CELTIC WOMAN TO RELEASE SECOND HOLIDAY ALBUM, ENTITLED HOME FOR CHRISTMAS, ON OCTOBER 9TH

New York, NY — Beloved global sensation Celtic Woman will release a new holiday album, entitled Home For Christmas, on October 9^th, 2012, via Manhattan Records. Sure to become a must-have gift item, Home for Christmas features the celestial voices of Chloë Agnew, Lisa Lambe, and Méav Ní Mhaolchatha along with dynamic inventiveness from Celtic Violinist Máiréad Nesbitt. This is the all-female Irish music ensemble’s second Christmas album and features such holiday favorites as “Winter Wonderland, “I’ll Be Home for Christmas” and the Christmas classic “Silent Night”. Its first, the platinum-selling A Christmas Celebration, featured songs from Celtic Woman’s PBS special and is a perennial holiday favorite and stocking-stuffer.

In addition to releasing Home For Christmas, Celtic Woman (Touring Members: Chloë Agnew, Lisa Lambe, Susan McFadden, Máiréad Nesbitt) return to the US on December 1^st for its critically-acclaimed 2012 Christmas Celebration Symphony Tour.  The concert tour promises to be a dynamic live music experience that showcases the angelic voices of Celtic Woman underscored by the stirring sound of a full symphony orchestra. Please see below for all tour dates.

Since Celtic Woman’s inception in 2004, the unique ensemble has emerged as a spectacular commercial success and a genuine cultural phenomenon thanks to their evocative, uplifting music. The group’s albums and DVDs have gone multi platinum, sold +7 million units worldwide (including their 2012 projectBELIEVE), notched two Top 10 album debuts on the Billboard Top 200 Album chart and four Top 5 releases on the Top DVD Music Video chart, and sold more than 2.2 million concert tickets. All seven Celtic Woman album releases have debuted at #1 on the Billboard World Music Chart.

Celtic Woman – Home For Christmas

Album Tracklisting:

1.     I’ll Be Home For Christmas (Lisa Lambe)

2.     Hark The Herald Angels Sing (Chloë Agnew, Méav Ní Mhaolchatha, Lisa Lambe, Máiréad Nesbitt)

3.     Santa Claus Is Coming To Town (Chloë Agnew, Máiréad Nesbitt)

4.     Silent Night (Méav Ní Mhaolchatha)

5.     We Three Kings (Lisa Lambe, Chloë Agnew, Méav Ní Mhaolchatha)

6.     We Wish You A Merry Christmas (Chloë Agnew, Méav Ní Mhaolchatha, Lisa Lambe, Máiréad Nesbitt)

7.     What Child Is This (Méav Ní Mhaolchatha, Máiréad Nesbitt)

8.     Adeste Fideles (Chloë Agnew)

9.     Winter Wonderland (Chloë Agnew, Méav Ní Mhaolchatha, Lisa Lambe, Máiréad Nesbitt)

10.  Mary’s Boy Child (Lisa Lambe, Chloë Agnew, Méav Ní Mhaolchatha)

11.  Auld Lang Syne (Lisa Lambe)

12.  Joy To The World (Lisa Lambe, Chloë Agnew, Méav Ní Mhaolchatha)

Celtic Woman — Christmas Celebration Symphony Tour dates are as follows:

12/01  Foxwoods, CT          MGM Grand at Foxwoods

12/03  Pittsburgh, PA          Heinz Hall

12/04  Pittsburgh, PA          Heinz Hall

12/06  Detroit, MI                  The Fox Theatre

12/07  Minneapolis, MN      Convention Center Auditorium

12/08  Naperville, IL             Pfeiffer Hall

12/09  Naperville, IL             Pfeiffer Hall

12/11  Costa Mesa, CA       Segerstrom Center for the Arts

12/13  Temecula, CA          Pechanga Resort and Casino

12/14  Temecula, CA          Pechanga Resort and Casino

12/15  Indio, CA                   Fantasy Springs

12/16  Tucson, AZ               Centennial Hall

12/18  College Station, TX Rudder Auditorium

12/20  Atlanta, GA                Symphony Hall

12/21  Anniston, AL             Anniston PAC

12/22  Huntsville, AL           Von Braun Center

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