Welcome Fire a welcome return

AFTER more than a decade out of the lime light, Wendy Matthews is back with a new album and an intimate tour bringing her closer to fans than ever before.
‘The Welcome Fire’ is an album of originals that follows on from her stellar career in the early 90s when she won seven Arias, had 19 hit singles, and seven gold or multi-platinum selling albums.
Wendy’s career defining album ‘Lily’ sold over 500,000 copies and over 300,000 singles of her massive hit ‘The Day You Went Away’.
The Welcome Fire marks a new chapter in a career that has spanned more than 30 years, but Wendy’s deliciously smooth yet crisp voice has remained the same, evoking memories of love lost and love found.
Wendy was born in Canada but adopted by Australia when she landed here in 1983 to tour as back-up vocals for Glen Shorrock of the Little River Band fame.
Of her decision to stay in Sydney after the tour, Wendy said Australia seemed such an exotic and fun place to live.
It wasn’t long before Matthews joined Australian groups such as Absent Friends who had the hit ‘I Don’t Want to be with Nobody but You’ (1990) before launching her solo career in 1990 with her debut record Émigré.
Hits such as ‘Lets Kiss – Like Angels Do’ (1990) and ‘The Day You Went Away’ (1992), which took out Single of the Year in 1993, soon followed along with numerous awards including six ARIAs, and the Rolling Stone’s Best Female Vocalist in 1990.
Wendy Matthews and The White Horse Band will perform at Villa Noosa on Friday 20 March, from 8pm.
Tickets are $30 per person or $55 with dinner are available now from the venue or online at www.villanoosa.com.au/whats-on.