SUSAN BOYLE

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WISHING YOU GREAT SUCCESS

AND HAPPINESS IN YOUR

JULY 2, 2013

CONCERT TOUR IN INVERNESS

You once said:

"I'm going to make that audience rock."

GO ON AND DO IT!

Tue 2nd Jul

SUSAN BOYLE

@ Eden Court (Empire Theatre and One Touch Theatre), Inverness

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Susan Boyle In Concert: Susan Boyle

Global singing sensation Susan Boyle is taking to the stage in her very first live tour, 'Susan Boyle In Concert' in July 2013.

For the very first time in her phenomenally successful career, Susan will be holding her own on the stage performing a sensational and contemporary repertoire of iconic album tracks and never heard before classics that will captivate and enthrall the audience.

The exclusive seven night tour in Scotland heralds a new era in her successful career. Susan's show is set to be the hot ticket of the summer, showcasing the voice the world fell in love with. The show will comprise of songs including the now legendary 'I Dreamed A Dream', 'Wild Horses' and 'Somewhere Over the Rainbow', as well as 'River Deep, Mountain High', one of her all time favourites, plus a host of spectacular surprises on the night.

Scottish singing sensation whose little-known talent became a media sensation overnight following her April 2009 audition for Britain's Got Talent. Boyle eventually finished in second place on the show, having now become a worldwide figure of interest, and in spite of the strain of being in the public eye for the first time, 'The woman who shut up Simon Cowell' released her debut album, 'I Dreamed a Dream' in November 2009 - just seven months after her fateful audition. Known best for her element of surprise and a powerful and heart stopping voice, Susan is still a global top selling artist. To date her four albums have sold over 19 million copies and stormed to the top of the charts in over 30 countries.

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Susan Boyle is ready to tour — and date!

British singer Susan Boyle holds a banner with an image of the Virgin Mary as she poses in a hotel during her pilgrimage to the city of Lourdes, France, back in May. (Laurent Dard / AFP / Getty Images /May 21, 2013)

By Christie DZurilla
July 1, 2013, 2:04 p.m.

Looks as if Susan Boyle has a lot on her plate.

As she's undertaking one great adventure — her first live tour — singer Boyle is contemplating another: love.

"I want to find a man but it’s hard with all the travelling I do," she told the Scottish Sun. "I really want to start going on dates and I’ve asked my friends to set me up with a good man — if they can find one. I’d like to settle down one day."

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Could it be an on-screen kiss that set her mind on this path? Boyle appears in a film due out this year, "The Christmas Candle," in which she was tasked with smooching her costar, James Cosmo. The task turned out to be a treat.

"I have my very first 'husband' — which is very exciting. It’s been a long wait," the 52-year-old told the Sun. "I had to kiss him, too, as we had a kissing scene. It was my first on-screen kiss. It was lovely. I didn’t know about the kissing scene when I signed up, but I wasn’t complaining."

Boyle's eight-date tour, which starts Tuesday, will first take her around Britain, with a chance of going worldwide.

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"I’m very excited, it’s long overdue," she said. "I’ve been on at my manager for some time to let me go live. He kept telling me, 'You’re not ready yet,' but this time he feels I am."

Boyle — also called SuBo, which she likes but doesn't love because she says it makes her sound "like a Brazilian footballer" — has cracked under pressure before, landing in rehab for a few days because of demands around the final days of "Britain's Got Talent," which made her an instant global star.

Now she's got another chance to take it global, and with a little luck, maybe meet the love of her live.

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/gossip/la-et-mg-susan-boyle-kiss-dating-tour-20130701,0,2153291.story

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Susan Boyle Talks Wanting to Find a Man and Her "Lovely" First Onscreen Kiss

by Natalie FinnToday 3:04 PM PDT

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It's been another year of firsts for Susan Boyle.

The soprano who took the world by storm in 2009 via Britain's Got Talent—and noted cheerfully during her first audition that she had "never been kissed"—is finally getting some action these days.

And she's apparently raring for more!

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"I have my very first husband—which is very exciting," the 52-year-old Boyle is quoted as saying in the U.K. tabloid The Sun, referring to her role as a married woman in the British period film The Christmas Candle. "It's been a long wait."

"I had to kiss him, too, as we had a kissing scene," she said. "It was my first on-screen kiss. It was lovely. I didn't know about the kissing scene when I signed up, but I wasn't complaining.

"I won't take this any further in case I embarrass him," Boyle added, him being costar James Cosmo, who plays her hubby.

