Shobsy announces acoustic tour
Irish Daily Mail on Sunday - 'If there is a better male singer in the world than Shobsy I have not heard him. He has more octaves to climb and descend than evolution usually allows. Champagne and Entertainment sound like George Michael style hits in-waiting'
Hot Press - “It’s not being duly hyperbolic to say that Shobsy could soon be sitting at Pop’s top table with the likes of Harry Styles, Lewis Capaldi and Sam Smith”
EARMILK - “Multicoloured pop banger, dripping in riveting falsetto and exotic stylings” Pop Matters - “Ireland’s Shobsy possesses a genuinely extraordinary voice, wholly unique and with a mind-blowing range”
After a whirlwind few months including performances in LA and London, releasing his debut EP “Own the Night”. signing an international publishing deal and announcing details of his signing to influential UK label SO Recordings, Shobsy announces a number of Irish acoustic dates.
‘Dance Or Cry’ (the first release from the ‘Own The Night’ EP) reached Number 4 on the Irish Radio Breakers Chart and achieved significant airplay on Ireland’s most listened to station RTE Radio 1 and was ‘Track of the Week’ on RTE 2fm as well as being playlisted on stations such as Sydney Radio in Australia and on Radio Excalibur In Greece.
"The release of 'Own The Night' EP is a real milestone moment for me. I tried to reflect somewhat the point of life I am in currently. As a person I feel I'm licking my wounds a bit, enough time has passed that I'm able to hover over parts of my past that caused me pain. Particularly in love, I hid who I was for so long, I got used to it. I'm still trying to undo that.
Apart from performing as special guest at the recent International Music Industry Awards Gala Dinner in Los Angeles, Shobsy has performed numerous sold out shows at prestigious Irish venues over the past year including at The Workman’s Club, The National Concert Hall , Whelan’s, The Academy and also recently signed a worldwide music publishing deal with Pangea International Music Publishing (which is partnered with Sony Music Publishing).
Shobsy's previous releases including ‘Vanity', ‘ENTERTAINMENT’ & Champagne’ were received exceptionally well with support given both at home in Ireland and overseas from amongst others EARMILK, PopMatters, Nialler9, Hot Press, Today FM and Record Of The Day. Two of his singles were supported as ‘Track of the Week’ on RTE 2fm. Last year he was one of a handful of Irish acts (alongside Dermot Kennedy & Gavin James) invited to perform at a special Irish Music Industry showcase event hosted by the President of Ireland at the President’s residence in Dublin.
A performance on Ireland’s Biggest TV show ‘The Late Late Show’ would lead to far reaching additional attention for this Dublin based singer- songwriter and live performer. Shobsy performed a special acoustic re-working of the Jimmy Somerville classic, 'Smalltown Boy' on the show; vocals with piano accompaniment. It was sublime in its sentiment and delivery and went viral online clocking up over 100k views in 12 hours.
Shobsy has performed numerous times with the RTE Concert Orchestra performing songs from David Bowie, Phil Lynott at sold out shows at the 3 Arena, National Concert Hall and at the Bord Gais Energy Theatre. Fans of George Michael, David Bowie & The Weeknd are in for a treat as Shobsy’s new tracks embody each of them through the recordings genre-hopping rhythm, crossing the boundaries of synth pop into R&B. This Dubliner’s natural vocal ability, showmanship yet grounded charismatic personable character has already gained him a legion of fans and we are so excited not just for you to hear his debut EP but also for us all to watch where this superb artist takes us next.
Irish Daily Mail on Sunday - 'If there is a better male singer in the world than Shobsy I have not heard him. He has more octaves to climb and descend than evolution usually allows. Champagne and Entertainment sound like George Michael style hits in-waiting'
Hot Press - “It’s not being duly hyperbolic to say that Shobsy could soon be sitting at Pop’s top table with the likes of Harry Styles, Lewis Capaldi and Sam Smith”
EARMILK - “Multicoloured pop banger, dripping in riveting falsetto and exotic stylings” Pop Matters - “Ireland’s Shobsy possesses a genuinely extraordinary voice, wholly unique and with a mind-blowing range”