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 24 June 2008 - Sonia to headline first ever Cornwall Pride Festival
Sonia will be performing at The first ever Cornwall Pride Festival as our Headliner on August the 23rd in Truro.
Tickets are on sale now, and are 5 pounds per person, this include's Cornwall pride wrist band, Pride booklet and Exclusitivity to our Marquee event.
Fans of Sonia can purchase tickets for our evening event, buy ringing up Qdos Bar/Club in Truro.No 01872 222888
We only have a capacity of 750 for the Marquee event, So grab them quick to avoid disapointment.
Parade starts at 11am Picnic in the park is 12pm to 5pm.
Includes Acts such as, Rosie and the Goldbugs, Marble Arc, Eva Cassidy Tribute, And the No 1 Tribute Act Carolyn Rowe as Dame Shirley Bassey Plus many more Acts.
Evening event in the Marquee is 7pm to 11.30pm -Ticket Only, followed by Club Qdo's to 3am.
Evening Acts Include- 70's Band{ Neon Love Chicken} Pop R&B Girl Group {Vanity} DJ Sparky - Male Vocalist Reece - Drag Act - Kylie Tribute Act_ And our Headliner SONIA- Performance time approx 10.45 to 11.30pm.
4 June 2008 - Ultimage Eurovision Party CD
The ultimate Eurovision CD featuring our very own Sonia along with many other pop gems inlcuding Scooch's Flying the Flag. Grap your copy now!
(28 January 2008) “The Number One Project” – was a huge success. Sonia performed her no.1 single 'You'll Never Stop Me Loving You' and 'She Loves You' to a crowd of over 25000! The single featuring Atomic Kitten and album (featuring sonia's track) can be purchased through Amazon.uk. Grab your copy now!
(December 2007) “The Number One Project” – the largest music based charity event the city has ever seen aims to mark Liverpool’s status as European Capital of Culture
for 2008 with a celebration of its world beating 56 number one singles.
“The Number One Project” is aiming to raise at least £1 million to
distribute among 6 of the city’s leading charities, The Liverpool Echo
Sunrise Appeal, The Marina Dalglish Appeal, Alder Hey Children’s Hospital,
Radio City’s Give A Child A Chance, Radio Merseyside Charitable Trust and
The Marie Curie Liverpool Hospice Appeal.
“Covers and Collaborations – The Number Ones Album” a celebration of
Liverpool’s world record for being the city with the most number of chart
topping singles. The album will feature unique cover versions of some of the
56 number one singles performed by its leading artists. The remainder will
be for sale via the project’s website www.thenumberoneproject.org.
The single and album will be available to buy at all major record stores across the UK and in digital download formats while sponsors Bacardi are investing heavily in helping us directly market the records online and at retail.
For more information please visit www.thenumberoneproject.org
Sonia records Beatles classic 'She loves you' (November 2007)
CD that proves we’re number 1 Oct 8 2007 by Catherine Jones, Liverpool Echo ELVIS Costello, Atomic Kitten and The Real Thing are
among Liverpool’s musical legends teaming up to create a unique new album for Capital of Culture. More than 20 acts from 40 years of Liverpool pop will appear on the Number 1 Project record due for release in January.
Each of the stars is recording their own version of a song made famous by a Liverpool artist.
The specially-recorded covers include Dr and the Medics’ version of Frankie Goes to Hollywood’s Two Tribes, while former Eton Road singer Anthony Hannah will sing Frankie’s first number one, Relax.
Shack performs Day Tripper, The Farm will record Searchers’ classic Needles and Pins, and organisers are hoping Echo and the Bunnymen frontman Ian McCulloch will sing Imagine. Atomic Kitten will tackle Cilla Black’s Anyone Who Had a Heart, The Icicle Works will perform John Lennon’s Woman, and the Towers of London will take on Beatles classic Get Back.
Kittens’ manager Martin O’Shea, who with Korova Corp boss Jon Ritchie is behind the ambitious project, said today: “The support from everyone involved has been phenomenal.
“The artists’ choice of tracks will make this album truly unique and there will be a few surprise tracks with some very interesting duets from some very unlikely couples.