And Boyle, who's embarking on her first-ever live tour this summer, also reportedly said that she's ready to take her love life to the next level off-screen as well.

"I want to find a man but it's hard with all the traveling I do," she said, per The Sun. "I really want to start going on dates and I've asked my friends to set me up with a good man—if they can find one. I'd like to settle down one day."

Boyle could settle comfortably, too: Though she ultimately finished in second place on Britain's Got Talent, she has sold more than 19 million albums and her net worth has been reported to be as much as $30 million.

So, it also sounds like the perfect time to be in better-than-ever shape!

Boyle explained her recent slimdown: "I eat a lot of fruit and cut out the sweets. I've had to for dietary reasons. I don't want a bum like a garage. It's for my own health. I have a very sweet tooth, I love chocolate."

May she soon be substituting chocolate with far sweeter things.

http://www.eonline.com/news/435598/susan-boyle-talks-wanting-to-find-a-man-and-her-lovely-first-onscreen-kiss

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Susan Boyle fans fly in from across the globe ahead of Inverness show

STV Interview - Susan Boyle and Laura Boyd sing - video below

Susan Boyle is gearing up for one of the most hotly anticipated performances of her career –the opening night of her first solo tour – and while the nerves may be kicking in, she can rest assured she will have the support of her loyal fanbase behind her, as they have travelled from across the globe to watch Susan take to the stage in Inverness.

Getting set to head to the Eden Court Theatre in Inverness tomorrow night (July 2) are Susan Boyle fans from as far afield as Australia, Canada, America and Holland, not to mention those who are heading north from across the UK.

Many fans keep in touch through Susan forums and can’t wait to meet each other and finally watch their idol take to the stage for her debut solo tour.

Pam Cleggett from Australia told STV: “We are all looking forward with great anticipation of a wonderful evening in Inverness as well as Susan's other concerts in Scotland.”

Linda Caillet from Southern California met some of her fellow Susan fans when the Scots star performed in Tokyo.

She is excited to be catching up with them again and explained: “There will be three of us in Inverness on July 2, 2013, who met for the first time to attend an event in Tokyo. We three happen to be from California on the west coast, South Carolina on the east coast, and Yorkshire, England, and we are now the best of friends, travelling together still to hear Susan as often as we are able.”

Clearly passionate about Susan’s talents, she added: “Life is so enriched since Susan's courage, sparkle and spunk captivated us as she rocked the globe back in 2009 with the magnificence of those first opening notes of I Dreamed a Dream.

“What blessings she continues to radiate for renewed hope in life itself through her grounded goodness.”

STV showbiz reporter Laura Boyd caught up with Susan last month, while she was rehearsing for the concert in Glasgow.

As well as giving us a sneak peek of what we can expect from the show (you can watch this in the video player above), Susan also revealed that she is really looking forward to going on the road with her tour and showing off a wide variety of music that is close to her heart.

She said: “I’ve been looking forward to it for quite a few months now. It’s a team effort and it’s a very exciting project.

“It will be a wee chance to let the general public know what I’m capable of.”

Stay tuned to stv.tv/entertainment on Wednesday for our review of the show and some exclusive video footage from the big night. Good luck Susan!

http://entertainment.stv.tv/blogs/22...rue-with-duet/ PA1189's version of the duet: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0By3l...1xUlBsdDA/edit

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Susan Boyle’s first live tour nears sell-out

Susan Boyle: First live tour expected to sell out. Picture: Jane Barlow

By ALISTAIR MUNRO
Published on 01/07/2013 16:24

Scots singing sensation Susan Boyle kicks off her very first live tour in Inverness tonight knowing tickets for her show are expected to sell-out throughout the country.

• Tickets for Susan Boyle’s first live tour expected to sell out within hours as 98 per cent already snapped up

• Seven-night run will see singer appear in the Highlands, Aberdeen, Dundee, Glasgow and Edinburgh

The 52-year-old is appearing in the Highlands, Aberdeen, Dundee, Glasgow and Edinburgh on a seven-night run.

Organisers confirmed over 98 per cent of tickets had already been sold in advance of the shows, with just a handful of seats still available in Glasgow and Edinburgh – and these were expected to be snapped up within hours.

A spokeswoman for the singer, who shot to fame four years ago on Britain’s Got Talent, said: “She is really looking forward to her first solo live tour.

“She is really excited. She travelled to Inverness on Sunday and has been doing dress rehearsals.

“Susan is really enjoying the process building up to the shows.”

