We’ve known about Tina Arena’s enormous talent here in Australia for many years but even many Aussies would be unaware of her massive popularity in Europe, especially in France. Tina has also had great success in the U.K., Poland, Russia, and the Middle East.
She’ll be performing at the Perth Concert Hall on Wednesday 25th March and is sure to give fans a night of music to remember.
She joined me by phone on 98.5 Sonshine FM during my programme this morning.
You can hear what Tina had to say by clicking the play button on the audio player at the bottom of this post.
In December last year Tina Arena was awarded the prestigious ‘French Order Of Merit’ which will be presented to her by French President Sarkosky in an official ceremony next month. This is an award which is generally only to French nationals but Tina Arena has obviously made an impression.
As well as her recording and performing career, which takes her around the world, Tina is mum to a three year old son. Together with her husband they spend their time between France, London and her native Australia.
Tina’s current tour will see her perform in all of the mainland Australian capital cities with the exception of Adelaide and her Perth performance will be at the Perth Concert Hall on Wednesday 25th March, at 8:00 p.m.
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Thank you for your interview, which was as interesting as always.
I agree that Tina Arena is a massive talent and her concert was just brilliant.
However, I’m not sure I agree that Australia even now adequately realises her brilliance and I’d include her among the sadly long list of Australians who are not valued here as they should be and have ended up overseas. She’s a superb artist and I hope she gets the widespread recognition she deserves. The French Honour is richly deserved.
I started to listen to Sonshine when I heard Anthony Callea at a time when he struggled for air-play on other stations. The variety and unpredictability of your music compared to the mainstream is another of the features that kept me listening and you seem to support Australian artists whether they have a current release or not.
That gives me hope for the future. Thanks again.