Acclaimed Irish singer Lisa Hannigan has announced a twelve-date headline tour of the UK through April and May 2009. This will be Hannigan’s first UK tour since parting with Damien Rice’s band and follows on from her critically acclaimed sold-out show at London’s St Johns Church in December 2008.
Lisa Hannigan
Starting at Aberdeen’s Lemon Tree on April 29 and finishing at London’s Shepherds Bush Empire on May 13, the live dates will provide the public with the opportunity to hear tracks from Hannigan’s stunning debut album Sea Sew, which debuted in the US Billboard Charts this week and is released in the UK on April 27. Dublin’s Jape, winner of Ireland’s Choice Music Prize for his current album Beirut, will perform solo as support.
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.
Live dates:
April
Wed 29 Aberdeen, Lemon Tree £15
Thu 30 Glasgow, Oran Mor £15
May
Fri 1 Gateshead, The Sage 2 £15
Sun 3 Manchester, Royal Northern College of Music £15
Mon 4 Birmingham, Glee Club £15
Wed 6 Sheffield, Memorial Hall £15
Thu 7 Portsmouth, Wedgwood Rooms £15
Fri 8 Exeter, Phoenix £15
Sun 10 Oxford, O2 Academy 2 £15
Mon 11 Bristol, Fleece £15
Tue 12 Brighton, Komedia £15
Wed 13 London, O2 Shepherds Bush Empire £17