She added: “There are a handful of tickets left for Edinburgh and Glasgow, only about 20 in each city, but all other venues are sold out.

“And we expect these bigger venues will be the same very soon.

“Audiences can expect something from her past four albums, and something different. There will be a complete range of music, fro Tina Turner to Adele.

“This tour is her way of thanking the Scottish public for their support since Britain’s Got Talent. They have been unbelievable.”

Boyle has sold 19 million albums and topped the charts in more than 30 countries over the last four years.

However her live performances in her home country have been restricted to fleeting appearances on shows like Britain’s Got Talent and I Dreamed A Dream, the stage show inspired by her life story, starring Elaine C Smith.

Brought up in Blackburn, West Lothian, where she still lives, Boyle achieved international fame with her television debut in 2009 when she sang I Dreamed A Dream - from the musical Les Miserables - on Britain’s Got Talent. One YouTube clip of the performance has more than 21.5 million hits.

The seven Scottish shows will feature some of her best-known cover versions, including “I Dreamed A Dream”, “Wild Horses” and “Somewhere Over the Rainbow”.

When the tour was announced, Boyle said: “I’m really looking forward to getting on stage and singing with my own band for an entire show.

“This is the year that I feel that I would be able to give an audience what they want. I’ve always wanted to do my own show and now I feel confident enough to give it a go.

“If this works well, then the world is my oyster and 2014 will be a global tour.

“I’ve chosen my favourite songs from past albums and also new songs that not only have I wanted to perform for years but resonate with me and I hope my fans will love.

“I wanted to begin in Scotland to say thank you for all the support I have been shown over the past few years. It feels right to begin another new experience in my home country.”

Joining her on tour is special guest Lance Ellington, known to many through his regular appearances on Strictly Come Dancing. As one of the UK’s busiest session singers Lance has worked with the likes of Sting, George Michael, Robbie Williams, Tina Turner and now Susan Boyle.

http://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/music/news-and-features/susan-boyle-s-first-live-tour-nears-sell-out-1-2984755

Susan Boyle: Singer and Now Businesswoman

By Marie Sheahan Brown

Who can forget the YouTube masterpiece? She strode and sashayed onto the stage with golden stature and confidence. She sparred wittily with the three famous judges, wearied by their long day of auditions in Glasgow, Scotland. She didn’t look the part of a “professional singer,” although one might perceive that being “currently unemployed” at forty-seven left little extra for beauty-shop pampering. Was she, rather, a comedienne? Susan Boyle audition

Then she sang. The formerly skeptical audience stood enraptured, tears welling as she belted out “I Dreamed A Dream” from Les Misérables with stunning clarity and passion.

More than five years after the seven-minute audition video aired on Britain’s Got Talent on April 11, 2009, and promptly hit worldwide news feeds, multitudes in America and beyond remember Susan Boyle. Since she first broke Amazon pre-sale records in September 2009, millions have bought her albums. Each year, a new carefully crafted album has been released in time for Christmas. Since 2009, five albums have garnered sixty-three gold and ninety-four platinum sales levels in forty-two countries. Her sixth album, Hope, will be released on October 21 in the United States.

Scottish and United Kingdom audiences thrilled to Miss Boyle’s first full-length concert tours in 2013 and 2014. Now she’s coming to America—home of an immediate and strong support base—starting in San Diego on October 8, and singing her way across the southern half of the United States at venues in twenty cities. A sweep through the northern states could likely follow in the future.

See http://www.susanboylemusic.com/us/events

Many have written about Susan Boyle’s difficult and graced life. Her 2010 autobiography, The Woman I Was Born to Be, is a good source. Now fifty-three, she carefully revealed late in 2013 that, after decades of mistaken assumptions, she had finally been diagnosed with Asperger’s Syndrome. The relief of self-knowledge strengthens and encourages her after a lifetime of dealing with debilitating anxiety and panic attacks, and some difficulty in handling emotions and relating comfortably to people.

“This is a point: People may have problems,” she states in a documentary, “but they’ve got other things as well. And they’ve got a lot more to offer.” (Gammon, Lottie, produced, filmed, and directed. “There’s Something About Susan.” Firecracker Films Ltd. for ITV, 45:37 minutes. 2013)

Fewer analyses have considered her role as a small businesswoman and philanthropist whose personal success has enhanced the lives and small businesses of countless others not only in her native Scotland but also in, for example, America.

