The Grand Ladies of Country show featuring Billie Jo Spears, Philomena Begley, Stella Parton, Georgette Jones and Leona Williams will visit Castlebar the 6th March 2010.

Tickets are available on www.ticketmaster.ie as well as from The Royal Box Office on 0818 300 000. For further information please check The Royal website on: www.theroyal.ie or www.ticketmaster.ie

Stella Parton
Her voice is authentic and unadulterated yet dynamic and compelling.  Stella herself is a contrast of sensibilities.  Although tiny and petite, her enduring voice will take you from that of a little girl to that of a secure woman and have you jumping in your seat for more.

Stella has chosen to live a creative life full of imagination, hope and possibility. This was evident when she began writing songs as a little girl and has since written hundreds of songs and traveled and performed internationally.

Georgette Jones
Georgette Jones was born to the only Hall of Fame husband and wife country artists, George Jones and Tammy Wynette. She's been singing with one or both parents since the age of three. She recorded her first single with her Dad, "Daddy Come Home" when she was ten years old and performed it on an HBO special.

Georgette also worked as a backup singer vocalist for her Mom.More recently, Georgette recorded a duet with Mark McGuinn that was included on his "One Man's Crazy" CD and has appeared on TV shows such as Crook and Chase, RFD-tv and The Grand Ole Opry.

Philomena Begley
Country Queen for Forty Five Years.

“I would have to say that life in show business is certainly a lot harder now than it was at the start of my career”, says Ireland’s undisputed ‘Queen of Country Music’ Philomena Begley as she embarks on a special tour to celebrate 45 years in the music business ably supported by her son Aidy Quinn and his six piece Band.

However she added “I still wouldn’t like to give it up. It’s in the blood and I’m enjoying my work a lot better now than when I started out”.

Billie Jo Spears
Billie Jo Spears landed a few big country hits during the '70s, thanks to a sultry, bluesy voice that made her a perfect torch balladeer; while she never quite edged her way into stardom in the U.S., she earned a devoted following in Great Britain and toured there frequently.

Spears was born in Beaumont, TX, in 1937 and made her professional debut at age 13 in an all-star country concert in Houston; not long after, she recorded the single "Too Old for Toys, Too Young for Boys" as Billie Joe Moore for Abbott Records.