Lisa Hannigan -
Acclaimed Irish singer Lisa Hannigan has announced further UK tour dates throughout June and July, including what promises to be a spectacular performance at London’s Union Chapel on 16 July. She will also appear at Glastonbury on the Acoustic Stage, and on the main stage of Latitude Festival.
The new dates follow on from her successful headline tour in May which included a sold-out performance at Shepherds Bush Empire in London. Hannigan recently appeared on Later Live with Jools Holland to perform tracks from her recently released debut album, Sea Sew, which included forthcoming single, I Don’t Know, out 29 June.
UK dates:
27th June GLASTONBURY, Acoustic Stage
13th July NORWICH, Arts Centre
14th July BRISTOL, Fleece
15th July BRIGHTON, Komedia
16th July LONDON, Union Chapel
19th July LATITUDE FESTIVAL Main Stage
Described by the New York Time as ‘exquisitely ethereal’, Hannigan’s chance meeting with singer-songwriter Damien Rice led to a long period of collaboration and development that included Rice’s critically acclaimed albums O and 9. When this collaboration came to an end after seven years, Hannigan was left with a notebook of songs and the desire and confidence to put them onto a record. Released through Hannigan’s own label Hoop Recordings, Sea Sew has already achieved Platinum sales status in her native Ireland. The album has been nominated for both Best Irish Album at the Meteor Music Awards and the Choice Music Prize, whilst Hannigan was awarded ‘Best Debut Album’, ‘Best Irish Album’, ‘Best Irish Track’ and ‘Best Female’ in the 2009 Hot Press Reader Poll.
Hannigan’s first UK solo show took place at London’s St Johns Church in December 2008. thelondonpaper proclaimed, ‘A glorious London debut ahead of what promises to be one of the great solo debut albums of 2009’, whilst the Daily Telegraph wrote, ‘Stunning. Hannigan’s music leaves a lasting impression.’ The FT declared, ‘A beaming presence. Rice’s next work is a plainer prospect without her. His loss is our gain’ and The Times simply put, ‘Mesmerising’.