Miss Boyle, easily mistaken for a stately five feet ten in the famous video, is, in fact, barely over five feet tall with soft, dainty hands and feet—a huggable China doll. So she does qualify as a smallbusinesswoman despite her multimillions in sales, which also benefit business giants like Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited; SYCOmusic (Simon Cowell); Simon & Schuster, Inc.; Amazon; and, more recently, concert tour bus companies. In significant other ways, she retains her focus on the little ones.

The woman who had “never been married, never been kissed” and remains a virgin has, since 2009, given birth with astonishing fecundity. Lewis Hyde well describes her kind of gift and fertility in his 1983 classic, The Gift: Imagination and the Erotic Life of Property: “I have hoped . . . to speak of the inner gift that we accept as the object of our labor, and the outer gift that has become a vehicle of culture. I am not concerned with gifts given in spite or fear, nor those gifts we accept out of servility or obligation; my concern is the gift we long for, the gift that, when it comes, speaks commandingly to the soul and irresistibly moves us.”

Mr. Hyde first explores traditional “gift economies,” in which citizens are considered wealthy not according to how much they acquire but how much they give. In fictional form, Jean M. Auel’s well-researched Earth’s Children series (The Clan of the Cave Bear and five sequels) describes the creativity and ingenuity that led people to survive, to form communities, and to work cooperatively for mutual benefit. Goods, services, storytelling and musical talents, art, and many other gifts were appreciated in deeper ways than they might be in a typical “market economy.”

According to reviewer JoAnn Schwartz, “Above all, Hyde is interested in examining the effect our current immersion in the market economy and the myth of the free market has both on our view of gifts and on our ability to give and receive them. The market economy is deliberately impersonal, but the whole purpose of the ‘gift economy’ is to establish and strengthen the relationships between us, to connect us one to the other. It is this element of relationship which leads Hyde to speak of gift exchange as ‘erotic’ commerce, opposing eros (the principle of attraction, union, involvement which binds together) to logos (reason and logic in general, the principle of differentiation in particular). A market economy is an emanation of logos.

“In a market economy,” Ms. Schwartz continues, “one can hoard one’s goods without losing wealth. Indeed, wealth is increased by hoarding—although we generally call it ‘saving.’ In contrast, in a gift economy, wealth is decreased by hoarding, for it is the circulation of the gift(s) within the community that leads to increase—increase in connections, increase in relationship strength. Through this book, Hyde helps us focus on the importance of gifts, their flow and movement, and the impact that the modern market place has had on the circulation of gifts.” (http://southerncrossreview.org/4/schwartz.html)

Susan Boyle does appreciate the financial security that she had never known, especially in the fearsome years after her mother died in 2007, when Miss Boyle kept her house cold so that she could afford the heating bill. Yet more important, Susan Boyle has said all along, “I sing to make people happy.” When she was a girl, the gift spoke “commandingly to the soul”—her soul. She honed, honed, honed the gift to perfection over decades of world obscurity. She sees with gratitude and humility the effects of this gift on people worldwide. When this gift is pointed out to her in personal conversation, she bows her head and lowers her eyes shyly. “Thank you.”

Miss Boyle’s fame and financial success have boosted tourism modestly in West Lothian, Scotland, with its pastoral more than spectacular scenery, a region that has suffered from bouts of economic depression and unemployment over the past few centuries. In February 2013, for example, following a centuries-old pattern, the main employer in the area—Halls of Broxburn meat processing plant—was closed by foreign owners, leaving 1,700 unemployed.

Lorraine Campbell co-owns and manages The Balbairdie—a nicely refurbished old hotel and pub in Bathgate, West Lothian. When the economy suffers, The Balbairdie feels it. Asked how she copes, Ms. Campbell replied, “You just keep going.” Happily, the local economy has improved some since 2013, according to Ms. Campbell in April 2014.

Miss Boyle has engaged experts like Andy Stephens, manager; Nicola Phillips, publicist; and Andrew Panton, creative and vocal director, to name a few. She has provided jobs for local personal assistants who handle correspondence, scheduling, wardrobe consultation, and myriad other details; gardeners; carpenters to renovate the council house she grew up and still lives in (her first big post-Britain’s Got Talent purchase); a housekeeper; women who fix her hair, do her nails, and apply her makeup for special public appearances and photo sessions; and others who tend to basic needs of a now-busy celebrity who still prefers to live in her home village, stop in at her favorite small shops and establishments, and take the bus.

