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Title: SHARLEEN SPITERI ALL THE TIMES I CRIED (LIVE)
Description: Album: Melody ( 08) Later with Jools Holland 13 May 08

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Title: Sharleen Spiteri "All The Times I Cried" at Graham Norton
Description: "All The Times I Cried" band version at Graham Norton BBC2 on June 26th.

Title: In Tango Sharleen Spiteri & Alan Rickman
Description: música: In Tango In grid Clipe original: Texas In Demand Sharleen Spiteri Participação: Alan Rickman
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Daily Record - Found Nov. 5, 2009 Beverley Lyons SHARLEEN Spiteri got fans to sing a happy birthday tribute to Texas musician Ally McErlaine at an exclusive gig in Dunblane Hydro this ... |
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Daily Record - Found Sep. 12, 2009 Singer Sharleen Spiteri and band members said they were 'in shock'. Sharleen said: 'I am thinking of Ally and all of his family at this time. |
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Daily Record - Found Sep. 1, 2009 Scottish songbird Sharleen Spiteri and a host of other celebrities have joined together to pay tribute to the iconic Irish drink as it celebrates ... |
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Daily Record - Found Aug. 11, 2009 By Rick Fulton SHARLEEN SPITERI is jetting to Los Angeles to begin work on her second solo album. |
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Saanich News - Found Oct. 27, 2009 Assigned the lead singer of the band Texas, Sharleen Spiteri, the recent silversmithing graduate designed a fringed teapot studded with... |
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Victoria News - Found Oct. 25, 2009 Assigned the lead singer of the band Texas, Sharleen Spiteri, the recent silversmithing graduate designed a fringed teapot studded with... |
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Daily Star - Found Nov. 2, 2009 SHARLEEN SPITERI led birthday tributes to her TEXAS bandmate ALISTAIR MCERLAINE at a gig on Saturday (310ct09) - reassuring fans he is on his way to |
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Glasgow Sunday Mail - Found Oct. 11, 2009 ... care unit of a London hospital following his collapse on September 10. Bandmates, including singer Sharleen Spiteri, have been praying for his... |
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PR inside - Found Oct. 13, 2009 ... long the recovery will take but he is alive and that is just the first step.' Texas frontwoman Sharleen Spiteri said at the time of McErlaine... |
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Post Chronicle - Found Oct. 12, 2009 ... long the recovery will take but he is alive and that is just the first step." Texas frontwoman Sharleen Spiteri said at the time of McErlaine... |
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Sharleen Spiteri
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| Sharleen Spiteri | |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Sharleen Spiteri |
| Born | 7 November 1967 |
| Origin | Bellshill, Scotland |
| Genres | Pop, rock, |
| Occupations | Singer-songwriter |
| Instruments | Vocals, Guitar |
| Years active | 1988 - present |
| Labels | Mercury Records |
| Associated acts | Texas |
Sharleen Eugene Spiteri (born 7 November 1967 in Glasgow) is a Scottish singer. She fronts the band Texas and from 2008 has begun her career as a solo artist.
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Spiteri was born in Bellshill, near Glasgow, to father Eddie, a guitar-playing merchant seaman and mother Vilma, a singer. Spiteri is of Maltese, Italian and Irish descent. When she was young the family moved from the Glaswegian suburbs to nearby Balloch, Dunbartonshire, close to the banks of Loch Lomond. At school (Vale of Leven Academy) her nickname was ‘Spit the Dog’, after the gobbing mutt on the TV show Tiswas1.
Spiteri's musical influences include The Clash (the main reason she plays a black Fender Telecaster) and Blondie to Marvin Gaye and Prince. She is also a dedicated Diana Ross fan.
She co-founded the band Texas while still a hairdresser in Glasgow at the Irvine Rusk salon.
Several actors have appeared in Texas videos: "In Demand" featured Alan Rickman dancing the tango with Spiteri, "I'll See It Through" featured French actor Jean Reno and "Getaway" had James Purefoy courting Spiteri.
