precisely that.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" abp=\"508\"\u003eThe foundations for a remarkable and durable career were laid back in 1975 with the release of Chris's debut album, 'Far Beyond These Castle Walls', featuring a single, 'Flying', which spent 17 weeks at No. 1 in Brazil.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" abp=\"510\"\u003eSubsequent records, almost in turn, continued to steadily draw in audiences around the world; Scandinavia was early to embrace the vivid story-telling that is Chris's unique talent, South Africa quickly tuned in to his power as a live performer, North America even demanded its own specially compiled greatest hits collection,\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\" abp=\"514\"\u003e'Best Moves'\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" abp=\"513\"\u003eIndeed, by 1980, Chris's global profile had already mushroomed to the point where that year's album,\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\" abp=\"518\"\u003e'Eastern Wind'\u003c\/em\u003e, became one of the biggest-selling albums of all time in Norway. A year later, its follow-up,\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\" abp=\"519\"\u003e'Man On The Line'\u003c\/em\u003e, was a Top 30 album in the UK, the US and 20 other countries, while producing the single 'High On Emotion', which went to No. 1 in ten European countries.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" abp=\"520\"\u003eChris's extensive repertoire of songs has taken his audience on travels through continents, cultures and centuries - in cinematic proportion.   Whether his lyrical - and musical - themes have tackled love and loss or been set against imaginative backdrops created from the past, present or future, the telling of tales is his special gift.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" abp=\"523\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/cdeb.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003ci class=\"fa fa-globe fa-3x\"\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"footsteps-3","title":"Footsteps","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn order to win a place on his new album, Chris de Burgh selected the songs he recorded by applying three critical principles: he had to love them, have sung them many times before - and, perhaps most relevantly, they had to have inspired him. As a result, and by any measure, the 13 'covers' on 'Footsteps' represent a deeply personal and candid appraisal by Chris of songs which have influenced and affected the way he has crafted his own particular musical imprint.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e There is little doubt that these songs and songwriters provided solid cornerstones for him to build upon. Equally, there is no attempt by Chris to disguise, in his selection, the creative models and ideals he aspired to - and still does. \"Listening to the great songwriters was the inspiration for me to try and become a good songwriter myself,\" he readily admits. \"I'm talking about the likes of Lennon \u0026amp; McCartney and Bob Dylan; people as good as that just don't seem to exist any more. I learned my trade, my craft, almost at the feet of the Great Masters. And that is my musical journey. Those songs are my footsteps.\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTwo new pieces, 'First Steps' and 'Footsteps', explain in greater depth his musical journey, his dreams and aspirations, and his sense of achievement from hopeful beginnings to the success of today. The process of short-listing the songs which potentially 'qualified' for inclusion on the album was an involved one. \"There were hundreds and hundreds of titles, which all got narrowed down to the ones I recorded. They are all, in my opinion, great songs - and each one has a resonance with me for a very particular reason. \"When I was growing up in my father's castle\/hotel, I would sing a lot of these songs, to the guests. 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The album has been compiled to be listened to like a vinyl record; in two distinct parts, 'Sunrise' and 'Sunset', each introduced by orchestral instrumentals. \"I think you have to grow with your ideas, your songs and your music, and that is what I've tried to do,\" says Chris. \"On the new record, my intention was to reflect who I am today and the things that I think about.\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e'The Hands of Man' (the title-track and opening song of the same name) is a collection of 15 diverse songs referencing both the good and bad done by humankind.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chris de Burgh","offers":[{"title":"Digital Download","offer_id":39507820708000,"sku":"0068944858958","price":9.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":39509003206816,"sku":"","price":15.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0537\/8477\/2768\/products\/1668b0df-86f4-4f8a-9f34-acc3b7ca9e4518356232791216070761-LARGE_52758d3f-e3fe-42ba-b16d-5f0b4094d949.jpg?v=1616078409"},{"product_id":"footsteps-4","title":"Footsteps 2","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e'Footsteps 2' has three brand new and original tracks, as well as songs which have moved and motivated Chris to become a better writer himself. The 10 'covers' on the album each proved influential to Chris in forging and developing his career and have acted like cornerstones in his life. \"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThey were the footsteps, like stepping stones across the river, that helped me on my way.