Thailand Tour 2010

Heather is performs 3 concerts in Thailand in aid of Melissa Cosgrove Childrens Foundation.

2010 Thailand Tour DatesFriday 26th February - Bangkok, British Club Lawns
Saturday 27th February - Pattaya, Centara Grand Beach Resort
Tuesday 2nd March - Koh Samui, KC Resort

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[Press Release]
An EVENING with.... HEATHER SMALL

We are pleased to announce that HEATHER SMALL will be coming to THAILAND to perform ALL THE HITS for charity...LIVE!
4 CONCERTS
4 LOCATIONS
MILLIONS RAISED FOR CHARITY

After selling several million records, winning two Brit Awards and the Mercury Music Prize, performing across the globe and recording a track that has become an unofficial national anthem - international anthem even!

The Award Winning singer from M PEOPLE is without doubt one of the most successful female recording artists of recent years and she is coming to Thailand. Heather will be singing LIVE all the hits such as 'Moving On Up', 'One Night In Heaven' and 'Search For The Hero' and of course the Olympic Anthem “Proud”

The evenings are in support of the MELISSA COSGROVE CHILDRENS FOUNDATION and the fundraisers will be held over 4-nights in late February and early March.

DATES:
BANGKOK- BRITISH CLUB LAWNS on FRIDAY 26th FEBRUARY
PATTAYA- CENTARA GRAND BEACH RESORT on SATURDAY 27th FEBRUARY
KOH SAMUI- KC RESORT on TUESDAY 02 MARCH

[NOTE: More INFO on all the shows and activity coming soon]

ABOUT THE FOUNDATION
GIVING HOPE TO THOUSANDS

Award winning Fundraising guru Tracy Cosgrove has given hope to thousands of youngsters in Thailand through the Melissa Cosgrove Children's Foundation, a not-for-profit organisation which she set up after seeing at first hand the terrible conditions in which many are forced to live.

Her transforming work in orphanages, street children's projects, and for Aids and disabled youngsters, has received international recognition - and inspired hundreds of people who have been touched by her courageous story.

Now based in Pattaya, Thailand the MCCF team is working alongside the booming construction industry to continue giving hope and improving the lives of children living with their parents in the many squalid labour camps around the cities of Pattaya and Bangkok.

The starting point is to try and give the child...
‘The day in the life of a child’
A decent meal... Some new clothes...
A fun swim... An education... And day care centres... Very basic things which we take for granted in the West but which these children do not receive...

DETAILS ON SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES please contact Tracy Cosgrove at travelswithmum@aol.co.uk or call
Thai / English speaking: 0843520309
English Speaking: 0843520299

PRESS ENQUIRIES, PR ACTIVITY AND EVENT INFORMATION please contact Ruskie at ruskiecleaver@gmail.com

Supported by the BIG organization
http://www.mccf.uk.com/
http://www.bigorganization.ning.com/ [VIDEOS ON-LINE HERE]

An Evening of carols and performance in Chester Cathedral, 9th December 2009

Heather Small, Voice of M People performed at a beautiful evening of carols and performance at the Magnificent Chester Cathedral…In aid of Macmillan Cancer Support

Supported by The Bank of America’s Fraud Department & Moneysupermarket.com, Macmillan Cancer Support’s annual Christmas Carol Concert at Chester Cathedral on Wednesday 9th December will be yet another amazing evening of Carols by Candlelight with special guest performer Heather Small, the voice of Manchester based band M People which sold over 10 million albums worldwide.
It will be an opportunity to celebrate anyone who has supported Macmillan however big or small!

The evening will be compared by Smooth Radio and there will be performances from the fantastic Heather Small, The City of Chester Brass Band, Centenary Theatre Company, Harmony in Blue & Ensemble Cymru. Not forgetting Diane Tice, a cellist who launched her professional music career with a performance of Elgars Cello Concerto in the United Nations Headquarters in New York in 1992 will be welcoming you into the Cathedral as you arrive with her beautiful sound.
And of course the evening would not be complete without a great selection of Christmas Carols for everybody to sing along to and enjoy.

Aimee Scally, Fundraising Manager said:
“We are all extremely excited about the Carol Concert. We have some wonderful performances again this year, and we hope to make it as magical as possible for everybody who attends. To have Heather perform is absolutely fantastic; It would be wonderful to see as much support for the event, the performers and most importantly people affected by cancer as possible.”

