10 Year Plan

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For Brave: "Chart Archive > 8 March 2015 – 14 March 2015". Official Charts Company. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015 . Retrieved 12 August 2015. They hail from the neighbouring counties of Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire in England. " Shire" is the original term for what is usually known as a county in the United Kingdom. The duo took the band name to maintain a British identity and take a small part of Britain to the United States. After playing hardly half a dozen shows together, The Shires caught the attention of Decca Records, who signed them in the United Kingdom, and they secured a contract with American record label Universal Music Group Nashville, thus becoming the first English country act to be signed to a major Nashville label. [3] [4] [5] They were also the first UK country act to have a top ten album and the first to receive an award from the American Country Music Association.

They were invited to the C2C: Country to Country 2014 Festival and performed at The Town Square Pop Stage on 16 March 2014 outside the London O2 arena. [8] Their first single "Nashville Grey Skies" was released on 4 April 2014 and received its first airplay on the Bob Harris BBC Radio 2 Country show on 3 April 2014. It was added to the BBC Radio 2 "B" Playlist for the week commencing 3 May 2014 and climbed to the "A" playlist the following week. [9] [10] [11] The song was written by Earle before visiting Music City which is a song about hope with a pipe dream of building, and the UK having, a country music capital of its very own. [12] It takes the musicality influences from America whilst maintaining a Britishness with the song writing. It contains facetious lines such as "Well they say it's way too cold for cut-off jeans and they won't be drinking moonshine but G & T's" and "We can build our own Nashville under these grey skies". formed after Ben (from Hertfordshire) appealed on Facebook for a female country singer to work with him. Crissie (from Bedfordshire), a friend of a friend, replied, came round the very next day and they discovered an instant chemistry.

In March 2020, The Shires were announced to be playing the main stage at the C2C: Country to Country festival, replacing Old Dominion who withdrew due to concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic, making The Shires the first UK country act to perform a set on the main stage. The Shires are the UK’s biggest country music export. Their achievements speak for themselves: three consecutive UK Top 3 albums, four #1 UK Country albums, 100 million+ streams, two Gold-certified records, and countless sold-out headline shows, including filling the prestigious Royal Albert Hall. Now The Shires announce the release of their soul-stirring new album ‘10 Year Plan’ out on 11th March 2022. The Shires sign US record deal with man who discovered Taylor Swift". Bbc.co.uk. 28 October 2016. Archived from the original on 20 August 2018 . Retrieved 21 June 2018. Music – The Shires". Theshiresmusic.com. Archived from the original on 15 March 2016 . Retrieved 21 September 2016. For 10 Year Plan: "Chart Archive > 18 March 2022 – 24 March 2022". Official Charts Company. Archived from the original on 21 April 2022 . Retrieved 19 March 2022.

No doubt from the very first moment: The Shires have been able to deliver high quality music and are likely the only act from Europe, who are able to do so constantly on the country / country-pop sector. Cut Me Loose is a great opener – and it would also be a Nashville smasher, if the duo would be US-American. Great modern country music sound. 2. Sparks Fly

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Thematically, 10 Year Plan is summed up by a line from closing lighters-in-the-air ballad “When It Hurts”: “Real love… takes guts, to keep on fighting through the years/There’s gonna be heartache and tears for the both of us.” But there are no entertaining C&W yarns, just pleading, post-Sheeran/Capaldi solipsism. When Earle’s theatrically emoting voice sings, on “A Bar Without You”, that he could drink bourbon and wine but not enough “to get you off my mind”, it sounds more like he’d run it off down the gym after a frappuccino. Review: The Shires – 'My Universe' – GetToTheFront". 26 August 2016. Archived from the original on 23 May 2018 . Retrieved 23 May 2018.