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Eddi Reader is perhaps Scotland’s greatest living female voice. In 2020 (postponed to 2022), she celebrates her 40th year on stage with a '40 Years Live' concert tour.

From her earliest years playing the folk clubs of western Scotland and learning how to street sing across Europe (like her hero Edith Piaf) Eddi’s path soon lead her to a professional career in music as a backing singer for Eurythmics and Gang of Four. Her band Fairground Attraction had huge international success and number one hits with ‘Perfect’ and debut album ‘First of a Million Kisses’ which stormed the charts in the late 1980s.

Throughout her successful solo career, Eddi has released consistently great works, including highly acclaimed albums such as ‘The Songs of Robert Burns’ and last years ‘Cavalier’. She has won Brit Awards, been awarded four honorary degrees, an MBE, sung to millions on some of the world’s greatest concert and festival stages and collaborated with a host of stars across a myriad of genres including Folk, Jazz, Pop, World, Punk and even Classical work with various orchestras.

In 2019 Eddi was invited to be a special guest with Jools Holland’s Rhythm & Blues Orchestra for an extensive tour, she released her ‘Starlight’ EP, played sold out headline shows, recorded a programme for BBC Radio's Classic Scottish Album series about her Robert Burns recordings and appeared on BBC Television’s ‘Songs of Praise’ and as part of Billy Connolly’s ‘Made In Scotland’ series.

2022’s '40 Years Live' concerts promise to be something special, as with any Eddi Reader concert, the magic is being made in the moment, no two concerts are ever the same. Eddi will be joined on stage by John Douglas, Boo Hewerdine, Alan Kelly and Kevin McGuire. Support is from Ultan Conlon.

This is the show postponed from 6 November 2020. All tickets remain valid, but if you cannot make the new date, please contact the Box Office for a refund (preferably by email) by the original show date.

Presented by Hexville Music

Image: Genevieve Stevenson

“One of my favourite singers of all time”

(Jools Holland)

“Flawless, not just perfect, world class”

(R2 Magazine)

Eddi Reader 2021 - 40th Anniversary Tour