\" Songs on the album include 'The Living Years' by Mike and the Mechanics,\"It suddenly hit me about my own relationship with my father, which was not the easiest.  I couldn't drive because I was crying.  The tears were rolling down my face and this song helped me to build bridges between myself and my father,\" to the likes of Steve Winwood's 'While you See a Chance', Roy Orbison's 'Blue Bayou' and Abba's 'S.O.S.' His approach to the songs were to produce \"faithful\" versions to the originals, where as others such as 'S.O.S' had an entirely different agenda for which the tempo and arrangement was altered in part.  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eArriving at the final tracks for 'Footsteps 2' - and their positioning in the running order of the album - was a painstaking process. \"I spent a lot of time researching the tracks, going through songs, listening to songs, wondering if I could do a good job on them, whether I could add something to the original, or whether I was just going to do an 'homage' to the original.\" As always, Chris is set go on the road in support of his latest release. \"I'm very much looking forward to going on tour in 2012 with 'Footsteps 2'. We'll be performing quite a few songs from it, which I'm really excited about doing.\"   \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chris de Burgh","offers":[{"title":"Digital Download","offer_id":39508550221984,"sku":"0068944857258","price":9.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":39508990132384,"sku":"","price":15.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0537\/8477\/2768\/products\/fda46077-2378-4f84-9075-21a152bf50552677323897425407665-LARGE_9fc23005-2757-4fd0-98fd-1520d5c7f9c3.jpg?v=1616084216"},{"product_id":"the-storyman-2","title":"The Storyman","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Chris de Burgh releases his new album 'The Storyman' in October 2006. The CD contains 12 new tracks and to tie in with the theme of 'The Storyman' Chris has written a short story to accompany each song. These stories set the scene and expand upon the lyrics with detail, colour and atmosphere. The initial shipment of 'The Storyman' is available as a special limited edition digi-pak containing 2 books - one The Stories behind the songs and the other The Lyrics. 'The Storyman' is the most immediately identifiable album in the long and illustrious career of Chris de Burgh. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eVivid story-making has, after all, always been at the very core of his worldwide success. Whether his lyrical - and musical - themes have tackled love and loss or been set against imaginative backdrops created from the past, present or future, the telling of tales is his special gift. Across more than three decades now, Chris's extensive repertoire of songs has taken his audience on travels through continents, cultures and centuries - in cinematic proportion. Such is the inspiration behind the concept of 'The Storyman'. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\"From the moment the overture music of the album begins, I am inviting the listener to join me on a journey through space and time,\" Chris explains, \"to faraway lands and places, where the tales and dramas will unfold.\" What is more, many of the featured songs immediately transport themselves to countries around the globe, entwining local music, and musicians, into their fabric. \"These musical textures evoke the special characteristics and sounds of the destinations to where we are travelling,\" Chris explains. For example, 'Leningrad' features the London Russian Choir, 'My Father's Eyes' is a duet with the Egyptian singer Hani Hussein (recently a runner-up in the Middle Eastern version of 'Star Academy' - similar to the UK's version of 'Fame Academy') while the three-piece African vocal group The Mahotella Queens sing on 'Spirit'. Meanwhile, 'Raging Storm' - a forthcoming single - is a duet with Kristyna Myles, winner of the BBC 'Busker Of The Year' competition and, on 'The Mirror Of The Soul', Chris - a former pupil himself - is joined by The Marlborough College Chamber Choir. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSix of the album's songs were recorded live in session with 90 members of The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, at London's legendary Abbey Road studios. It all makes for a stirring and evocative trademark musical statement by Chris - and one which he is looking forward to bringing to life when he begins an extensive 18-month world tour - re-uniting him with his band for the first time in three years - in support of the album. \"My hope is that each person who listens will let themselves believe that they are in a cinema; the lights go down as the overture of 'The Storyman Theme' starts to play,\" says Chris. \"I'd like them then to simply drift away into the world of their imagination, where dreams begin - and anything is possible!\" This information is courtesy of: http:\/\/www.cdeb.com\/maindex.html\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chris de Burgh","offers":[{"title":"Digital Download","offer_id":39508595114144,"sku":"0068944852956","price":9.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":39509019951264,"sku":"","price":15.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0537\/8477\/2768\/products\/5ff99622-f1ca-4e52-a217-c3ba282fa52118367835555040859214-LARGE_ddfbc235-d4e4-46cd-a51a-194d848ebe25.jpg?v=1616084554"},{"product_id":"a-better-world-1","title":"A Better World","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFor his 26th studio album – Chris de Burgh has crafted material that addresses many of the themes and topics which have always so richly and uniquely coloured his musical agenda; love, war and adventure, travel, discovery and home-coming, the past, the present – and the future.    \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMusically, ‘A Better World’ is a familiar de Burgh melting pot of diverse styles, tempos and instrumentation.  Ballads sit alongside anthems, solo performances with band or orchestral ensemble pieces.  Straight-ahead rock and pop songs are infused with regional flavour, from Caribbean to Celtic.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e  Guitar, bass, drums and keyboards are augmented by pipes, strings and brass.  Throughout, Chris’s voice is by turns powerfully clear and passionately sensitive.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\" abp=\"1315\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIt all comes together to continue, progress and enhance the unique musical footprint which Chris has created for himself while composing a career-long repertoire of more than 280 songs.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chris de Burgh","offers":[{"title":"Digital Download","offer_id":39510950740128,"sku":"0068944859955","price":9.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":39517952868512,"sku":"68944859924","price":15.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0537\/8477\/2768\/products\/399f4069-e496-4b60-88c6-23a849dac0d78062253592245537594-LARGE_e7dc889f-ded9-4f55-8e78-c91dd968dda7.jpg?v=1616102033"},{"product_id":"home-1","title":"Home","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNow available on iTunes:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ehttps:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/album\/home\/id565093720\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOver his 38-year recording career, with over 50 million albums sold, there has been an occasion for Chris de Burgh to want to revisit a song, to strip it back to its bare essence - either on piano or guitar - and bring it back to its roots. Now, in 2013, Chris presents 'Home' - a 14-track acoustic album featuring some of his own personal, best-loved songs. The album was recorded over a week in Enniskerry, Ireland in Chris' own home studio, amongst some of the worst June weather ever experienced - hurricane force winds, torrential rain and the occasional beautiful day. Home - an acoustic album. The pure essence of Chris de Burgh, singer\/songwriter.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"longDescription\" hidden=\"\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNow available on iTunes:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ehttps:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/album\/home\/id565093720\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOver his 38-year recording career, with over 50 million albums sold, there has been an occasion for Chris de Burgh to want to revisit a song, to strip it back to its bare essence - either on piano or guitar - and bring it back to its roots. Now, in 2013, Chris presents 'Home' - a 14-track acoustic album featuring some of his own personal, best-loved songs. The album was recorded over a week in Enniskerry, Ireland in Chris' own home studio, amongst some of the worst June weather ever experienced - hurricane force winds, torrential rain and the occasional beautiful day. Home - an acoustic album. The pure essence of Chris de Burgh, singer\/songwriter.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbutton class=\"btn btn-default btn-xs pull-right\" href=\"#\" id=\"showLessDescription\" data-mce-href=\"#\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLess\u003c\/button\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNow available on iTunes:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ehttps:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/album\/home\/id565093720\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOver his 38-year recording career, with over 50 million albums sold, there has been an occasion for Chris de Burgh to want to revisit a song, to strip it back to its bare essence - either on piano or guitar - and bring it back to its roots. Now, in 2013, Chris presents 'Home' - a 14-track acoustic album featuring some of his own personal, best-loved songs. The album was recorded over a week in Enniskerry, Ireland in Chris' own home studio, amongst some of the worst June weather ever experienced - hurricane force winds, torrential rain and the occasional beautiful day. Home - an acoustic album. 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The album was recorded over a week in Enniskerry, Ireland in Chris' own home studio, amongst some of the worst June weather ever experienced - hurricane force winds, torrential rain and the occasional beautiful day. Home - an acoustic album. 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Chris's adaptation utilizes all his musical skill, masterfully combining classical, folk and choral genres with his trademark ballads, pop and rock songs, and features a narrative which takes the listener on an emotion-filled journey, creating a \"film in the mind\".\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSix brand new compositions tell the Other Stories of the title, covering such diverse subject matter as Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa, the loss of innocence, a story by Oscar Wilde, a tale of war, a guardian angel and an eloquent musical statement on an atrocity in Iran in 2009, a place with which Chris has a deep affinity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRecorded at: Abbey Road Studios; British Grove Studios; Stanley House Studios. 