A great big thank you to The Bank of America, Fraud Department, and Moneysupermarket.com who are supporting the event; helping to make it possible. Adrian Stearns, European Fraud Executive at Bank of America said:
“Bank of America is delighted to be able to support the work of Macmillan Cancer Support and this year’s concert in particular”.

Sarah Hayden at Moneysupermarket.com said, “We are supporting Macmillan Cancer Support’s Christmas Carol Concert as part of our community initiative to help local charities. We are delighted to be supporting this event; Macmillan does a fantastic job of helping those whose lives have been affected by cancer."

To continue this vital work and to achieve our goal of reaching EVERYONE affected by Cancer, we need the support of people from the local area, no matter how big or small. I am sure you will agree that as one in three of us are diagnosed with Cancer at some point in our lives, cancer is something that affects us all.

SETLIST:
Close To A Miracle
Search For The Hero
Proud

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In Concert: Doncaster Civic, 1st Dec 09

Heather Small will play Doncaster Civic on the 1st December 2009. Tickets are available from Ticketline.co.uk and Ticketmaster via The-Dome.co.uk and priced £22.50 and £25. Box office: 01302 342349

In Concert: Newcastle City Hall, 26th Nov 09

Heather Small will play Newcastle City Hall on the 26th November 2009. Tickets are available via Ticketline.co.uk and are priced £25 and £22.50. Tickets go on sale July 31st, 9am. Box office: 0191 2612606, for more info visit the venue's homepage.





Press Preview:
Heather Small to play City Hall date
Big voice ... Heather Small.
Published Date: 05 August 2009
By Gary Welford

SOUL singer Heather Small spent much of last year appearing on our TV screens as a contestant on Strictly Come Dancing.

But the voice behind such hits as Moving On Up and One Night In Heaven is back to doing what she does best - singing.

She has teamed up with the Snake Davis Band to head out on the road this autumn, and will appear at Newcastle City Hall on November 26.

As part of M People, who sold 10 million albums around the world, she became one of the seminal British voices of the 1990s.

Named after the initials of their founder, DJ Mike Pickering, they emerged from the Manchester club scene, and enjoyed five years of success, racking up 20 Top 20 hits.

Small's distinctive voice was the group's major selling point, and they won the Mercury Music Prize in 1994 and were named best British dance act at the Brits in 1994 and 1995.

They enjoyed eight Top 10 singles in a row in a phenomenally-successful two years, culminating in Search For The Hero, which was later used in the TV advertising campaign for the Peugeot 406.

After touring and promoting the Bizarre Fruit II album for 18 months, the band took a break in 1996, but it didn't leave the chart until April 1997, becoming one of the biggest sellers of the decade.

They made some live outdoor UK performances called the Summer M Parties at Crystal Palace, Alton Towers, and Old Trafford, the latter to a crowd of 60,000 at an event celebrating the Euro 96 football championships.

Small gave birth to her son, and, after the closure of their deConstruction label by BMG, the band founded their own label, M People Records, to release their next album, Fresco, in 1997.

It again peaked at No2, going on to sell 1.1 million copies and being certified platinum, and the following year's compilation The Best of M People did the same, despite outselling it.

The band then took a long break, with Small concentrating on raising her son, though she couldn't stay away from music for long, and released a solo album, Proud, in 2000, which reached a respectable No12 and achieved gold sales.

It seemed M People had split up, but they reconvened for a short UK tour in 2005 to promote a re-packaged Greatest Hits, and Small continued to pursue a solo career, releasing a second, less-successful album, in 2006.

Proud, which had become her signature tune, was used as the soundtrack to the successful London 2012 Olympic bid, and Small went all ballroom last year by appearing on the hit TV series Strictly Come Dancing.

Music was always her first love, however, and she appeared at Buckingham Palace for the 2012 Olympic Handover party, the Manchester Pride festival, and at Cardiff's Millenium Stadium for the Welsh 6 Nations Victory Celebration.

She also went back to basics, teaming up with the Snake Davis Band for three sell-out nights at Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club in London at the end of last year.

Now she is hitting the road again with them, performing blues and jazz standards, along with some of M People's best-loved songs and her solo hits.

Tickets for the City Hall show, priced £22.50 and £25, are available now from 261 2606.

The Autumn Tour 2009

Heather Small will be on Tour during November and December 2009. Again mixing Jazz and Blues into her set list of M People and Solo Hits. Doors open 7pm.

