SHIRLEY BASSEY TRIBUTE ACT

To the one and only, original and best always, Dame Shirley Bassey. Your legend, your music, your beauty, your grace. Your fans in Australia adore you. They came to see me pay tribute to you in my own way and the love and applause and encores and standing ovations, I send to you. I will always be in your debt and I will never give you anything but my deepest admiration and respect. To the audiences here. I have no way of expressing my gratitude for the love you have shown me.

Wagga Wagga Civic Centre, The Concourse Concert Hall, West Gippsland Arts Centre and The Palms Crown Melbourne- that's a wrap for this week's shows! Thank you to Ben Maiorana, my manager and promoter in Australia and to the wonderful musicians that are backing me in the show. 4 fabulous audiences - thank you so much. I'm so grateful for the love you've shown me. All my love xxxx

Thank you so much to wonderful people of Western Australia for making my first ever visit such a warm and friendly one. I will be back. Thank you to the sound & lighting people at both the Astor Theatre in Perth and at the Mandurah Performing Arts Centre in Mandurah for making me sound and look great xx I am back in Eastern Australia now with shows at Wagga Wagga, Sydney, Warragul and Melbourne that I will be appearing at this week. Thank you for your kind words and support x

Thank you, thank you Perth and particularly the wonderful appreciative audience of the Astor Theatre in Perth WA. It was a fabulous night and great to meet so many Shirley fans and you made me feel so at ease with your lovely, warm welcome. A great night to start the tour off with. Next stop is Mandurah and the Mandurah Performing Arts Centre on Saturday before flying back across Australia and onto New South Wales and Wagga Wagga.

Here at The Astor Theatre, Perth. All set up in the dressing room with the wigs, sparkles and feathers and these beautiful flowers arrive - from my Mr C from St Anne's Florist in Perth WA Now getting prepared to soundcheck soon - horn section are arriving in a wee while. The backdrop you see here is the backdrop used on one of DSB's tours here in Australia and our lighting man, Jerry, is from Vegas originally and has worked with none other than Cher. Yes, I'm still pinching

I met the incredible band that will be backing me in the shows here in Australia today and I couldn't be happier. What a lovely bunch of guys they are - and incredibly talented. Led by the wonderful MD Steven Isoardi, all went well and we are ready to fly to Perth with our promoter Ben Maiorana on Thursday, ready for Friday's show at The Astor Theatre and Saturday's show at Mandurah Performing Arts Centre.

Three years in the making (due to the Covid 19 pandemic and travel restrictions), I can finally say that the Australian Tour is finally well and truly happening. I write this fabulous news from my hotel apartment in Sydney, Australia as I prepare to start my tour. Tomorrow night sees the opening show (after a 5hr flight to Perth in Western Australia) at the Astor Theatre in Perth. The dates have have been uploaded and links to the venues added as I type. If you are in Austral