Pointer Sisters Tickets

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LENNARD PROMOTIONS
proudly presents

Grammy Award-Winning Divas
THE POINTER SISTERS
"I'M SO EXCITED!" AUSTRALIAN TOUR - NOVEMBER 2011


Multi-Platinum Recording Artists and Grammy Award winners, The Pointer Sisters' career has spanned three decades with Top Twenty Chartbuster hits like "Fire", "He's So Shy", "Slow Hand", "Automatic", "Jump (For My Love)", "I'm So Excited", "Neutron Dance", to name a few. Their repertoire has included such diverse genres from pop and disco to R&B, dance and rock. The Pointer Sisters - "I'm So Excited" Australian Tour in November 2011 is being proudly presented by Lennard Promotions. Tickets on sal...

Short Biography
LENNARD PROMOTIONS
proudly presents

Grammy Award-Winning Divas
THE POINTER SISTERS
"I'M SO EXCITED!" AUSTRALIAN TOUR - NOVEMBER 2011


Multi-Platinum Recording Artists and Grammy Award winners, The Pointer Sisters' career has spanned three decades with Top Twenty Chartbuster hits like "Fire", "He's So Shy", "Slow Hand", "Automatic", "Jump (For My Love)", "I'm So Excited", "Neutron Dance", to name a few. Their repertoire has included such diverse genres from pop and disco to R&B, dance and rock. The Pointer Sisters - "I'm So Excited" Australian Tour in November 2011 is being proudly presented by Lennard Promotions. Tickets on sale on Monday 25th July, 2011.

The Pointer Sisters have performed with some of the greatest symphony orchestras in the world, toured extensively world-wide.

They proved a smash hit at the "Night of the Proms", which spanned over 50 sold-out performances throughout Germany, Holland and Belgium, and has secured the group many more successful tours in Europe. In 2004, the group recorded a live CD/DVD, which captured the energetic Pointers performing their hits.

The Pointer Sisters began their formal vocal training in their father's church. They went on to achieve worldwide fame and have secured a place in pop music history as a dynamic female group! Their first performance in Los Angeles at the Troubadour club was hailed by critics for its versatility and range and called The Pointer Sisters "the most exciting thing to hit show business in years". Their 1973 debut album gave us the singles, "Yes We Can, Can" which reached #11 on Billboard magazine's pop singles chart. The album was certified gold and the group had become the most talked-about new act of the year.

The following year, the sisters released "That's A Plenty", an album that included a bona-fide country-western tune, "Fairytale", written by the sisters. The single hit big on both the country and pop charts. As a result, the sisters became the first black female group to ever perform at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, Tennessee. They also became the first contemporary act to perform at the San Francisco Opera House and released a live recording of the performance. In 1975, "Fairytale" won the sisters their first Grammy Award, for Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Elvis Presley later covering the tune. That year, the sisters released their fourth album entitled "Steppin'", the record included "How Long (Betcha Got A Chick On The Side)"; co-written by the sisters, it went top 20 on the pop charts and sailed all the way to #1 on R&B. In 1976, the sisters hit the big screen, joining Richard Pryor in the film, "Car Wash". "You Gotta Believe" which was featured on the film's soundtrack, rose up the R&B charts. In 1977, The Pointer Sisters released "Having a Party".

In an effort to change their style, the sisters teamed up with Richard Perry, a well-known producer who had previously worked with such artists as Barbara Streisand and Carly Simon. Together, they decided to record a rock 'n roll album. The group's debut single, Bruce Springsteen's "Fire", went all the way to #2 on the pop charts and went gold. Boosted by "Fire" the Energy album was certified gold and went on to spawn another top single with "Happiness". In 1980, the group released the gold-certified album "Special Things"; it featured the song "He's So Shy" that went to #3 and gold status. In 1981, the group released "Black & White", which included one of the biggest hits of the year, "Slow Hand". The single topped out at #2 on the Billboard charts, and became an anthem for women across the country.

Alas, the title of their 1983 album summed up exactly what the trio was about to do "Break Out". Upon its release, Stereo Review called the new album "the Pointer Sisters at their sassiest, brassiest, up-tempo best." When Ruth took the lead for "Automatic" her deeper-than-deep vocals practically leapt off the vinyl, and helped the single go all the way to #5. The Pointer Sisters landed all over MTV, becoming one of the first black acts to be played in heavy rotation. "Jump(for my love)" raced to #3 on the pop charts. "I'm So Excited" hit the Top 10 and became a Pointer classic! To date, the song has been played over 2.5 million times on radio. "Neutron Dance" featuring Ruth's gospel-spiked shouts, rose to #6 on the pop charts as its video dominated MTV. Paramount Pictures included the hit in their film, "Beverly Hills Cop", starring Eddie Murphy. Finally, "Break Out" spawned a sixth single, "Baby Come And Get It".
The success of the album earned the sisters two Grammy Awards (Best Vocal by a Duo or Group for "Jump" and Best Vocal Arrangement for "Automatic") and two American Music Awards. "Break Out" was certified triple-platinum, making it the biggest selling album of The Pointer Sisters.

The success of the album earned the sisters two Grammy Awards (Best Vocal by a Duo or Group for "Jump" and Best Vocal Arrangement for "Automatic") and two American Music Awards. "Break Out" was certified triple-platinum, making it the biggest selling album of The Pointer Sisters.
While they toured heavily and made countless television appearances, the group released the "Contact" album for RCA Records in 1985. The set's first single, "Dare Me", hit #11 and was accompanied by another stylish video that established The Pointer Sisters as trendsetters for a whole new generation. Within three weeks of its release, "Contact" was certified platinum, and the group went on to win another American Music Award for Best Video Group. In late 1986, The Pointer Sisters released their second album, "Hot Together", which spawned a top 40 hit with "Goldmine". The Pointer Sisters helped promote the album in 1987 by hitting prime time with their first television network special, "Up All Night" featuring The Pointer Sisters' 20th year in the recording industry.

The Pointer Sisters, best known as the "Divine Divas of Pop Music", have constantly been at the top of the record charts for three decades.

In-depth Biography
Versatile Ruth, Anita, June, and Bonnie Pointer regularly scored pop and soul hits throughout the '70s and '80s in a chameleonic variety of styles. Formed in Oakland, with their first successes for Blue Thumb Records blending funky rhythms with a novel nostalgic attitude (beginning with their 1973 revival of Allen Toussaint's "Yes We Can Can"), leading up to their first number one R&B item in 1975, "How Long (Betcha' Got a Chick on the Side)."

Bonnie signed with Motown in 1978 and kicked off her own string of R&B hits with "Free Me From My Freedom/Tie Me to a Tree (Handcuff Me)." (June and Anita also tried the solo route during the '80s, without leaving the fold.)

By 1979, when the remaining trio covered Bruce Springsteen's "Fire," the Pointers were headed in a more contemporary direction on the Planet label, and "He's So Shy" (1980), "Slow Hand" (1981), "Automatic," and the anthemic "Jump (For My Love)" (the last two both 1984) were savvy ditties that blazed trails across the R&B and pop charts. However, the group's success declined during the late '80s, as their records began to sound more formulaic. The Pointer Sisters lost their major-label record contract in the early '90s, and the group began performing on oldies circuits occasionally. In 1995, the trio made a tentative return to the spotlight when they joined a revival performance of the Fats Waller musical Ain't Misbehavin', yet the accompanying soundtrack album failed to gain much attention. ~ Bill Dahl, All Music Guide