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centuries-old and much-loved classic.  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e‘The Legend of Robin Hood’\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e finds Chris at his imaginative best, re-telling the story with cinematic vision coupled seamlessly to music of emotional depth and power.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThe concept for the 27th studio album by Chris emerged from his involvement in ‘Robin Hood’, a stage musical about the infamous Sherwood Forest nobleman and his band of outlaws.  Chris was invited to contribute storylines and melodies to the musical, which will be produced later in the year in Fulda, Germany, by Spotlight Productions, a theatrical company that has already mounted eight successful musicals. “Since I was writing songs for this,” he explains, “I thought ‘Why not expand the story and put an album out, too?’”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eChris was eminently qualified and able to do that on any number of levels.  Most significantly, with his 2010 album \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e‘Moonfleet’\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e, based on the book of the same name, he had crafted a highly successful musical interpretation of an already existing story.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eNone of which necessarily made tackling Robin Hood any easier.  “I learned a great deal from \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e‘Moonfleet’\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e, particularly how to set out a story in sequence,” he says.  “If I had a problem advancing the story in song, I’d just go and read the book again.  This time, we didn’t have a book.  There is no book!  I had to create my own story, my own version of this classic tale.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e“In my story, Robin Hood is not a hero, but circumstances and injustice to others turned him into the hero that is now known all over the world.  He initially comes across as an obnoxious young man in his late teens, but he subsequently shows a different and compassionate side and the qualities of a born leader.”  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eAs has only very recently been suggested by a respected historian, Robin Hood is thought to have been a key target of King John, his son King Henry III and their powerful justiciar (law-maker) Hubert de Burgh – who, almost incredibly, is an ancestor of Chris himself.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eGiven the inconsistencies concerning the dates in which Robin Hood is thought to have lived, Chris tells his version of the legend as if it were many years after Robin’s death, in the setting of a candle-lit tavern where a small audience has gathered to hear it conveyed by a Story Teller and enacted by his musicians, actors and singers.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eIt has the romance and magic of a minstrel entertaining and enlightening the listener, and that is precisely what has made Chris so unique and peerless throughout his long career.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThe tenth Chris de Burgh album to be produced by Chris Porter, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e‘The Legend of Robin Hood’\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e is, like \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e‘Moonfleet’\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e, another aural extravaganza, played flawlessly by seasoned, talented musicians across a plethora of musical styles, from Medieval, ‘traditional’, nursery rhyme, folk and Celtic-infused to rock, classical and choral.  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eRegardless of its central theme, the album stands up on its own as a new collection of vintage Chris de Burgh material, with instant, sing-along crowd-pleasers like \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e‘Live Life, Live Well’\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e‘Open Your Eyes’\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e.  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eIt includes a new and reworked version of live favourite \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e‘Light A Fire’\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e – from his 1982 album \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e‘The Getaway’\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e – and the show-stopping, message-bearing anthem \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e‘Legacy’\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e.  “You’ve always got to leave your audience singing and waving their arms in the air,” says Chris, “and I think \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e‘Legacy’\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e will do that.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eAs ever, Chris has written songs with a view to live performance.  “We’ll certainly be performing the album in its entirety on stage when circumstances permit us to safely tour again,” says Chris.  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e‘The Legend of Robin Hood’\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e is an album of evocative escapism and a tonic for our troubled times.\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"Chris de Burgh","offers":[{"title":"Digital 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