11 September 2018
Newsdesk
The TEN Tenors, one of Australia’s most famous musical exports, are returning to the United States this fall, for a 38-date tour of the Midwest, South, West Coast and Southwest. On the first leg of the tour, the vocal group whose voices generate “pure electricity and undeniable drama” according to the Los Angeles Times, will be performing repertoire from their latest album Wish You Were Here. The TEN Tenors will then switch gears, performing material from their hit album Our Christmas Wish for the second leg of the tour, with a six-night stand at Palm Desert, CA’s McCallum Theatre during the transition. The TEN Tenors will donate their net proceeds for every copy of Our Christmas Wish sold in the U.S. to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital®, which is leading the way the world understands, treats and defeats childhood cancer and other life-threatening diseases. Their record sales have already raised over $1 million to the organization.
Breaking the top 5 in Billboard’s Classical Albums chart earlier this year, Wish You Were Here consists of material associated with iconic performers who have passed on, including Prince, David Bowie, Michael Hutchence of INXS, John Lennon, Amy Winehouse, Queen’s Freddy Mercury, Roy Orbison and others.
Selections from Our Christmas Wish include traditional standards such as “Joy to the World” and “O Holy Night,” as well as John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s “Happy Xmas (War Is Over),” “Feliz Navidad” by José Feliciano, “White Christmas” by Irving Berlin, and Mariah Carey’s relatively recent contribution to the canon of holiday standards “All I Want For Christmas Is You.”
The TEN Tenors’ tour begins in Wausau, WI at the Grand Theater on October 30. They then head to Iowa, Michigan, Illinois, Nebraska, Minnesota, Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas, followed by California. Once in the Golden State, they will partake in a six-date residency at Palm Desert’s McCallum Theatre (November 20-25). Since their debut at the McCallum in 2011, they hold the record for most consecutive sold out nights, totaling 30 thus far. After switching into holiday mode, TTT heads to points north and south within the state, followed by Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, Wyoming, Missouri and Louisiana, concluding with more Texas dates just before Christmas.
The TEN Tenors Fall/Winter 2018 U.S. Tour
Wish You Were Here leg
Oct-30 Wausau, WI Grand Theater
Nov-1 Cedar Falls, IA Gallagher Bluedorn PAC Great Hall
Nov-2 Dearborn, MI Ford Community & Performing Arts Center
Nov-3 DeKalb, IL Egyptian Theatre
Nov-4 Waukegan, IL Genesee Theatre
Nov-5 Lincoln, NE Lied Center for Performing Arts
Nov-6 Minneapolis, MN Hennepin Theatre Trust
Nov-9 San Antonio, TX Laurie Auditorium
Nov-10 Broken Arrow, OK Broken Arrow Performing Arts Center
Nov-12 Fort Smith, AR ArcBest Corporation Performing Arts Center
Nov-13 Conway, AR Reynolds Performance Hall
Nov-16 Campbell, CA Heritage Theatre
Nov-17 San Ramon, CA San Ramon Performing Arts
Wish You Were Here/Our Chrismas Wish residency
Nov-20 Palm Desert, CA The McCallum Theatre
Nov-21 Palm Desert, CA The McCallum Theatre
Nov-23 Palm Desert, CA The McCallum Theatre
Nov-24 (2pm) Palm Desert, CA The McCallum Theatre
Nov-24 (8pm) Palm Desert, CA The McCallum Theatre
Nov-25 Palm Desert, CA The McCallum Theatre
Our Christmas Wish leg
Nov-27 Modesto, CA Gallo Center For the Arts
Nov-29 Folsom, CA Harris Center For the Arts
Nov-30 Escondido, CA California Center for the Arts
Dec-1 La Mirada, CA La Mirada Theatre
Dec-2 Prescott, AZ Yavapai College Performing Arts Center
Dec-3 Scottsdale, AZ Arizona Musicfest (Highlands Church)
Dec-4 Santa Fe, NM The Lensic Performing Arts Center
Dec-6 Aspen, CO Wheeler Opera House
Dec-8 Sheridan, WY WYO Theater
Dec-9 Denver, CO Boettcher Concert Hall
Dec-10 Scottsbluff, NE Midwest Theater
Dec-11 Laramie, WY University of Wyoming Arts & Sciences Auditorium
Dec-13 Joplin, MO Joplin High School Performing Arts Center
Dec-15 Boerne, TX Boerne Champion Auditorium
Dec-16 Baton Rouge, LA Baton Rouge Community College Magnolia Theater
Dec-18 Richardson, TX Charles W. Eisemann Center Hall
Dec-19 Midland, TX Wagner Noel Performing Arts Center
Dec-21 Texarkana, TX Perot Theatre
Dec-22 Houston, TX TBA
Tickets below.
