Fionn Regan's Intimate Irish Tour Ticket Giveaway!

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Photograph by Sean Breithaupt and Yvette Monahan

With his brand new album 100 Acres of Sycamore scheduled for release this coming August 12th, Fionn Regan is about to embark on his first Irish tour since early 2010. This intimate set of live performances will give fans of the singer-songwriter the chance to hear the spectacular new songs from the forthcoming album.

100 Acres of Sycamore, the follow-up to Fionn Regan's critically acclaimed The Shadow of an Empire, is not just a beautiful and incisive album, it’s also the Bray native’s most personal statement yet: "This record, I think it’s me making peace with myself”. Brimming with stunning tracks, many beautifully rich and layered affairs with soaring instrumentation, 100 Acres Of Sycamore is a record you could easily get lost inside. 

A full tracklisting for the album is below:

1. 100 Acres Of Sycamore
2. Sow Mare Bitch Vixen
3. The Horses Are Asleep
4. The Lake District
5. Dogwood Blossom
6. For A Nightingale

7. List Of Distractions
8. 1st Day Of May
9. North Star Lover
10. Woodberry Cemetery
11. Vodka Sorrow
12. Golden Light

While ‘For A Nightingale’ will be the first official single from the album, Mercury and Choice Prize-nominated Fionn is currently offering  the album's title track as a free download for his fans on his official website, which you can access here. The track was debuted at this month's Belfast Quarter Arts Festival and, judging by its atmospheric and mesmerising sound, which perfectly supports Fionn's pure and almost haunting vocals, it signals that the forthcoming album will undoubtedly be one of the strongest releases of 2011. 

In celebration of Fionn's forthcoming album release, the lovely people behind Universal Music Ireland have given me a pair of tickets for Fionn's Dublin gig at the Grand Social on Thursday 21st July to offer up to one Rarities reader.

To be in with a chance to win this pair of tickets, all you have to do is email your name and contact number/email address to elaine dot kirwan at gmail dot com before midnight on Sunday 17th July. Easy peasy! I will announce the winner of the competition on Monday 18th July on Rarities' Facebook page (so be sure to become a fan here!) and make contact soon after.

Below is a full list of Fionn's Irish tour dates. Tickets are available from all local box offices and further information on all gigs is available here.

July 8th, Friday - Wexford Arts Centre
July 9th, Saturday - Seamus Ennis Centre, Naul, Co. Dublin
July 10th, Sunday - The Riverbank Theatre, Newbridge, Co. Kildare - with Gemma Hayes
July 13th, Wednesday - Kenny's Bar, Lahinch, Co. Clare

July 16th, Saturday - The Model, Sligo
July 17th, Sunday - Roisin Dubh, Galway
July 21st, Thursday - The Grand Social, Dublin
July 22nd, Friday - The INEC, Killarney
July 23rd, Saturday - The Set Theatre, Kilkenny
July 24th, Sunday - The Gonzo Theatre, Cavan
July 27th, Wednesday - The Pavillion, Cork
July 28th, Thursday - deBarras, Clonakilty, West Cork
July 29th, Friday - The Forum, Waterford

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