“We've already started recording and the album will be delivered to EMI on November 7.
“The artists are recording in Liverpool, London, and as far away as Los Angeles and Australia.
“We've some of the greatest producers from Liverpool on board including Ian Broudie, Steve Power, Mike Cave and Elvis Costello.”
Andy McCluskey of OMD said: “The Number 1 Project is a fantastic opportunity for Liverpool to celebrate it's own musical history in the very year it’s also Capital of Culture.
“How many cities in the world could boast so many massively successful artists covering number one singles by other acts from the very same city?” Atomic Kitten Natasha Hamilton said: “This is the perfect reason for the girls to have some fun together, we love the song and the idea of celebrating our city’s year as Capital of Culture while raising money for charity is too good to miss.
“We’re proud our third number one gave Liverpool its world leading status and we’re going to do our best to add to that in the future.”
The Rev Dr Clive Jackson from Dr & the Medics said: “I've always been very proud about being Liverpudlian, and now hopefully Liverpool can be proud of me.
“Being part of The Number 1 Project isn’t only a great honour for me and my family, but a chance to show everyone I'm from a great city and proud of it.”
Ray Quinn said: “To be asked to be part of the Number One Project is fantastic.
“I’m very proud to be from Liverpool and I’m a huge fan of all the music that has come out of the city over the past many years, before I was even born!”
Donny Tourette, singer with Towers of London, said: “I'm proud of my roots and can't wait to get involved.”
The record will be released on January 28 after the Number 1 Project concert at the ECHO Arena on January 19.
More than 5,000 tickets have already been sold for the gig which organisers promise will feature a stellar
line-up of Liverpool artists past and present performing their own versions of Liverpool’s Number Ones.
Two days later, on January 21, the Number 1 Project single will be put on general release which it is hoped will propel the city to the top chart spot at the start of Capital of Culture year.
The single will include three tracks led by Atomic Kitten’s cover of Cilla Black’s Anyone Who Had A Heart produced by Ian Broudie.
The second is potentially a Scaffold re-working of 3 Lions with new Liverpool 08 lyrics courtesy of the legendary and newly reformed trio of Mike McCartney, Roger McGough and John Gorman. The third track is yet to be announced.
The line-up so far . . .
China Crisis – Starry Eyed
Dave McCabe (The Zutons) - Bad To Me
Elvis Costello – Little Children
OMD - Whole Again
The Real Thing - Eleanor Rigby
Ian McCulloch - Imagine tbc
Scaffold - Re-written version of the 3 Lions
The Farm – Needles and Pins
The Christians - My Sweet Lord
Thea Gilmore feat Mike Cave - You Spin Me Right Round
Atomic Kitten - Anyone Who Had a Heart:
The Icicle Works - Woman
Shack - Day Tripper
The Real People - Hey Jude
Ray Quinn - You to Me Are Everything
Deacon Blue feat Connie Lush - tbc
Dr and the Medics - Two TribesTowers Of London – Get Back
Sonia Evans - She Loves You
Anthony Hannah - Relax
Number One team seek 57th variety
THE Number One Project aims to celebrate Liverpool’s status as the world’s number one pop music city.
The ECHO-backed project aims to give the city:
A star-studded concert at the ECHO Arena on January 19, compèred by Freddie Starr and featuring some of
the city’s top music stars from the past 50 years.
A bid for a 57th number one hit single.
A double album of covers and collaborations celebrating Liverpool’s 56 chart-toppers.
It is hoped the headline events will raise at least £1m for Merseyside charities: The ECHO’s Sunrise Fund; Radio City’s Give A Child A Chance charity, the Radio Merseyside Charitable Trust, Alder Hey children’s hospital’s Imagine appeal, Marie Curie Cancer Care in
Woolton and the Marina Dalglish appeal.
The project is backed by the Liverpool ECHO, Radio City and Radio Merseyside and is the brainchild of Atomic Kitten manager Martin O’Shea and Jon Ritchie, director of Korova Corp.
Jon Ritchie said: “It is a fantastic showcase. We are so delighted with support we’ve received from people so far.”
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