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Texas

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Texas is a Scottish rock band from Glasgow, founded in 1986 by Johnny McElhone (formerly of the bands Altered Images and Hipsway), Ally McErlaine, and Sharleen Spiteri (on lead vocals). Texas, despite their name, has no connection with the state of Texas USA. Texas made their performing debut in March 1988 at the University of Dundee. The band released their debut album Southside in 1989, along with the debut single "I Don't Want a Lover", which was a top-ten hit on the UK Singles Chart and peaked within the top ten of the charts in many other European countries. Southside entered at number three on the UK Albums Chart and number 88 on the Billboard 200 album chart in the United States, and sold over two million copies worldwide. Despite the success of Southside, the follow-up albums Mothers Heaven (1991) and Ricks Road (1993) were less successful, peaking at number 32 and number 18 on the UK Albums Chart respectively, but achieved moderate success on various European markets.

The band's fortunes changed in 1997 with the release of their White on Blonde album, which entered at the top of the UK albums chart and became their biggest seller. To date it has been certified six times platinum in the United Kingdom. Follow up album The Hush (1999) was also successful, entering at the top of the UK albums chart and certified triple platinum. The band's Greatest Hits album, released in 2000, was another big-seller, again entering at the top of the UK albums chart, and certified six times platinum. Texas would go on to release a further two studio albums, Careful What You Wish For in 2003, and Red Book in 2005, both of which were certified gold in the United Kingdom. After the release of Red Book and a tour to support the album's release, Texas went on hiatus. Lead singer Sharleen Spiteri launched a solo career, releasing her debut solo album, Melody, in 2008.

As of 2017, Texas's worldwide sales were 40 million records and they have had thirteen top-ten singles on the UK singles chart and three number-one albums and eight UK top-ten albums on the UK albums chart. Their ninth studio album, Jump on Board, released in May 2017, peaked within the top ten of the album charts in Belgium and France, whilst their tenth studio album, Hi, released in May 2021, became their highest-charting album in the UK since 1999's The Hush, debuting at number three on the official UK albums chart and number one on the UK independent albums chart, and entering at number one in their native Scotland.

Texas were formed in 1986 by singer Sharleen Spiteri, bass guitarist Johnny McElhone and guitarist Ally McErlaine. At the time, Spiteri was working at the Irvine Rusk salon as a hairdresser in Glasgow. In 1989, the band, now also featuring Tony McGovern, Eddie Campbell, Michael Bannister and Neil Payne, released their debut EP, Everyday Now. ...

Source: Article "Texas (band)" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

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Texas est un groupe de pop rock écossais fondé en 1985 à Glasgow (Écosse). Il a débuté sur scène en mars 1988, à l’université de Dundee. En hommage au film Paris, Texas (1984) de Wim Wenders, le groupe choisit comme nom «Texas». Leur musique est passée d'un son blues rock sur leur premier album Southside (1989) au disco pop sur leur album Red Book (2005).

Texas a été formé en décembre 1985 par la chanteuse Sharleen Spiteri, le guitariste Ally McErlaine, le bassiste Johnny McElhone, ancien membre des Altered Images puis de Hipsway, et le batteur Stuart Kerr, ancien de Love and Money. Leur nom fait référence au film Paris, Texas de Wim Wenders, sorti en 1984. Leur première représentation a eu lieu en mars 1988 à l'Université de Dundee en Écosse. La chanteuse Sharleen Spiteri est l'égérie et le principal visage du groupe et participe à l'écriture de nombre de chansons, aux côtés de Johnny McElhone.

Le groupe s'est fait connaître en 1989 avec le single I Don't Want a Lover, extrait de leur premier album Southside. Ce dernier s'est vendu à deux millions d'exemplaires à travers le monde. Les albums suivants, Mother's Heaven (1991) et Ricks Road (1993), rencontrèrent moins de succès mais atteignirent malgré tout le Top 10 dans plusieurs pays européens. En 1997, l'album White On Blonde fut classé n° 1 au Royaume-Uni. Leur cinquième album, The Hush, sorti en 1999, se classa lui aussi à la première place des charts britanniques. Les deux singles In Our Lifetime et Summer Son parvinrent dans le Top 5 au Royaume-Uni et rencontrèrent un grand succès en Europe. En 2000, la compilation The Greatest Hits agrémentée de titres inédits se vendit à plus de cinq millions d'exemplaires. Le clip de In demand est l'occasion pour le groupe de créer une scène de tango pour le moins torride entre Sharleen, la chanteuse, et l'acteur Alan Rickman, dans une station essence … Careful What You Wish For (2003) atteignit la 5e place des charts britanniques, mais les singles Carnival Girl et I'll See It Through ne purent égaler les performances de leurs prédécesseurs. Entre l'album Red Book, édité en 2005, et le suivant, The Conversation, sorti en 2013, 8 années se seront écoulées. Jump on Board sort en 2017. Le dernier en date, Hi, sort en 2021.

Sharleen Spiteri a été invitée à chanter avec Till Lindemann du groupe de metal industriel allemand Rammstein sur 'Stirb nicht vor mir (Don't die before I do)'.

Le groupe Texas participe au RFM Music Show à Levallois en juin 2021 et au France Bleu Live à la Maison de la Radio et de la Musique à Paris en novembre 2021.

Source: Article "Texas (groupe)" de Wikipédia en français, soumis à la licence CC-BY-SA 3.0.

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