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Lisa Hannigan
 | Acclaimed Irish singer Lisa Hannigan will perform a headline show at London’s Union Chapel on Thursday, 16 July in support of her fast-rising debut album Sea Sew, her first solo release since parting with Damien Rice’s band. The live date, which is one of several summer shows, including Glastonbury and Latitude festivals, follows on from two acclaimed sold-out London shows - at Shepherds Bush Empire and St John’s Church - in the last six months. Hannigan will release the beautiful ‘I Don’t Know’ as a single on 29 June through Hoop Recordings. 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’. Plus support - Jonathan Jeremiah
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