ENGLAND: THE "PRESIDENT AND FIRST LADY" OR COUNTRY MUSIC, GEORGE JONES AND TAMMY WYNETTE, BEGIN A EUROPEAN TOUR AND LAUNCH THEIR JOINT ALBUM - TWENTY YEARS AFTER THEIR MARRIAGE ENDED IN "D-I-V-O-R-C-E"

Record ID: 386474

  • Title: ENGLAND: THE "PRESIDENT AND FIRST LADY" OR COUNTRY MUSIC, GEORGE JONES AND TAMMY WYNETTE, BEGIN A EUROPEAN TOUR AND LAUNCH THEIR JOINT ALBUM - TWENTY YEARS AFTER THEIR MARRIAGE ENDED IN "D-I-V-O-R-C-E"
  • Date: 18th September 1995
  • Summary: LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (SEPTEMBER 18 1995) (REUTERS ) ( * BEWARE FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY **) TAMMY WYNETTE AND GEORGE JONES ARRIVING FOR NEWS CONFERENCE WYNETTE AND JONES POSING FOR PHOTOGRAPHS JOURNALISTS AT NEWS CONFERENCE ASKED HOW IT FEELS TO BE WORKING TOGETHER AGAIN AFTER ALL THIS TIME, WYNETTE LAUGHS AND SAYS IT'S BEEN WONDERFUL SO FAR, WE CAN LAUGH ABOUT THINGS THAT USED TO MAKE US SO ANGRY, NOW WE DON'T HAVE TO GO HOME AND FUSS AND FIGHT, JONES LAUGHS AND SAYS WYNETTE HAS EXPLAINED IT PRETTY WELL
  • Embargoed: 3rd October 1995 13:00
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  • Location: LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM AND VIDEO LOCATION
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Reuters ID: LVALFHXCOOBEN33JGJ20ZYZ01BY
  • Story Text: The so-called "President and First Lady of Country", George Jones and Tammy Wynette, have begun a European tour to promote their new album, "One".

    Jones and Wynette had not sung on stage together for many years.

    Their collaboration began on a personal level when they were married in 1969. Both were already country music stars in their own right, and their romantic union was soon followed by a professional partnership in 1972 with their first album together, "Me and the First Lady".

    The pair soon became one of country music's top concert draws in the early seventies, but their personal relationship soon started to turn sour. According to Wynette's 1979 autobiography, Jones used to beat her when he got drunk, which was a common occurrence. In the book, "Stand by Your Man", Wynette tells how she sometimes had to wear heavy makeup to hide facial bruises when Jones hit her.

    Jones and Wynette divorced in 1975, and their joint stage appearances ceased in 1980. Then last June, they ended the hiatus when they performed together at the Nashville Fan Fair to promote the American release of their new album, "One".

    Asked how it feels to be working with her ex-husband again, Wynette said, "We can now laugh about the things that used to make us so angry, now we don't have to go home and fuss and fight".

    Jones and Wynette will be performing in Dublin on September 21, and at the Gstaad Festival on September 22 and 23.
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