1. Fionn Regan was born on 1981 and is an Irish folk musician and singer-songwriter.
19 Facts About Fionn Regan
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Fionn Regan had been releasing extended plays for six years on independent record labels prior to the album's release.
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Fionn Regan has cited Bob Dylan and Neil Young as influences on his music and has been referred to by Lucinda Williams as "his generation's answer to Bob Dylan".
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Fionn Regan self-released a 'tour only' EP called Campaign Button.
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Fionn Regan has toured worldwide and played many festivals around the world including the Glastonbury Festival, XPoNential Music Festival in Camden, New Jersey, Electric Picnic, Summercase and Benicassim, Bestival ACL Hardly Strictly Bluegrass and Laneways Festival Australia.
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Fionn Regan was invited to perform with Lucinda Williams on her 2007 tour, Williams saying at the Irving Plaza NY concert that Fionn is "his generation's answer to Bob Dylan".
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Around this time, Fionn Regan was photographed by Annie Leibovitz for Vanity Fair magazine's prestigious music portfolio.
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In July 2008, Fionn Regan was invited to perform as part of a filmed live concert, "Liam Clancy: Live The Bitter End".
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In 2008 Fionn Regan recorded a follow-up album to The End of History with producer Ethan Johns for the Lost Highway label, who refused to release it.
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The album remains unreleased and Fionn Regan has referred to this album as The Red Tapes.
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Fionn Regan released the album to critical acclaim on 8 February 2010, achieving several four-star reviews from several publications, including Mojo, Uncut, Q, Hot Press, Financial Times, The Daily Telegraph, The Guardian and The Independent.
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In 2010, Fionn Regan gave a special performance in Dylan Thomas' boathouse in Laugharne, Wales.
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Fionn Regan performed at the Eurosonic Festival in 2012 when Ireland was the "Spotlight Country".
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On 17 August 2012, Hot Press announced that Fionn Regan had completed his fourth studio album, The Bunkhouse Vol.
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Fionn Regan's single "Be Good or Be Gone" has been used in the television dramas Grey's Anatomy, Nearly Famous, and Skins and "Dogwood Blossom" featured in hit series' This Is England '88 and Normal People.
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Fionn Regan's song "Put A Penny In The Slot" has been offered as an iTunes Free Download of the Week.
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Fionn Regan's song "Put a Penny in the Slot" was selected to be included on a special compilation album created by IASCA and FMC in partnership with Culture Ireland to present the gift of music from Ireland to dignitaries the Queen and President Obama and their international press corps travelling with them during their individual visits to Ireland in 2011.
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Fionn Regan was nominated for two Meteor Music Awards in 2006 and The End of History was nominated for Irish Album of the Year at the Choice Music Prize, and was one of the twelve shortlisted albums for the 2007 Mercury Music Prize.
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Fionn Regan was nominated for the 2008 Shortlist Prize, the US equivalent of the Mercury Prize.