Ryan Sheridan (musician)
| Ryan Sheridan | |
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 Ryan Sheridan at The O2, Dublin in March 2011[1] |
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| Background information | |
| Born | January 28, 1982 |
| Genres | Rock/Pop |
| Occupations | Singer, songwriter, musician |
| Instruments | Vocals, guitar |
| Years active | 2010-present |
| Labels | Rubyworks |
| Website | www.ryansheridanmusic.com |
| Notable instruments | |
| Guitar | |
Ryan Sheridan (born 28 January 1982) is an Irish singer, songwriter and guitarist from County Monaghan.[2]
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[edit] Early life
Sheridan started playing the fiddle at the age of seven[3] and played Irish traditional music with Comhaltas for several years.[4] At the age of 16 he left Ireland to perform as a dancer with the Riverdance ensemble. He toured the US with Riverdance for four years and then spent two years performing at the Gershwin Theatre on Broadway.[5] Sheridan started writing music and playing guitar while living in New York, and in 2004 Ryan moved to Glasgow to form the rockband Shiversaint. He returned to Ireland in 2006 and met Polish percussionist and cajon player Artur Graczyk who joined the band. When the band split, Sheridan took a two-year break from music to run a venue in his hometown of Monaghan.
[edit] Music career
Sheridan and Graczyk were discovered in Dublin by their future manager, Brian Whitehead in 2010. When Whitehead saw them playing a cover of Little Lion Man by Mumford and Sons in Grafton Street, he stopped and listened for ten minutes before he dropped his card in Sheridan's guitar case. Whitehead nominated Sheridan's song Machine for the SupaJam competition to win the opportunity to play at the Festival Internacional de Benicàssim in Spain. Sheridan won the competition beating out 3,226 other entries.[6] He played on the Eastpack FIB Club Stage on July 17.
After a showcase at The Academy in Dublin,[7] he got a record deal with Rubyworks and his first single Jigsaw (produced by Billy Farrell) was released in September 2010. Jigsaw was an immediate hit on Irish radio and on iTunes. In December 2010, Sheridan played his first headline tour around Ireland. He also appeared on Other Voices[8] on RTÉ Two television in Ireland.
- 2011
Ryan Sheridan started the year with an appearance on The Late Late Show on Jan 21st.
His debut album The Day You Live Forever was released on 6 May 2011 and contained the singles Jigsaw and The Dreamer. The album debuted at number two[9] on the Irish Albums Chart and was certified with gold sales after five weeks.[10] It was produced by Joe Chester and all the songs on the album were composed by Sheridan. "Stand Up Tall", the third single from The Day You Live Forever, was released on 16 September 2011.
Sheridan was a featured artist at the Concert for Obama on College Green in May 2011[11] and is an ambassador for the Make-A-Wish Foundation, Ireland.[12]
On 17 September 2011, Sheridan was the first artist to play Croke Park and Aviva Stadium at the same day.[13] He also played two songs during the 2011 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final in Croke Park on 18 September 2011.
Sheridan's concert in The Academy on 5 November 2011 was his biggest Dublin show to date. Support acts were singer/songwriter Sara Lou and Consumer Love Affair, with a guest performance by Crowded House bass guitarist Nick Seymour and Tomas Cosinski on guitar. Halfway through the concert Graczyk switched from playing cajon to drums and bass guitarist Neil Dorrington joined the band.
On 25 November 2011, Ryan released a four-track Christmas EP Walking In The Air, with all profits from the sales of the single being donated to Make-A-Wish Ireland. The single was in the top ten of the Irish Singles Chart for Christmas 2011.[14] On December 23rd Ryan visited The Late Late Show on RTE Television for the second time and the same evening Walking In The Air was number one on the Irish iTunes charts.[15]
Sheridan's video Stand Up Tall directed by Simon Eustace was nominated for best male video 2011 by IMTV - Irish Music Television.