Miss Boyle has also given seed money and sponsorship for creative business and charitable ventures in her local community and beyond. One start-up, Boyle’s Boutique, is an extended-family cottage industry that sells, among others, products featuring the new Boyle Tartan created for the family. Products may be ordered online.

Susan Boyle’s very capable personal assistant Sadie Boyle (no relation) says Miss Boyle gets about four hundred emails weekly, many requesting her generosity. This kind of response to another’s fame and fortune is not uncommon.

More unusual, and a clearer example of the fruits of the “gift economy,” is the generation of a worldwide community of Susan Boyle supporter-fans who have formed friendships, discovered or rekindled their own creative gifts, invested thousands of volunteer hours, spread financial generosity, and—to a small extent—started creative cottage enterprises for profit or merely to cover expenses.

Several unofficial Susan Boyle fansites live on the Internet. The first and largest, still flourishing, is www.susan-boyle.com. On April 11, 2009, Paul Wood, a London construction worker, watched Miss Boyle’s audition on TV and immediately put up a website. Starting within hours after the audition aired, people from many continents to whom Susan Boyle’s gift spoke “commandingly to the soul” were “irresistibly move[d]” to find out anything they could about her on the Internet. They frequently stumbled across Mr. Wood’s hastily launched site with its prolific discussion threads generating hundreds of written comments every day in the first two months of Miss Boyle’s fame.

To bring some order to the conversational chaos, Mr. Wood launched a companion Forum in June 2009 with more sophisticated software, accessed through the main website. Anyone could (and still can) join for free. The main rules are that one not be an Internet troll (a term and experience many had never heard of), that one behave reasonably civilly as outlined in posted guidelines, and that one not use the Forum itself for commercial purposes (more on that later).

Volunteer moderators and techies keep the discussions and online experience on an even keel. Online advertisements generated by Google AdSense and Amazon sales linked to the website (“SuBo Store”) help pay for the normal operational expenses.

In early 2010, Mr. Wood announced that he was going to auction off the website (some fifty thousand registered members) and its Forum (a few thousand registered members at the time). The worldwide member community could not bear the prospect of being taken over by some unknown commercial entity with other goals. So they decided to bid on the fansite themselves. A few members—by no means wealthy—each voluntarily loaned trusted fellow members a few thousand dollars to buy the fansite during the auction. The effort succeeded in July 2010.

Navigating through some tensions and hurt feelings (typical in any community anywhere), the worldwide Susan Boyle Fans International, Inc. (SBFII) community established itself as a non-profit corporation registered in Delaware, USA. SBFII elects a multinational volunteer board of directors; keeps meticulous financial records and files annual tax returns; maintains bylaws; and holds online annual meetings and elections engaging active members. Technically not a charity, SBFII uses AdSense and SuBo Store income to cover modest expenses and keep a healthy bank balance. Funds left over from voluntary collections (often for tasteful gifts for Miss Boyle for special occasions) are donated to a charity of Susan Boyle’s choice, frequently benefitting children in Scotland. By December 2011, SBFII repaid all interest-free loans given by members to buy the website; it remains debt free. No member gets paid for services to SBFII or personally benefits financially.

From the beginning, even silver-haired grandmothers proficient only with email learned to navigate the fansites in order to participate in a community of people who have experienced an inexplicable response to Susan Boyle—both her singing and her unique way of being—unlike their response to other favorite singers. Within months, members began gathering in person around the globe (often in restaurants, boosting local economies). They attended (and surreptitiously filmed and posted to the fansites for the enjoyment of those who could not attend) Miss Boyle’s performances in various cities (Britain’s Got Talent tour venues in the UK; Los Angeles, Chicago, New York, Tokyo, and more). Supporter-fans flocked to these events even though—until only 2013, when she first tried her own full-length concerts in Scotland—Miss Boyle was slated to sing just one, two, maybe three songs. These gatherings supported local hotels, B+Bs, restaurants, cab drivers, shops, and other travel-related businesses.

Miss Boyle and her team soon experienced that supporter-fans who came to these early events were older or at least more mature than stereotypical rowdies at, for example, Justin Bieber concerts. They saw that typical Susan Boyle supporter-fans are responsible, respectful, fun loving, generative. They include retired or active professionals—teachers, nurses, techies, writers, musicians, artists, farmers, truckers, businesspeople, social workers, radio hosts, professors, lawyers, homemakers, construction workers, postmasters, foresters.