November 2009
12 - Eastbourne Congress [details]
13 - Poole Lighthouse
14 - Chichester Festival
16 - Torquay Princess
18 - Buxton Opera House [details]
19 - Malvern Theatre, [details]
20 - Skegness Embassy
22 - Halifax Victoria
23 - Birmingham Alexandra

24 - Margate Winter Gardens
26 - Newcastle City Hall [details]
27 - Liverpool Philharmonic Hall [details]
28 - Carlisle Sands Centre [details]
30 - De Montford Hall, Leicester [details]

December 2009
1 - Doncaster Civic [details]



Tickets available from the individual venues, see the bottom of the page for box office numbers and website links.

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In Concert: Forum Theatre, Malvern, 19th Nov 09

Heather Small will play the Forum Theatre in Malvern (Worcestershire) on the 19th November 2009. Tickets are available via http://www.malvern-tickets.co.uk/ and are priced £25.50 Box office: 01684 892277

In Concert: Liverpool Philharmonic Hall, 27th Nov 09

Heather Small will play Liverpool Philharmonic Hall on the 27th November 2009. Tickets are available via http://www.liverpoolphil.com/ and are priced £23, £25 and £30 Box office: 0151 709 3789






Promotional Posters Around Liverpool

In Concert: De Monford Hall, Leicester 30th Nov 09

Heather Small will play De Monford Hall in Leicester on the 30th November 2009. Tickets are available via http://www.demontforthall.co.uk/ and priced £22.50 and £25. Box office: 0116 233 3111

In Concert: Buxton Opera House, 18th Nov 09

Heather Small will play Buxton Opera House on the 18th November 2009. Tickets are available via http://www.buxtonoperahouse.org.uk/ and priced £23 and £25. Box office: 0845 127 2190

In Concert: Congress Theatre, Eastbourne 12th Nov 09

Heather Small will play the Congress Theatre in Eastbourne on the 12th November 2009. Tickets are available via http://www.eastbourne-theatres.co.uk/ and priced £22.50 and £25. Box office: 01323 412000

In Concert: Carlisle Sands Centre, 28th Nov 09

Heather Small will play Carlisle Sands Centre on the 28th November 2009. Tickets are available via TicketWeb.co.uk and priced £22 and £25. Box office: 01228 625222

The Prince's Trust - An Exclusive Evening with Heather Small - June 25th

An Exclusive Evening with Heather Small
The Prince's Trust Leadership group in the North West is proud to present a very special evening featuring one of the UK's most distinctive voices.


Date: 25th June 2009
Location: Davenport Green Hall, Hale.
Dress Code:Dinner jacket and cocktail dresses

During the evening, our Search for a Hero Awards will be celebrating the achievements of young ambassadors and business mentors. Scott Chapman will also be entertaining us over dinner.

The evening starts at 7pm with a champagne reception. Carriages at Midnight.

This promises to be the event of the season and is not to be missed.

How to book
Tickets, per table of ten, are £1,000 for NWLG Members and £1,250 for Non-Members.

For more information and tickets, please contact Julia Worthington at 01244 403067.




SetList:
Search For The Hero
Movin On Up
Angel St
One Night In Heaven

In Concert: Llandudno, Venue Cymru

Heather Small was on top form this Monday evening on the last night on her 2009 tour. I went along with two of my best friends and we had the best seats in the house. It was nearly full at the Welsh theatre and the crowd were up and dancing throughout.

Setlist:

I Don't Hurt Anymore

Heartbreak Hotel

Sight For Sore Eyes

One Night In Heaven

Pearls A Singer

Summertime
For Once In My Life
Take Me for a Buggy Ride
Fernando
Someday
How Can I Love You More?
Moving On Up

Encore:Nobody But You

Proud

In Concert: Arena Plaza, Hungary on May 5, 2009

Heather Small perfomed a concert at Arena Plaza in Budapest, Hungary on May 5th 2009.

The concert was free and was the first time a large scale live concert had ever taken place at "Arena Plaza" which is a supermarket. Lucky winners on the night won tickets and flights to see Heather Small in London during her solo tour, available thanks to Radio Juventus along with Arena Plaza.

The gig kicked off at 19.00.

Setlist:

Proud

Holding On
Search for the Hero
How Can I Love You More?
Close to a Miracle
One Night in Heaven
Moving on up

Photos:

[Many thanks to Leslie for sharing these great photos]

Heather wows IndigO2!