- 2012
Ryan's song Take It All Back from The Day You Live Forever featured on Raw (TV series) season 4, episode 1 on RTE One[16]
In January Ryan's track The Dreamer provided the soundtrack to a Heineken commercial [17]
[edit] Touring
Since the release of Jigsaw Sheridan has been touring extensively across Ireland:
[edit] 2010
- July 11: Oxegen, 2fm Academy Stage
- Aug 20th: The Marquee in Drumlish Drumlish, County Longford
- Aug 21st: Bojangles, Navan, County Meath
- Aug 25th: Supporting Mark Lanegan in The Academy, Dublin
- Sept 4th: Electric Picnic
- Sept 7th: The Squealing Pig, County Monaghan
- Sept 9th: "Jigsaw" Debut Single Launch, The Sugar Club, Dublin
- Oct 9th-10th: Supporting Wallis Bird in Limerick and Galway
- Nov 7th: Supporting Simply Red at The O2 in Dublin [18]
- Nov 8th: Supporting Simply Red at the Odyssey Arena in Belfast
- Nov 19th: Supporting Republic of Loose at The Academy in Dublin
- Dec 2nd: The Spirit Store, Dundalk
- Dec 3rd: Róisín Dubh, Galway
- Dec 4th: The Sugar Club, Dublin
- Dec 5th: Cyprus Avenue, Cork
[edit] 2011
- Feb 2nd: The Temple, Carlow
- Feb 4th: Arts Centre, Wexford
- Feb 5th: Whelan's, Dublin
- Feb 6th: Set Theatre, Kilkenny
- Feb 8th: The Grill, Letterkenny
- Feb 10th: Boyles, Slane[19]
- Feb 11th: The Garage, Monaghan
- Feb 12th: Róisín Dubh, Galway
- Feb 17th: The Thatch, Tullamore
- Feb 18th: The Venue, Waterford
- Feb 19th: Cyprus Avenue, Cork
- Feb 24th: Dolan's, Limerick
- Feb 25th: The Queens, Ennis
- Feb 26th: The Hideout, Warrenpoint
- Mar 3rd: McHugh's, Belfast
- Mar 4th-5th: Supporting The Script at the INEC in Kerry
- Mar 7th-8th: Supporting The Script at the Odyssey Arena, Belfast
- Mar 10th-12th: Supporting The Script at The O2, Dublin
- Mar 14th: Supporting The Script at the Echo Arena, Liverpool
- Mar 15th: Supporting The Script at the Capital FM Arena, Nottingham
- Mar 18th: The Stables, Mullingar
- Mar 19th: Gonzo Theatre, Cavan
- Mar 24th: O'Keefes, Clonmel
- Mar 25th: Supporting Taylor Swift at the Odyssey Arena, Belfast
- Mar 27th: Supporting Taylor Swift at The O2, Dublin
- Apr 1st: Olympia Theatre, Inspirations in Aid of Barretstown
- Apr 2nd: Gonzo Theatre, Cavan
- Apr 7th: Whelan's, Dublin
- Apr 9th: Spirit Store, Dundalk
- Apr 15th: TF Royal, Castlebar
- Apr 16th: INEC, Tralee
Album Tour
- May 5: Whelan's, Dublin
- May 6: Cyprus Avenue, Cork
- May 7: Róisín Dubh, Galway
- May 8: Dolans Warehouse, Limerick
- May 10: The Garage, Monaghan
- May 11: The Set, Kilkenny
- May 12: Whelan's, Dublin
- May 13: O'Keefes, Clonmel
Summer tour 2011
- June 3: Beat on the Boyne Festival, Drogheda
- June 5: West Fest, Aghamore
- June 10: Temple House Festivel, Ballinacarrow, Sligo
- June 11: Twilight Racing, Limerick Racecourse, Patrickswell
- June 22: Supporting Bryan Adams at The Marquee in Cork[20]
- June 23: Supporting Bryan Adams at The O2, Dublin
- June 24: Supporting Bryan Adams at the Odyssey Arena, Belfast
- June 25: Coastal Rocks Festival, Ballybunion, Kerry
- June 26: Strawberry Fest, Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford
- July 2: Donegal Town Summer Festival, Donegal Town, Co. Donegal
- July 10: Oxegen, Main Stage
- July 15: Bray Summer fest, Bray, Wicklow
- July 16: Prawn festival, Clogherhead, Louth
- July 22: FM104's Mid Summer Party, The Wright Venue, Dublin
- July 24: Made in Temple Bar Festival, Dublin
- July 30: Le Cheile, Oldcastle, Meath
- July 31: Indiependence Festival, Mitchelstown, Cork
- Aug 6th: Revive Music Festival, Thurles, Tipperary
- Aug 6th: Hugh Lynch's Street Party, Tullamore, Offaly
- Aug 13th: Letterkenny Live, Donegal
- Aug 19th: Rose of Tralee festival in Kerry
- Aug 20th: The Marquee in Drumlish, Longford
- Aug 23rd: Supporting The Script at Tennants Vital, Bangor
