Our main man of the moment here in Ireland, Niall Breslin, better known as Bressie, will be playing the Olympia on 29th September 2012. Tickets go on sale tomorrow from Ticketmaster outlets at 9.00a.m. No doubt the show will be a sell out, it's his first announced under 18's gig, so I'm sure the young un's will be raring to go!
The Olympia itself is such an amazing venue, so I was well chuffed when he announced the news on Monday. After previously being blown away by Florence & the Machine there about 2 years ago, I have no doubt that Bressie will do the exact same and grow an even bigger, more supportive group of fans.
Everyone should be sure to go, the gig itself will undoubtedly be amazing, you get to look at the man himself in the flesh for hours & not forgetting to mention tickets will only be around 21 yo-yo's! And sure if ye are lucky enough to go, take the man an penguin bar or wagon wheel, he'll love the extra treat ;)
So if you were lucky enough to have arisen from bed Sunday evening & lucky enough to not have had a headache after the crazy St Patrick's Day celebrations you would have had the joys of seeing what The Voice of Ireland contestants from Team Brian and Team Bressie had to offer to us this week.
Unlike last week one of the mentors and their team opened the show; Team Brian. Nice surprise for all the viewers, I myself wasn't expecting anything like that at all! It'll be interesting to see everyone else join together too.
I've decided to focus this week's post on the opening and closing acts of the night. They were probably my favourite two, so I'll stick with what I enjoyed :)
First onto the stage was Pat Byrne. I'm a huge fan of Pat's. He's a genuine, lovely guy and I really understand his love of music. His passion for music is plain to be seen. Singing Jets- 'Are you Gonna Be My Girl', Pat opened the show rocking with his guitar along with the new dancers of the show, choreographed by none other than Mr Breslin himself.... apparently he wore the outfit too....! *joke* Pat opened the show with a bang and everyone to follow kept the show on the road.
Closing the show with a stunning, energetic performance Conor Quinn gave us his all. He has gotten so relaxed about everything and seems to be really enjoying what he's doing on the show. The song choice was perfect for him, the upbeat 'Lonely Boy', made popular most recently by The Black Keys, ended the show on a high. We were left in suspense of who would be the unlucky two to go, it was honestly unable to call.
Team Bressie seemed to steal the show for me Sunday night. Everyone's song choice was bang on & did them all justice. I genuinely couldn't understand how Kiera ended up in the bottom two, she has been one of my favourite female vocalists since her audition so I was really shocked by that. But then again with only 5 acts per judge on the night its hard to predict these things.
The Guest Performance on the night was given by Rizzle Kicks, who I can honestly say I didn't really give much time to before I saw them perform on the show. Low and behold The Voice has managed to change it all, their interaction with the crowd was great and their dancing can't be ignored!! Really enjoyed their performance-my rapping skills are slowly but surely improving! ;)
So who is everyone looking forward to seeing this week?
What would you like to see the judges & contestants get up to?
Will everyone up their game that extra mile?
Who knows!
Be sure to tune in to RTE on Sunday, no doubt the show will be immense ;)
Until next week.... Shaunna :)
Currently procrastinating- what's new? The life of a college student eh?!
As a Voice of Ireland nerd, this week's live show blew my mind! No, not exactly what you're all thinking, although yes, I did enjoy watching my main man Breslin rocking it up on stage ;)
The contestants were amazing! I was so impressed by how much everyone has upped their game. I even felt as though there was a rise in talent from the previous week's live show. Whether it was song choice, the styling (which I'm loving- Ingrid Hoey is currently another idol of mine, shes doing an immense job-pictures down below ;)) or just the fact that everyone's feeling the talent and sweat of competition among each other- I honestly don't know what it is but I'm loving it!
I'm not going to jump on any bandwagon yet and announce I'm a certain 'Team Brian/Bressie/Sharon/Kian' or the likes yet, just going to wait and see how the contestants grow within the stages of the show, its what its all about in fairness! There's no doubt of the amount of talent in the competition but give them time to grow even more, you'll never know who'll gain the most from the show!
Above all, I'm not going to slate any of the contestants either, just leave you with my favourite performance of the night :)
and not forgetting my other favourite performance ;)
Really enjoyed the judges performance, it was nice to see what the contestants are learning from :)
As well as all the bags of talent I can't leave this post without mentioning the work of Ingrid. Wow everyone is just looking amazing on the show, I would love to work with Ingrid- I'd even consider entering the show in hope of being styled by the lady herself! Here's just a sample of her work, which I took from her Twitter account, I was unable to get any pictures of the contestants, but stick on the old RTE player to have a little peep, its worth it I promise! ;)
I can't wait to see what this week's contestant's have to offer! Are you as addicted to The Voice as I am? Enjoy :)
It's almost time for it folk's. The 9th of March is falling upon us this coming Friday but not only that, Bressie's latest single 'Breaking My Fall', from his current album 'Colourblind Stereo' is set to be released.
The fine species of a man needs YOUR support so make sure ye all go out and buy it! It's time to pay him back for all that beauty we've been getting to see so much of over the past 9 weeks ;)
It's time to support our home grown talent and take him to number one. The single will have a b-side track 'Erica' and to make it more exciting his official website will be releasing snippets of the track throughout the week.
Come on Breslin, we can do it!
(Umphh here I go back to the world of studying Music since 1945, its tough going lads!)
Took some crazy notion yesterday that I should explore back into the 80's music. Wow, serious tunes back then and even more serious when I say I think I may belong in that era! Easily ended up downloading about 60 or so odd songs and can't wait to get letting loose in my room on my own dancing to them soon!
Music put aside for a second and I just HAVE to mention the clothes. Eeeeeppp the fashion was amazing too. You either love it or hate it, but I love me a bit of funk!
See anything familiar? Yep you guessed it, the prints are making a come back!
Side note finished and back to the music! Thought I'd share a few of my favourites that I came across to see what ye think, hopefully you'll find some love for them too :)
Warning!: The videos may be slightly odd to say the least! Enjoy...
Linking overload, sorry!
Thankyou for reading, And please read again soon (I'll love you forever!!) Hugs, Shaunna
