1. Foy Best Vance was born on 18 November 1974 and is an Irish musician and singer-songwriter from Northern Ireland, signed to Ed Sheeran's Gingerbread Man record label.
22 Facts About Foy Vance
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Foy Vance had previously released two limited edition EPs on Wurdamouth Records, Live Sessions and the Birth Toilet Tour and Watermelon Oranges.
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From 2007, Foy Vance performed his contemporary songs at Ireland's largest annual Christian youth festival Summer Madness at the King's Hall, Belfast for several consecutive years.
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In early 2008, Foy Vance was invited to perform at a number of prisons in England, including New Hall women's prison near Wakefield and Full Sutton maximum security prison near York.
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On 31 January 2011, Foy Vance went to Los Angeles to finish the recording of The Melrose EP with Holmes.
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On 27 August 2012, Foy Vance released The Melrose EP, on Communion Records.
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Foy Vance performed at BBC's Proms in the Park in Belfast on 8 September 2012.
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In late 2012, Foy Vance was one of the support acts for British artist Ed Sheeran's UK tour.
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Foy Vance went on to support Sheeran on the US-leg of his tour, where the pair again duetted on "Kiss Me".
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Sheeran has been known to cover Foy Vance's song "Guiding Light", which often closes Foy Vance's headline sets.
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In early 2013, Foy Vance signed with Glassnote Records and completed his new album, Joy of Nothing, which was released on 26 August.
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On 10 June 2013, Foy Vance released a 22-minute documentary, Recording Nothing, showing the process of writing and recording the album.
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Foy Vance performed at Tennent's Vital on 15 August 2013 along with headliners Snow Patrol, and toured with Bonnie Raitt throughout the UK.
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In July 2015, Foy Vance appeared at the Barn on the Farm festival at Over Farm, Over, near Gloucester and recorded a number of session for the festival's YouTube channel.
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In November 2015, Foy Vance signed with Sheeran's Gingerbread Man Records, and on 13 May 2016, he released his third studio album, The Wild Swan.
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Foy Vance co-wrote the song "Pushin' Time" with Miranda Lambert and Natalie Hemby that appeared on Lambert's album The Weight of These Wings, which was released in November 2016.
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In December 2016, Foy Vance released the single "Moonshine", which appeared on the soundtrack for the Ben Affleck film Live by Night.
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In June 2019, Foy Vance released a new album, From Muscle Shoals, a collection of Americana-inspired songs recorded at FAME Studios in Muscle Shoals, Alabama.
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On 4 June 1994, Foy Vance appeared as Andrew Strong of The Commitments on the TV talent show Stars in Their Eyes.
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In 2007, Foy Vance appeared on RTE's Other Voices, filmed in Dingle, Ireland.
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In September 2011, Foy Vance joined Snow Patrol on the BBC Two's Later.
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In May 2015, Foy Vance appeared with Rudimental on Later with Jools Holland.