Spiteri supported German Neue Deutsche Härte band Rammstein by supplying guest vocals in their ballad "Stirb Nicht Vor Mir (Don't Die Before I Do)" on their album Rosenrot (2005). She also sang backing vocals on the Gun albums Taking On The World and Gallus from 1989 and 1992. She is the cousin of former Gun singer Mark Rankin. Spiteri additionally sang backing vocals on "Bad Time" by Jayhawks on their album "Tomorrow the Green Grass" from 1995.
On 6 July 2008 she entered the UK charts at number 47 with her first solo recording "All the Times I Cried". The following week, the song rose to #26.
Spiteri released her debut solo album Melody on 14 July 2008. It debuted at number 3 on the UK album chart, behind Coldplay's Viva la Vida or Death and all his Friends at number 2, and Basshunter, who entered at number 1.
| Date | City | Country | Venue | |
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| Melody Tour | ||||
| January 24, 2009 | Aberdeen | Scotland | Music Hall | |
| January 25, 2009 | Edinburgh | Playhouse | ||
| January 27, 2009 | Glasgow | Academy | ||
| January 29, 2009 | Newcastle upon Tyne | England | Newcastle City Hall | |
| January 30, 2009 | Sheffield | City Hall | ||
| February 1, 2009 | Manchester | Apollo | ||
| February 2, 2009 | Harrogate | International Centre | ||
| February 3, 2009 | Ipswich | Regent Theatre | ||
| February 8, 2009 | Birmingham | Symphony Hall | ||
| February 9, 2009 | Nottingham | Royal Concert Hall | ||
| February 10, 2009 | Llandudno | Wales | Venue Cymru Theatre | |
| February 13, 2009 | Bristol | England | Colston Hall | |
| February 15, 2009 | London | Hammersmith Apollo | ||
| Festivals | ||||
| July 11, 2009 | Charlbury | England | Cornbury Festival | |
| July 12, 2009 | Liverpool | Summerpops 09 | ||
| July 18, 2009 | Casablanca | Morocco | Casa Music Festival | |
Cancelled dates: February 5, 2009 - Brighton Dome, England.
Spiteri landed the part of a detective opposite Edward Furlong in the thriller Three Blind Mice2, but backed out due to pregnancy. She was also cast in Moulin Rouge! starring Nicole Kidman and Ewan McGregor, but she told Jonathan Ross on his show on 4 November 2005 that she declined because she did not want to move to Australia for a year.
Spiteri has a large lesbian fanbase, though her own sexual orientation is heterosexual.3
When Texas released their debut single, "I Don't Want a Lover", in 1989, Spiteri was adamant that she didn't want a 'girly' image and insisted on 'Big E' Levi jeans and a denim jacket. She wrote and performed the title track to the 1990s sitcom Ellen, and once appeared alongside Ellen DeGeneres in the opening credits.
Additionally, according to an article in the Scottish tabloid Sunday Mail, Spiteri's song "Don't Keep Me Waiting" (from the Melody album) will be used in the final season of The L Word, Showtime's popular drama about a group of lesbians living in West Hollywood. 4
Spiteri had a long-term relationship with the editor of Arena magazine, Ashley Heath. The couple have a daughter, Misty Kyd (named after the phrase from the Clint Eastwood film Play Misty for Me and Wild West outlaw Billy the Kid), born on 9 September 2002.5 The birth prompted her close friend Thierry Henry to dedicate a goal to her daughter by revealing the slogan "For the new born Kyd" beneath his shirt later that day. The couple separated in the second half of 2004,6 and she is now dating TV chef Bryn Williams.7 In June 2008 on The Graham Norton Show she revealed that she was recently involved in an argument with Paris Hilton in a London club and told her to "fuck off"8. Sharleen is a patron of children's cancer charity CLIC Sargent.
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