19 Facts About Declan O'Rourke

Declan O'Rourke was born on April 26,1976 and is a singer-songwriter from Kinvara, Ireland.

At the age of 13, when living in Australia with his family, O'Rourke was given his first guitar by a priest in Kyabram who recognised his potential and love for music, hence the title of his debut album Since Kyabram, released in October 2004.

Since the release of the album, Declan O'Rourke has completed multiple sell-out nationwide Irish tours, the second of these culminating in a full capacity show in Dublin's Olympia Theatre in March 2005.

Declan O'Rourke has been among the few solo performers selected to appear on both the second and third TV series of Other Voices.

Declan O'Rourke tracks were included on the No 1 selling compilations Even Better than the Real Thing Vol.

Declan O'Rourke performed at the first Irish Woodstock in Inistioge, Kilkenny.

Declan O'Rourke has played guitar on stage with Bic Runga on her European tour, Snow Patrol on the UK and Irish legs of their 2006 tour, including performances at Wembley Arena and their sold-out December performance at the old Point Theatre in Dublin.

Declan O'Rourke opened multiple shows for Planxty during the come-back concerts at Vicar Street, Dublin.

Declan O'Rourke performed on the same bill as Bob Dylan for three consecutive shows while playing guitar with Paddy Casey.

Declan O'Rourke played guitar for Snow Patrol during their Oxegen Festival performance in Ireland in July 2007.

Declan O'Rourke attracted praise from Paul Weller for his song "Galileo " which he cited in an interview with Q Magazine as the song he most wished he'd written from the past twenty years; he later included Declan O'Rourke's recording of the song on an album of his favourite songs included with a special edition of the magazine dedicated to him.

Weller invited Declan O'Rourke to perform at the 100 Club in London.

In October 2007 Declan O'Rourke released his second album, Big Bad Beautiful World after performing selected tracks on Irish radio.

Declan O'Rourke completed limited tours of South-Eastern Australia in 2008 and 2009, finishing the latter tour with a sold-out performance at Sydney's The Basement venue, which was filmed for later broadcast by ABC Australia.

In October 2010, Declan O'Rourke was invited to open shows for American singer-songwriter John Prine in Virginia.

Since 2006, in addition to Prine and Snow Patrol, Declan O'Rourke has completed tours with Paulo Nutini, Paul Weller, Paul Brady, The Cardigans, and Nizlopi, among others.

From Oct 2014 to Sept 2015, Declan O'Rourke decided to try something completely new, releasing a brand new track every month exclusively to subscribers of his mailing list and followers on social media platforms.

Declan O'Rourke released his fourth studio album Gold Bars in the Sun in late 2015.

In October 2016 Declan O'Rourke released, In Full Colour, the culmination of his previous work spanning a dozen sold-out concerts over 10 years, performing with the accompaniment of a full Orchestra.