Heather Small wowed the crowd at IndigO2 last night with a polished concert of M People classics, solo tracks (Including the runaway hit "Proud") and some of Heather's favorite covers. Highlights include an emotional yet short lived tribute to her long terms fans "Nobody But You", a knock out performance of "How Can I Love You More" and a unexpected wardrobe malfunction. There is no doubting that this summer's tour will be sizzling.



SetList and Ticket Stub:

The UK Tour 2009

Heather Small went go on a 12 date tour for 2009.



Tour press release
"Undoubtedly one of the best female British soul singers of recent years, Heather Small is best known for fronting the hugely successful 90s band, M People.

Small's career has spanned over seventeen years with M People hits including One Night In Heaven, Moving On Up and Search For The Hero to name but a few, and also as a solo artist with Proud. Small has always remained in the public eye having performed at the 2012 party to celebrate the handover of the Olympic games from Beijing to London. The song Proud was the unofficial song for Team GB in 2004 and is the official anthem to the London games in 2012.

Never afraid to challenge herself, Heather Small also appeared in BBC's Strictly Come Dancing 2008. Partnering up with Brian Fortuna Heather danced her way through to a very respectable 8th week before being voted off. Now

Heather Small will head back to her roots and love of music on Tour Summer 2009."

The support act for all dates was Lucy Noble.

Sample Setlist:
I Don't Hurt Anymore (Dinah Washington cover)
Heartbreak Hotel (Elvis Presley cover)
Sight For Sore Eyes (M People)
One Night In Heaven (M People)
Pearls A Singer (Elkie Brooks' cover)
Summertime (Jazz standard written by George Gershwin)
Take Me for a Buggy Ride (Bessie Smith cover)
Fernando (Abba cover)
Someday (M People)
How Can I Love You More? (M People)
Rise Up (Solo)
Moving On Up (M People)

Encore:
Nobody But You (Gladys Knight and The Pips cover)
Proud (Solo)

See all the interviews and reviews from the tour here.

2008 Olympic Handover Visa Party, The Mall

Heather will take to the stage in The Mall in London for the Olympics handover alongside artists such as Will Young, James Morrison and McFly.

The London 2012 Party will be on BBC One TV from 3.15pm until 5pm.
On BBC London 94.9 - from midday singer Heather Small will present her party request show ahead of her appearance at the 2012 handover party in the Mall. Heather will play your choice of celebratory classics.

VIDEO
Proud


PHOTOS

In Concert: M People @ Samsø Festival, Denmark

M People played Samsø Festival in Denmark at 11.30 on the 19th July 2008.

Info: Samsø festival is one of Denmark’s smaller festivals which means it is delightfully manageable. It takes place on Samsø, which is a wonderful, small island located right in the middle of Denmark only about 2-3 hour travelling from Copenhagen or Aarhus. On Samsø, the festival is located near the small town Ballen (see a map). The festival takes place each year in week 29 from Wednesday to Saturday. More @ http://www.samfest.dk/


Photos
[Photos from Samfest.dk - click to enlarge]


[thanks to Alex for these great photos]

M People Festival Tour 2008

In Concert: M People @ Warsaw, Poland

Cost: 40.49

[M People] Warsaw - Congress Hall, 7th September

ARTICLE
M PEOPLE play Poland for first time

The legendary band from Manchester, UK playing disco, soul and r'n'b will visit Poland for the first time and perform on September 7 at 8pm in Sala Kongresowa, Warsaw.

At the concert fans will have a chance to hear the biggest hits of M PEOPLE, but also songs from the new album recorded by the lead singer of the group, Heather Small.

Thanks to hits like "Moving On Up", "One Night In Heaven" or "Search For The Hero", Heather Small is one of the most recognizable British voices of all time and songs by M PEOPLE have been very popular in Poland for years.

Poland is increasingly becoming a must-play country for many bands, with a large domestic market and good rates of profits for touring musicians.

PHOTOS



SETLIST
Renaissance
Excited
Angel St
One Night in Heaven
Open Your Heart
Someday
Just for You
Proud
Sight for Sore Eyes
How Can I Love You More
Fantasy Island
Search For The Hero
Itchycoo Park
Moving On Up

VIDEOS
Renaissance and Excited


Interview

Interview #2