Toni Childs With Special Guest Wendy Matthews

Presented by Premier Artists

Back by popular demand, three time Grammy nominee Toni Childs is heading to Australia for an encore live national tour in September and October 2009. Toni Childs performed a string of sell-out shows in Australia earlier this year and will once again be thrilling audiences with her signature husky vocals and emotive lyrics. Toni's Special Guest on the first part of the tour is Wendy Matthews.

The upcoming tour sees Toni performing her blockbuster hits, as well as showcasing her latest hit album Keep The Faith. The songs from this emotionally hard-hitting album are a blend of roots, rock, folk and gospel songs. Toni's tour earlier this year demonstrated to audiences the enormous soul and vision she is famous for.

Best known for her heavily R&B influenced Don't Walk Away, Toni Childs 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 Mb>Best New Artist. 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.

In 2008, Toni Childs also launched a new body care range, Feminine Mysteries?, which is inextricably linked to her Keep The Faith album. It also encourages people to connect, heal and transform the world through love.

Living on the island of Kauai, Hawaii, Toni has spent the last eight years recovering from the Graves Disease she was diagnosed with in the summer of 1997. Overcoming her battle with this rare stress disorder, she recently came back from her musical exile giving fans so much more than they might ever have expected.

With a talent for picking the mood of the times, Toni Childs seems determined to go beyond affirming her role as an important voice of inspiration for an entirely new generation to explore the zeitgeist defining theme of global connection.

Wendy Matthews, one of Australia's finest voices, is joining Toni Childs as Special Guest on stage for select dates around the country. Wendy will be a part of the line up from the beginning of the tour until the show at St George's Basin on Sunday 18th October.

Winner of seven ARIAs, Wendy Matthews' music and talent have captivated Australian audiences since the 1980s. Singing upfront with her group Absent Friends, Wendy's hit ballad I Don?t Wanna Be With Nobody But You reached Number One in the charts in 1990. Wendy then released her solo debut ?migr?, which went Double Platinum and spawned the hits Token Angels, Lets Kiss and Woman's Gotta Have It. This was followed up by the Triple Platinum album Lily featuring the mega hit The Day You Went Away plus If Only I Could and Friday's Child. Wendy has continued to charm critics and audiences alike ever since. Wendy Matthews has a sublime, expressive voice that never fails to move those who hear it.