Country music stars Ann Breen and Country Company perform the first concert on their Shamrock and Daffodil tour at Bishop Auckland Town hall on November 1, at 7.30pm.

Ann Breen a native of Downpatrick, Northern Ireland, has represented Ireland in the Gold Star Awards in Holland and at the Silky Berg Festival in Denmark.

Her song Pal Of My Cradle Days went straight to number one in the Irish charts and entered the Guinness Book of Song Records for its stay of two years in the British charts.

Country Company are a husband and wife team from a small village in mid-Wales who have been singing professionally since 1989.

They have been voted the most popular british duo by Country Music Roundup.

Tickets for the concert cost £8 and are available from Vi Todd, (01388) 762634.