{"id":2608,"date":"2010-12-22T16:13:32","date_gmt":"2010-12-22T15:13:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whatsonni.com\/blog\/?p=2608"},"modified":"2010-12-22T16:13:32","modified_gmt":"2010-12-22T15:13:32","slug":"shayne-ward-announces-irish-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/2010\/12\/shayne-ward-announces-irish-tour\/","title":{"rendered":"SHAYNE WARD ANNOUNCES IRISH TOUR"},"content":{"rendered":"

Following his show stopping performance at this year\u2019s Cheerios Childline Concert, X Factor comeback and release of his third album Obsession<\/em>, Shayne Ward has announced an Irish tour next March.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Shows confirmed for this exceptional vocalists\u2019 Irish tour are as follows: <\/strong><\/p>\n

Tuesday 22<\/strong>nd<\/sup><\/strong> Belfast, Waterfront Hall<\/strong>
\nWednesday 23rd<\/sup> Castlebar, Royal Theatre
\nThursday 24th<\/sup> Killarney, INEC
\nSaturday 26th<\/sup> Dublin, Olympia Theatre<\/p>\n

Tickets for the Waterfront Hall show goes on sale from 9am on Thursday 23rd<\/sup> December.<\/p>\n

The Waterfront Hall:<\/strong> Telephone \u2013 02890 334455
\nBook On Line – www.waterfront.co.uk<\/a><\/span>
\nIn person: from 100 Ticketmaster outlets nationwide
\n24hr hotlines tel: ( ROI ) 0818 719 300\/ ( NI ) 0844 277 4455
\nBuy online: www.Ticketmaster.ie<\/a><\/p>\n

Shayne Ward burst back onto the scene this year with his Top 10 hit single, the infectious Gotta Be Somebody<\/em>, the first release from his third album Obsession<\/em>.\u00a0 The follow-up single of the same name will tie in with the dates.<\/p>\n

Shayne\u2019s debut single in 2005, That\u2019s My Goal<\/em>, sold over 1 million copies in the UK, his album went Platinum in just over a week and reached number one in eight other countries, he\u2019s had two sell out arena tours and received a prestigious Ivor Novello award.\u00a0 It wasn\u2019t just the UK fans that fell for him either.\u00a0 Elevated to superstar status in Asia \u2013 Shayne had numerous number ones, received countless awards and spent months touring for his adoring fans.\u00a0 He may have been launched by X Factor but like another vocal great he has already moved beyond that point.\u00a0 Tony Bennett came second in a talent show for singing waiters and got a Sony contract as a result \u2013 he went on to record 100 albums for the label!\u00a0 The platform might be different but each generation throws up it\u2019s fair share of real talent and that always rises to the top whatever the route!\u00a0 This time around it\u2019s Shayne Ward!<\/p>\n

One listen to his recent album – the first single Gotta Be Somebody<\/em>, the powerful crescendos in album track Obsession<\/em>, and vocals bursting with confidence in Foolish<\/em> and there\u2019s no doubt he\u2019s found his rightful place in pop society. But it\u2019s been quite the journey getting there.<\/p>\n

Although he grew up in Clayton, North Manchester, Shayne is fiercely proud of his Irish roots. \u201cSince winning The X Factor its like there\u2019s a major respect for me in the traveling world,\u201d Shayne glows, \u201c It\u2019s like one of their own has done it. Irish People shout at me in the street as if I\u2019m part of their family \u2013 its really warming\u201d. Shayne\u2019s Irish influences permeate his music too, and its no surprise that he is related to Irish folk group The Fureys\u2013 \u201cI love listening to proper Irish music \u2013 even though some people might find it funny!\u201d he laughs, \u201cIt really helps me chill out and reminds me of when I was younger. I\u2019m also a huge fan of artists like Van Morrison, The Dubliners and U2.<\/p>\n

Tickets for Shayne Wards Irish tour are on sale this Thursday, 23rd<\/sup> December at 9am.<\/p>\n

For more see: www.shayneward.com<\/a> \/ www.mcd.ie<\/a> \/ www.ticketmaster.ie<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Following his show stopping performance at this year\u2019s Cheerios Childline Concert, X Factor comeback and release of his third album Obsession, Shayne Ward has announced an Irish tour next March. Shows confirmed for this exceptional vocalists\u2019 Irish tour are as follows: Tuesday 22nd Belfast, Waterfront Hall Wednesday 23rd Castlebar, Royal Theatre Thursday 24th Killarney, INEC … Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2608"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2608"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2608\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2608"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2608"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2608"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}