I’ve got to admit, I’m not a fan of getting older. I shed tears when I turned 20 as I was bidding my teenage years goodbye, and I was mortified when I hit 30. However according to Melinda Schneider I shouldn’t stress too much. She’s preparing to release a new retrospective album joyfully titled Life Begins at 40.
The two-disc set celebrates three decades of Melinda’s music captured in the studio and on the road. So many greatest hits collections are a bit of rehash, but this includes some really unique gems like the version of “Santa Call on Me” she recorded at just eight years of age, and duets with Paul Kelly, David Campbell, Olivia Newtown-John, and her mum Mary. And of course there are her biggest hits including “I Wanna Be Married,” “Be Yourself,” and “The Story of My Life.”
Life Begins at 40 hits stores on October 21. To celebrate the release Melinda is playing plenty of shows. You can catch her in her one-woman tribute to Doris Day tribute, her Heartland tour gigs with Graeme Connors, shows with philharmonic orchestras, and a big Life Begins at 40 bash in Tamworth in the coming months.
12 – 16 October 2011 – Regal Theatre, Perth (DORIS, Doris Day – So Much More than the Girl Next Door)
26 October 2011 – Bunbury Entertainment Centre, Bunbury (with Graeme Connors)
27 October 2011 – Cummins Theatre, Merredin (with Graeme Connors)
28 October 2011 – Goldfields Arts Centre, Kalgoorlie (with Graeme Connors)
29 October 2011 – Esperance Civic Centre, Esperance (with Graeme Connors)
30 October 2011 – Albany Entertainment Centre, Albany (with Graeme Connors)
3 –13 November 2011 – Lyric Theatre @ The Star, Sydney (DORIS, Doris Day – So Much More than the Girl Next Door)
15 –27 November 2011 – The Twelfth Night Theatre, Brisbane (DORIS, Doris Day – So Much More than the Girl Next Door)
27 & 28 December 2011 – Philharmonic Phireworks Concert, Sydney Opera House
30 & 31 December 2011 – Philharmonic Phireworks Concert, State Theatre @ The Arts Centre, Melbourne
27 January 2012 – Life Begins At 40 Concert, West Tamworth League Club, Tamworth
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