Pop star chooses The Kingdom Choir singer as support on UK tour

Inspirational artist Sharlene-Monique is set to reach a whole new audience when she goes on tour with 90s pop superstar Gabrielle. Sharlene-Monique, who also sings with The Kingdom Choir, will open up for the award-winning artist who will be performing in venues across the UK, starting in November at the Bournemouth Pavilion.   

Gabrielle had several top 10 hits in the 90s – including ‘Dreams’, her debut single which reached the number one spot when released in 1993.  Other hits include ‘Rise‘ and ‘Out of Reach’. Sharlene has now released of her latest single ‘Stay’.  It’s the second single from her sophomore EP, “Perspective” due out in April 2020.  The opportunity to be support on Gabrielle’s tour came about due to Sharlene taking risks and being bold.  She explained how she met Gabrielle, “I did a show last year, where I co-headlined with Stephanie Sounds and Phebee Edwards.  Gabrielle was there.  After the show she looked me up on Instagram and expressed that she really enjoyed my music, my songs, my set and performance and that she wanted to buy my CD. Fast forward a couple of months, I bumped into Gabrielle at a petrol station and we got talking. She shared she had a tour coming up and I just asked do you have a support act.  She said no, you should contact the manager.  I contacted the manager, and the rest is history. I can’t wait.”

Sharlene’s music is touching hearts and making an impact. She released her debut EP “Destiny” in 2018. It has been streamed over 850,000 times on Spotify, and has fans in places as far afield as Japan, Taiwan & the Philippines. “Destiny” combines emotive, soulful vocals with inspiring songs of empowerment, love and self-acceptance.  

Her music is striking a chord. Her single, ‘Diamond Woman’, released last year, was on rotation on Jazz FM. Sharlene’s music video ‘You’ won Best Solo, Best Inspirational and Music Video Of The Year at the Jump Music Video Awards 2017. In 2019 she was awarded for ‘Best Performing Artist’ & ‘Originality/ Inspirational Music’ from the women’s organisation Voice & Hope’. 

2019 was an extremely busy year for Sharlene. She underwent a solo mini performing in  Amsterdam & Ireland, London & Norway. She then went on tour with The Kingdom Choir; firstly in the UK and then in the US and Canada, where they did over 30 live shows and performed on platforms like The Today Show, The Kelly Clarkson Show, The Hollywood Bowl and Access Hollywood to name a few. 

It’s Sharlene’s hope that she gains new fans when she goes on tour with Gabrielle and that ‘Stay’ strikes a chord with music lovers and reminds them it’s always worth fighting for valued relationships. 

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Catch the single and hear Sharlene Monique’s fantastic vocals on SPOTIFY

O’Neil Dennis

Chief Editor for aStepFWD and Founder of the UK Christian Chart. O’Neil or Dennis (he answers to both) is a true creative for whom “only the best is good enough”.

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