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27-Mar-2015
Foster & Allen Tour – South Africaby Rob Howard |
 Video: Foster & Allen Blue Eyes Crying In The RainThe very popular Irish duo Foster & Allen Tour will be on a concert tour of South Africa, late March and early April as part of a World Tour. March 27th - Sand du Plessis Theatre, Bloemfontein March 28th - GrandWest Arena, Cape Town March 29th - Feather Market Centre, Port Elizabeth April 2nd - Emnotweni Casino, Nelspruit April 4th - Emperors Palace, Kempton Park, Johannesburg April 7th - ABSA KKNK – Musiekplaas, Oudtshoorn Foster & Allen are accordionist Mick Foster and singer/guitarist Tony Allen. They began performing together in 1975, playing ‘easy listening’ songs and tunes with some traditional Irish music. In 1979 they released the single ‘A Bunch of Thyme’ in Ireland, which entered the Irish charts and became their first top-selling No. 1 single, soon afterwards repeating the feat in the UK. Several other hit singles and albums followed, and the duo became internationally popular. They have to date achieved album and video sales in excess of 22 million worldwide. Mick Foster was taught to play the accordion by a Sr Anges Murray, a nun of the Mercy Order in Ballymahon, County Longford, and Frankie Gavigan. Other influences on his playing included Jimmy Shand and Will Starr. In 1968 and 1970 Mick Foster won the All Ireland Piano Accordion Championship at the Fleadh Cheoil. He has often stated that his accordion would probably be the last thing in life he would be prepared to give up. |