To most gatherings (usually at restaurants) supporter-fans bring homemade memorabilia to share, including commemorative buttons and red scarves to identify themselves in various venues. The popularity of such items led SBFII to add another linked site, “Fan Creations,” linked in turn to the creators’ individual websites. Products include non-Susan-Boyle-related fan creations. Currently, three members offer SuBotique Hand Painted Apparel; Creative Images by tweek (Buttons, Mugs, etc.); and Susan Boyle Professional Singer chronicles gathered from news and other sources.

SBFII members often post creative ideas and images to discuss in writing with one another. Memorably, in 2009, a member from Texas, one from Iowa, and other volunteers, coordinated an international quilting bee. Supporter-fans from every continent, including Antarctica, created and mailed squares for a handmade quilt presented to Miss Boyle at a brunch following her debut solo appearance on the Todayshow on November 23—the day her first album, I Dreamed A Dream, was released in the United States and quickly broke world records in several categories.

Members can upload Susan-related videos that they have created; share poems that they’ve written; upload posters that they’ve designed digitally to document Miss Boyle’s career and accomplishments; upload news reports of supporter-fan activities, complete with photographs; post fine pencil drawings or paintings displaying talent the artists had only recently discovered; and offer a place where members can contribute their own essays. These essays, sometimes written in French or other non-English languages, often try to explain how the wee singer with the big voice; the shy woman who communicates profoundly—cor ad cor loquitur—through music others have written; the multimillionaire who stays in her small lifelong home and still takes the bus—the essentially inexplicable Susan Boyle—“irresistibly moves” them.

SBFII and other volunteers take responsibility to daily and positively post or re-post Susan Boyle news, photos, and encounters on Twitter, Facebook, and other social media. Their Internet involvement began immediately when Miss Boyle became famous—and once again experienced the bullying known since childhood, only this time inflicted by some members of the media and anonymous commentators. She writes in her autobiography, “What I didn’t know then, because I didn’t have a computer at the time, was that every time there was a mean comment about me in the press, a dozen messages of support would appear in response. On the Internet there was a growing community of fans. I had no idea how many people out there in the world felt moved to stick up for me, and I want to thank everybody for that.” (The Woman I Was Born to Be, pages 188–189)

Miss Boyle’s professional team also encourages creativity from fans. Starting with the first documentary of her life, Susan Boyle: I Dreamed A Dream, produced in 2009 by Talkback Thames, fans were invited via the official www.susanboylemusic.com site (picked up and promoted by volunteer sites) to send short videos of themselves saying “Hello, Susan!” with backdrops representing their locations. Several clips from around the world were chosen for the documentary. As a lead-up to Miss Boyle’s second album, The Gift, she held a worldwide “Susan’s Search” competition, inviting any amateur singer to upload a brief selfie singing “Silent Night.” The winner, Amber Stassi, a thirty-three-year-old paramedic from Brewerton, New York, sang “Do You Hear What I Hear?” with Miss Boyle on the album and at the 2010 outdoor Today show appearance in New York City.

In the 2013 and 2014 concert tours in Scotland and the United Kingdom, Miss Boyle and her team selected local choirs to serve as back-up choruses in every city, receiving standard financial compensation. Already individual choir members in the United States are tweeting: “Aaliyah Buchanan ‏@Itsuko_Sora I’m to pumped, i get to sing for Susan Boyle!!!!” and “Drew Mikuska ‏@DrewMikuska Hahahahaha I’m singing backup for Susan Boyle.”

Already in the twenty cities spanning the southern United States, supporter-fans from as far away as Australia and Scotland are buying tickets. They are organizing pre-concert dinner-camaraderie gatherings for supporter-fans, some of whom they have never met in person but know through their written posts on fansites. Restaurants, hotels, theaters, airlines, public transportation providers, cab drivers, and many small businesses will benefit. Susan Boyle, her team, and numerous music-related vendors will profit.

Yet in Susan Boyle’s “gift economy,” which she neither forecasted nor manipulated, money can facilitate but cannot possibly buy the greatest benefits to the community in which she finds herself to be the generator and principal member. In this higher economy, she is both blessed herself and a blessing to countless others.

As recently reported on her official website, Susan says about her upcoming United States concert tour: “This is a brilliant moment for me. The past five years have been incredible, and it just keeps getting better. I have spoken so often about wanting to tour America and be able to visit different cities for the first time—I’m so excited. This really will be fantastic, and I can’t wait for October. The US embraced and supported me from the beginning, and it really feels like a second home. So I can’t wait to get on the road and perform there.”

Source:Small Business Exchange Northeast