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Cape Town - Big Concerts announced on Thursday that Cara Frew will be opening for The Script on their Pretoria concert date on 4 May 2018 at the Sun Arena at Time Square. Tickets on sale now from Big Concerts.
MORE ABOUT CARA FREW:
2018 has been a major year for rising pop sensation Cara Frew who has released her new album titled Flame. The new album is an expansion of her 2017 EP Dance and features some of Cara’s biggest tracks such as Free, Only High With You and You Got Me.
MORE ABOUT THE SCRIPT:
The Script are one of the world’s most successful bands and have sold over 29 million records. The Irish three-piece have scored x3 multi-platinum albums, all of which were #1 in the UK. The Script have also picked up a huge following in the USA where they have x4 platinum selling singles under their belt. The Script are also one of the biggest live bands, having sold over 1.4 million tickets across 203 headline shows and they sold out the legendary Croke Park stadium in their hometown in a matter of minutes.
The Script, who have toured South Africa twice with sold out tours (2011 and 2015), consist of members Danny O'Donoghue (vocals), Mark Sheehan (guitar) and Glen Power (drums). After reaching number fifteen in the charts with their 2008 debut single We Cry, their second single The Man Who Can't Be Moved peaked at number two. Their debut album The Script was released on 11 August 2008, and went straight to number one on iTunes, both in Ireland and the United Kingdom.
MORE ABOUT THEIR NEW ALBUM:
Their new album Freedom Child has topped the UK Official Albums Chart, seeing off competition from LCD Soundsystem and OMD. The #1 sees The Script score their fourth UK #1 album. Freedom Child also topped the iTunes chart in their native Ireland, as well as a further 13 countries. They also entered the Top 10 on iTunes in 47 markets around the globe. The band have said of their Number 1 album win, “You guys may never understand how happy we are to have achieved our 4th number 1 album. You see, we've worked so hard on it and ultimately the fans decided whether it's a strong album or not. We're so so lucky and are humbled by it.”
The first single from Freedom Child, Rain, was immediately added to playlists up and down the country and stormed straight into the Top 10 on iTunes. Rain is picking up a phenomenal amount of support around the world - it has been play-listed by Radio 1, Radio 2, Capital as well as 947 and 94.5 KFM in South Africa and is currently the 3rd most played song on national radio. It’s also been added to over 300 playlists on Spotify and the video has already been viewed over 10 million times.
THE SCRIPT’S SA TOUR INFORMATION:
CAPE TOWN
Date: Wednesday 2 May 2018
Venue: Grand West, Grand Arena
Ticket Price: R460 – R685
PRETORIA
Date: Friday 4 May 2018
Venue: Sun Arena at Time Square
Ticket Price: R430 – R685
*Channel24 is partnered with Big Concerts.*