- Aug 27th: Tara Rocks, Tara Na Ri, Navan, Meath
- Sep 17th: Fever Pitch at Croke Park, Dublin[21]
- Sep 17th: Make A Wish Ireland's Black Tie & Tiara's Charity Ball at the Aviva Stadium, Dublin
- Sep 18th: Half-time at the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Croke Park, Dublin
- Sep 22nd: Arthur's Day celebrations. Main show in The Academy Dublin, surprise pub show in Sinnotts Bar
- Sep 24th: The Green Village Festival, Co. Westmeath
Winter tour 2011
- Nov 5th: The Academy, Dublin [22]
- Nov 8th: Students Union Bar, NUI Maynooth, Co. Kildare
- Nov 10th: Ruby Room, Theatre Royal, Castlebar, Co. Mayo
- Nov 11th: Cyprus Avenue, Caroline Street, Cork
- Nov 16th: Students Union Bar, DCU, Glasnevin, Dublin 9
- Nov 18th: Westcourt Hotel, Drogheda, Co. Louth
- Nov 20th: Turning on the Christmas lights! Monaghan Town Centre, Co. Monaghan
- Nov 25th: Róisín Dubh, Dominick Street, Galway City, Co. Galway
- Nov 26th: The Hillgrove Hotel, Old Armagh Road, Monaghan
- Dec 2nd: The Forum, Waterford
- Dec 3rd: Keith Duffy's Autism Ireland Ball, Ritz Carlton Hotel, Co. Wicklow
- Dec 4th: INEC Acoustic Club, INEC, Killarney
- Dec 9th: Imperial Hotel, Cavan
- Dec 10th: The Pavillion, Cork
- Dec 15th: Dolans, Limerick
- Dec 16th: Jim Kennedy's, Thurles, Co. Tipperary
- Dec 17th: The Palace Bar, Navan
- Dec 27th: The Abbey Hotel, Donegal Town, Co. Donegal
- Dec 29th: The Royal Theatre & Event Centre, Old Westport Road, Castlebar, Co. Mayo Supporting the Saw Doctors
- Dec 31st: Guinness Storehouse, St James Gate, Dublin 8 Headlining Dublin New Year Festival Live event
[edit] 2012
- Jan 7th: The Set Theatre, Kilkenny
- Feb 21st: O2 Academy Glasgow, supporting Rodrigo y Gabriela
- Feb 22nd: HMV Ritz, Manchester, supporting Rodrigo y Gabriela
[edit] Discography
- Albums
- The Day You Live Forever (2011)
- Walking In The Air (EP, 2011)
- Singles
- Jigsaw (2010)
- The Dreamer (2011)
- Stand Up Tall (2011)
- Walking In The Air (2011)
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.seansmyth.ie
- ^ http://www.rubyworks.com/ryansheridan_biog.html
- ^ http://www.northernsound.ie/uploads/podcasts/87.mp3
- ^ http://www.hotpress.com/music/interviews/The-Life-Of-Ryan/7778092.html
- ^ http://www.ibdb.com/person.php?id=82154
- ^ http://www.supajam.com/news/story/Busking-All-The-Way-From-Ireland
- ^ http://www.hotpress.ie/news/Ryan-Sheridan-at-The-Academy/6594164.html
- ^ http://www.othervoices.ie/artists/other-voices-9/ryan-sheridan/
- ^ http://acharts.us/performer/ryan_sheridan
- ^ http://www.sundayworld.com/showbiz/brunker-meets.php?aid=7898
- ^ http://www.rte.ie/ten/2011/0523/obamaconcert.html
- ^ http://www.makeawish.ie/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=119&catid=17&Itemid=108
- ^ http://musicscene.ie/2011/08/ryan-sheridan-confirms-new-single-release-details-and-croke-park-aviva-stadium-live-performances/
- ^ "Little Mix claim Irish Christmas No.1". RTÉ Ten (Raidió Teilifís Éireann). 23 December 2011. http://www.rte.ie/ten/2011/1223/littlemix.html. Retrieved 23 December 2011.
- ^ http://themonaghanmouth.wordpress.com/2011/12/24/ryan-sheridans-single-hits-number-one-spot/
- ^ http://www.rte.ie/drama/featured/raw/soundtrack.html
- ^ http://www.digitology.ie/2012/01/heineken-long-story.html
- ^ http://musicscene.ie/2010/10/monaghan-man-ryan-sheridan-to-support-simply-red/
- ^ http://2uibestow.blogspot.com/2011/02/live-review-ryan-sheridan-boyles-10th.html
- ^ http://www.aikenpromotions.com/index.php?id=921&option=com_content
- ^ http://www.crokepark.ie/events/upcoming-events/feverpitch-2011
- ^ http://www.goldenplec.com/reviews/review-ryan-sheridan-academy/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:goldenplec/RrSLGoldenplec&utm_content=FaceBook
