The tour will be in support of the release of his first new material in over a decade. The elaborate 3CD & 2DVD ‘The Santo Spirito Project’ will include a brand new studio album and 2 bespoke feature films on DVD, written and directed by Chris. The first feature is a raw and brutally honest chronicle on bullfighting and features neo-classical & Spanish themed gypsy music & the second feature follows a man through the city of Florence in his search for the truth, on a journey which he may or may not wish he began. The package will retail at the normal price of a CD album.

The music to accompany both special feature films will be contained on 2CDs and Chris explains his rationale for such an ambitious project: “I love creating things and passionately believe we (the artists) should be looking to try new ways of bringing what we do to the public. There should be no rules whatsoever and, for God’s sake, there are alternatives to TV talent shows. Sometimes, those who have had extremely good fortune in music allow only X Factor type TV shows etc. to set the musical and cultural agenda of this county by actually doing nothing new or different themselves.”

Chris’s career spans over thirty years and both The Road To Hell in 1989 and Auberge in 1991 debuted at No.1 in the UK, cementing his position as arguably one of the country’s finest musicians and songwriters.

His rich catalogue includes such classic songs as Fool (If You Think It's Over), On The Beach, Let's Dance, Josephine, Stainsby Girls and I Can Hear Your Heartbeat, Working On It, The Road To Hell (Part 2), Auberge, God’s Great Banana Skin and Julia.

The Santo Spirito Project released by Rhino UK, a division of Warner Music, on Monday September 5th on CD/DVD only at no more than the price of a normal CD single album and will not be available for digital download until December 2011.

His long awaited autobiography The Road To Hell & Back Again, will also be out in 2012

CHRIS REA UK Tour Dates

MARCH 2012
TUESDAY            20                     BOURNEMOUTH BIC
WEDNESDAY       21                     OXFORD NEW THEATRE
THURSDAY          22                     BRIGHTON CENTRE
SATURDAY          24                     HARROGATE INTERNATIONAL CENTRE
SUNDAY              25                     02 APOLLO MANCHESTER
MONDAY             26                     SHEFFIELD CITY HALL
SATURDAY          31                     NEWCASTLE METRO RADIO ARENA    

APRIL 2012
SUNDAY             01                     BIRMINGHAM NIA
MONDAY            02                     NOTTINGHAM ROYAL CONCERT HALL
WEDNESDAY      04                     PLYMOUTH PAVILLIONS
THURSDAY         05                     LONDON HMV HAMMERSMITH APOLLO

Tickets are priced at £35.00 LONDON / £33.50 REGIONALS (subject to booking fee) and are available from www.livenation.co.uk
www.chrisrea.com