Emmy winner and three-time Grammy nominated recording artist Toni Childs is back for another 26 date winter tour bringing her famous power-charged vocals and emotive lyrics to fans everywhere.
Not only will fans be thrilled by favourite hits such as Stop Your Fussin’, Where’s the Ocean, Zimbabwe and Because You’re Beautiful, but also by the news of Toni’s imminent release of her new album Citizens of the Planet – which has been made entirely possible through her fans’ astonishing support.
Best known for her heavily R&B-influenced Don’t Walk Away, Toni Childs exploded into our pop-rock consciousness and hit the big time in 1988, when her critically acclaimed debut album Union went Double Platinum in Australia, selling 200,000 albums. The same year she was nominated for three Grammys including Best New Artist and she toured the east coast with childhood idol Bob Dylan. Her second album, House of Hope went three times platinum and in 1997, the release of Many Rivers to Cross caused her Greatest Hits album to go five times platinum, selling over 500,000 albums.
Toni Childs emerged a few years ago with a brilliant new album Keep The Faith and a message for our time.
Beyond affirming her role as an important voice of inspiration for an entirely new generation, Keep The Faith is her first album since a full self-healing induced recovery from Graves disease.
In 2013 she releases Citizens of the Planet, music and a state-of-the-art live experience devised by Toni Childs. Across the world, fans in 50 countries have raised more than $170,000 towards the funding of the recording, in support of true music independence and Toni’s unbridled spirit. Citizens of the Planet is now in its final mixing and mastering phase and due for release in early 2013.
“This tour will be a special thank you to all those who have so willingly supported me to manifest a vision that dispels fear and brings us all together as ‘citizens of this beautiful planet’,” says Toni Childs. “I am so proud and happy to say that this album was funded by citizens of the planet. It will be an incredible badge of honour to finish this tour knowing that I can say that this album was 100% fan funded.”
Who: Toni Childs
Where: Byron Community Centre
When: September 8
Interested?: Tix: $45 Pre / $50 Door, www.byroncentre.com.au, Ph (02) 6685 6807, Start: 8pm, www.tonichilds.com
