The Shires, leading UK country duo, will
embark on their eagerly awaited ‘The Two Of Us Tour 2025’, performing across 19 UK cities from March to June. Fans can expect an evening of soulful harmonies,
heartfelt storytelling, and chart-topping hits.
*** Tickets went on sale on Wednesday, 11
December, 10:00 ***
Barry, Wrexham & Aberdare added (Tickets available on Fri 13 December)
The UK’s biggest country music export The Shires have
announced an intimate acoustic tour for 2025. The Two of Us tour
will see Ben Earle and Crissie Rhodes tour
the length and breadth of the UK performing all their classic tracks.
The Shires achievements speak for themselves: three consecutive UK Top 3 albums, four number one UK Country albums, 100 million + streams, two Gold-certified records, and countless sold-out headline shows, including filling the prestigious Royal Albert Hall.
It’s so
exciting for us to come full circle playing stripped back with no bells and
whistles, albeit to a lot bigger crowds (the photo with the microphone is from
one of our first shows and felt huge to us at the time).
“Two Of Us” Tour Dates 2025:
Friday 07 March 2025 - Dorking Halls, Dorking
(Reigate Road, RH4 1SG) EVENT
Saturday 08 March 2025 - Haymarket Theatre, Basingstoke
(Wote Street, RG21 7NW) EVENT
Friday 21 March 2025 - Apex, Bury Saint Edmunds (1
Charter Square, IP33 3FD) EVENT £41.50 and £37
Saturday 22 March 2025 - Granville Theatre, Ramsgate
(Victoria Parade, RAMSGATE, CT11 8EB) EVENT
Friday 28 March 2025 - Gatehouse Theatre, Stafford
(Eastgate Street, ST16 2LT) EVENT
Saturday 29 March 2025 - Worthing Assembly Hall, Worthing
(Stoke Abbott Road, West Sussex BN11 1HQ) EVENT
Thursday 03 April 2025 - Grand Theatre Lancaster, Lancaster
(St Leonards Gate, LA1 1NL) EVENT
Friday 04 April 2025 - Derby Cathedral, Derby (18-19
Iron Gate, DE1 3GL) EVENT
Sunday 06 April 2025 - Cheltenham Town Hall, Cheltenham
(Imperial Square, Cheltenham GL50 1QA) EVENT
Saturday
26 April 2025 - Memo Arts Centre, Barry (Gladstone Road, Barry, CF62
8NA) EVENT
Sunday
27 April 2025 - William Aston Hall, Wrexham (Glyndwr University, LL11
2AW) EVENT
Friday 02 May 2025 - Eric Morecambe Centre, Harpenden
(Leyton Road, Rothamstead Park, AL52HU) EVENT
Saturday 03 May 2025 - Wycombe Swan, High Wycombe (St
Marys Street, HP11 2XE) EVENT
Friday 09 May 2025 - Wyvern Theatre, Swindon
(Theatre Square, SN1 1QN) EVENT
Saturday 10 May 2025 - De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill-On-Sea
(Marina, TN40 1DP) EVENT
Thursday 22 May 2025 - Scarborough Spa Theatre, Scarborough
(South Bay, YO11 2HD) EVENT £39.0
- £46
Friday 23 May 2025 - King's Hall, Ilkley (4 Station
Road, LS29 8HB) EVENT
Saturday 24 May 2025 - Royal & Derngate Theatre, Northampton
(19-21 Guildhall Road, NN1 1DP) EVENT
Friday
6 June 2025 - Aberdare Coliseum, Aberdare (Mount Pleasant Street,
CF44 8NG) EVENT
+
Support for Darius Rucker
The Shires: The UK country favourites will be joining the tour along with Jake Owen
Tuesday 30 September 2025 - OVO Hydro, Glasgow (Exhibition Way, Glasgow, G3 8YW) EVENT £64.15
Friday 3 October 2025 - AO Arena, Manchester (Victoria Station, Hunts Bank, Manchester, M3 1AR) EVENT £58 - £68
The Shires: The UK country favourites will be joining the tour along with Jake Owen
Tuesday 30 September 2025 - OVO Hydro, Glasgow (Exhibition Way, Glasgow, G3 8YW) EVENT £64.15
Friday 3 October 2025 - AO Arena, Manchester (Victoria Station, Hunts Bank, Manchester, M3 1AR) EVENT £58 - £68
The Shires first broke
through in 2014 with their single ‘Nashville Grey Skies’, a
playful song about Britain needing its own country scene. And that’s something
which they helped happen, starting with their 2015 debut 'Brave',
which became the first ever Top 10 album by a UK country music artist. That
success continued with a succession of hit albums: 2016’s 'My Universe',
2018’s 'Accidentally On Purpose', 2020’s 'Good Years' and
2022’s '10 Year Plan'.
Their authenticity saw them embraced by the Nashville scene immediately, leading to two CMA Awards, touring highlights including C2C Festival and shows as guests to Carrie Underwood, Little Big Town, The Corrs and more.
Their authenticity saw them embraced by the Nashville scene immediately, leading to two CMA Awards, touring highlights including C2C Festival and shows as guests to Carrie Underwood, Little Big Town, The Corrs and more.
Their authenticity saw them embraced by the Nashville scene immediately, leading to two CMA Awards, touring highlights including C2C Festival and shows as guests to Carrie Underwood, Little Big Town, The Corrs and more.
On August 2, 2024 The Shires returned with Undone Vol.1, their first ever acoustic album. 11 tracks, featuring 10 beautiful, reimagined versions of the duo’s biggest hits including Daddy’s Little Girl (67K Spotify Streams), a piano version of 'Sleepwalk' and Just Wanna Love You (* Their most streamed Spotify track 15.5 million streams since Feb 2015). The album also includes a touching cover of ‘While I Was Away’ by Zane Williams.
STREAM IT HERE
Recorded at home in Hertfordshire in Ben’s garden ‘shed’, stripping the songs
back to their acoustic roots became a really magical experience. ‘Standing at
the microphone, singing these songs again was a real rollercoaster of
emotions,’ says Crissie. ‘Having twins myself recently and Ben now being a
father of 3 means we are in very different places in our lives to when our
Shires journey started. It’s been so special making Undone Vol.1 and we hope
our fans love these new versions as much as we do.’
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