The Shires to release new album ’10 Year Plan’ in March

The Shires will release new album ’10 Year Plan’ on 11th March 2022 via BMG it has been announced.

The album announcement is marked with the arrival of new single ‘I See Stars’, which is available to download and stream now following its premiere on Zoe Ball’s Breakfast Show on Radio 2.

‘I See Stars’ was written by the duo’s Ben Earle with Jeff Cohen.

Earle says, “We love the Coldplay/‘Greatest Showman’ vibes on this! it’s not trying to be clever, it’s just really uplifting and big and positive. It’s another one that has arena vibes – I can picture us being up there on a massive stage with everyone singing along.”

Talking about their journey so far, Crissie Rhodes says: “We wanted to get our music to Bob Harris, and we wanted a thousand Facebook followers. At the time that seemed crazy, but Ben was committed to it.” 

He was proven right, as Rhodes continues: “The number of people enjoying country music has exploded in the UK, but it still feels like an undercurrent. Even recently, we’ve had people come to our shows and say they were surprised, because they didn’t think country was for them!”

‘10 Year Plan’ is now available to pre-order. Formats include CD, LP, SD & HD digital.

Currently completing an intimate acoustic tour, The Shires will commence a major UK headline tour in April that culminates with a landmark London show at The Palladium on 24th May.

The ’10 Year Plan’ track list is:

1. Cut Me Loose
2. Sparks Fly
3. Side By Side
4. Plot Twist
5. Ten Year Plan
6. I See Stars
7. Bar Without You
8. Baby We’re Rich
9. Skydive
10. Wild Heart
11. Forever Tonight
12. Peggy I’m Sorry
13. When It Hurts

You can see the band on tour at the following dates:

January
27^th       Sunderland, UK, The Fire Station
28^th       Stroud, UK, The Sub Rooms

February 
1^st         Glasgow, UK, Saint Luke’s

April
21^st       Weymouth, UK , Weymouth Pavilion – SOLD OUT
22^nd      Aberystwyth, UK, Aberystwyth Arts Centre Great Hall
23^rd       Cardiff, UK, St David’s Hall
25^th      Brighton, UK, Brighton Hall
27^th       Basingstoke, UK, The Anvil
28^th      Torquay, UK, Princess Theatre
30^th       Stoke On Trent, UK, Victoria Hall Stoke

May
1^st        Bristol, UK o2 Academy Bristol
2^nd        Liverpool, UK, Liverpool Philharmonic Hall
4^th        Carlisle, UK, Sands Centre
5^th        Gateshead, UK, Sage Gateshead
6^th        York, UK, York Barbican – SOLD OUT
8^th        Edinburgh, UK, The Liquid Room – SOLD OUT
9^th        Aberdeen, UK, Beach Ballroom
11^th       Lincoln, UK, Engine Shed
12^th      Folkestone, UK, Leas Cliff Hall
13^th       Bedford, UK, Bedford Corn Exchange
15^th      Cambridge, UK, Corn Exchange
16^th      Manchester, UK, The Bridgewater Hall
17^th       Birmingham, UK, Symphony Hall
19^th      Oxford, UK, New Theatre Oxford
20^th      Guildford, UK, Guildford G Live – SOLD OUT
21^st       Ipswich, UK, Regent Theatre
23^rd      Nottingham, UK, Nottingham Royal Centre
24^th       London, UK, The London Palladium