Declan O’Rourke, who has been called the Irish Leonard Cohen and won the praise of a host of industry giants including Chris Rea, Paul Weller, Paul Brady, and Snow Patrol, has been busy over the past two years since the release of his second record Big, Bad, Beautiful World.
While he never stopped touring the length and breadth of Ireland, O’Rourke has been dipping his toes in foreign waters with tours of Australia, the UK, Germany, Italy, and more recently the US. His songs have been recorded by Eddi Reader, Jacqui Dankworth, Brian Kennedy, and Peter Joback, and performed by Maura O'Connell.
In Ireland, O’Rourke has heaped up multi-platinum sales, Meteor nominations, and a string of sell-out performances. He has toured with Paulo Nutini, Snow Patrol, and last December Peter Joback with whom he performed for the king and queen of Sweden. He devoted much of his time to songwriting in 2009, which bore fruit in his highly-anticipated third album, due for release in autumn 2010.
Declan O’Rourke plays The Stables, Mullingar this Saturday August 14. Special guest on the night is local singer-songwriter Peter Doran.
Doors are at 9.30pm, and tickets are available from E2 Music and the Yukon Bar, Mullingar, and online at www.tickets.ie
