Beyond the Black Suit

Recorded in LA this week, Drew & Stewart kick off The Ten Tenors Podcast with a chat about touring life and the creation of “Here’s to the Heroes”. If you don’t know what a podcast is, read on…

What is a Podcast?
A “podcast” is really just a fancy term for a file that is delivered in a special way to your computer via the internet. The file may contain spoken words, music, photos, even video. For simplicity, think of it a bit like broadcasting via the internet.

To enjoy the podcast, ensure you have installed iTunes (for either mac or PC) on your computer.

Competition Details
During the recording of the podcast, Drew got a crazy idea to hold a competition to see who can send the most photos of themselves standing in front of Here’s to the Heroes billboards - so we decided, why not? Let’s do it!. So, here’s the info…

The HTTH billboards Drew is referring to are only in Germany. The competition is open to anyone, but obviously you need to have been to Germany to stand in front of a billboard. (Don’t worry - we’ve told him to make the competition a bit more international next time!). Competition closes on October 31st. Send your entries to billboard@thetentenors.com. The winner will receive a TTT prize pack, including: cd, fridge magnets and souvenir booklet signed by the guys.

[EDIT: Check out the new details here]

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The Ten Tenors have asked us to pass on their HUGE thanks to all their fans from other parts of Europe who made the journey to join them at the Royal Albert Hall last night. The guys were genuinely touched by your support and appreciated having some rowdy fans of their own amongst the crowd.

So - on behalf of the boys - thanks!!

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Here’s a review of Here’s to the Heroes published today:

It’s power ballads at full throttle as The Ten Tenors get stuck into the songbook of Oscar-winning composer John Barry… It makes for an emotional, highly charged sound, and the voices of the 10 fine singers and the brilliant production values live up to the drama of the material… it is another impressive work from this act. - Sydney Star Observer

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For all you German speaking fans, here’s some info about The Ten Tenors’ forthcoming performance for the Goldenen Henne:

Zur GOLDENEN HENNE, dem großen Medienpreis von SUPERillu, werden zahlreiche nationale und internationale Stars erwartet. Die australischen „Ten Tenors“ begeistern mit Vokalgesang quer durch alle Genres und füllen weltweit ganze Stadien. - PromiBlog.com

Die GOLDENE HENNE wird am 20. September 2006 im Friedrichstadtpalast Berlin in Rahmen einer glanzvollen Fernsehgala verliehen. MDR und RBB übertragen live ab 20.15 Uhr. Bereits ab 19.50 Uhr sendet das MDR Fernsehen live von der Ankunft der Stars und ab 22.50 Uhr von der Party der Sieger.

Mehr dazu in der aktuellen Ausgabe von SUPERillu, die am 14. September 2006 erscheint.

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A couple of websites with TTT competitions:

Eflimcritic.com

(These competitions are not conducted by TTT, so exercise your own judgement in entering)

Thanks to Tanja for tipping us off to these in TTT Forum.

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If you live in Australia, and have recently purchased The Ten Tenors’ latest CD “Here’s To The Heroes“, you are eligible to enter the draw for free tickets to one of TTT’s performances in their Australian Tour in 2007.

The competition closes at the end of September, so get your details in today!

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The Courier Mail Arts and Entertainment Blog:
Ten Tenors in fine voice
Posted by Brett Debritz on Wednesday, September 06, 06 at 07:31 pm

At his company’s product launch in Brisbane this afternoon, Warner Music Australia CEO Ed St John told a story about having lunch recently with broadcaster Alan Jones and members of the Ten Tenors. St John said he made the mistake of remarking how good it was to see some fine operatic singers come from Queensland of all places. “Alan pulled me up and said, ‘Most of Australia’s best opera singers come from Queensland’.” Quite right, too…

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Brisbane blogger, Jared, caught TTT’s only public performance during their recent whirlwind promotional trip down under, presenting songs from Here’s to the Heroes.

Hey everyone, we had the 10 tenors perform at the shopping centre where i work today. They are really good - Jared’s World of Stuff: Ten tenors:

Melbourne Blogger, Harris Smart writes:

THE LAST TENOR: We used to have individual tenors. Then we had Three Tenors. Now we have Ten Tenors. Soon we will have a Hundred Tenors, then a Thousand, then a Million and so on. Soon there will be only one unemployed tenor left in the world. The Last Tenor. - HARRIS SMART

So, what do you think “The Last Tenor” might be like?

The last few days have seen TTT crossing from one side of the USA to the other and back again as they undertake a publicity tour for their new album Here’s to the Heroes.