1. Gemma Hayes was born on 11 August 1977 and is an Irish musician, singer-songwriter and composer.
45 Facts About Gemma Hayes
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Gemma Hayes is a member of The Cake Sale, Printer Clips and Trio.
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Gemma Hayes was surrounded by music from an early age heavily influenced by her siblings and her father who was a keyboardist in a local band.
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Gemma Hayes soon dropped out of university to concentrate on her music and to gig at music venues across the city.
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Gemma Hayes toured Europe and the US extensively upon the album's release performing at high profiled festivals such as Ireland's Witnness festival and Montreux Jazz Festival 2002 in Switzerland.
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Gemma Hayes did however find the time to record a cover of Lay Lady Lay with Magnet.
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Gemma Hayes toured Ireland, the UK and US during the promotion of the album.
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On 14 August 2006 Gemma Hayes announced she had begun work on her third album in the Black Box Studios in France and produced by her former guitarist, David Odlum.
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Gemma Hayes later confirmed the name of her third album The Hollow of Morning.
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Gemma Hayes lost out to Imelda May On 13 February 2009 the music video for the song "Home" debuted on MySpace.
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On 14 April 2009 Gemma Hayes announced she had begun on new material for the next album.
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On 3 September 2009, Gemma Hayes performed at the 2012 stage at the 2009 Arhus Festival.
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Gemma Hayes's set-list featured new songs "Waiting for You" and "Shock to the System".
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On 22 December 2009, Gemma Hayes released her cover of "Cloudbusting" for free from her website.
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In March 2010, Gemma Hayes featured on Ceol '10, a special album in the Irish language.
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Gemma Hayes hinted a possible September 2010 release for her fourth album, but, by October 2010, Gemma Hayes confirmed the album's delayed release until 2011 as she began to rework some tracks.
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On 13 February 2011, Gemma Hayes confirmed on RTE Radio 1's Today with Pat Kenny her fourth studio album would be released by May 2011 and this coincided with a tour across Ireland.
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Gemma Hayes confirmed 'Shock to the System' will appear on the album.
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Paul Noonan of Bell X1 confirmed Gemma Hayes would appear on his solo debut album Noonan has previously worked on Gemma Hayes' previous albums.
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In June 2012, Gemma Hayes announced she began work on writing new tracks and she planned to move to Los Angeles.
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On 30 June 2012, Gemma Hayes played the Concert At Sea festival in The Netherlands.
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On 15 July 2012, new songs recorded by Gemma Hayes appeared on iTunes through the Velvet Ear Collection.
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On 9 August 2012, Gemma Hayes confirmed through e-mail to fans she continued to work on new material.
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Gemma Hayes revealed she was working with David Odlum on his side-project and she hinted at the release of a live album due for 2013.
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Gemma Hayes confirmed a new tour dates for both Ireland and the UK beginning in October 2012.
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On 21 November 2012, Gemma Hayes confirmed she would record her upcoming gig in Dublin's Olympia on 9 December to release it as a live album in early 2013.
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On 22 April 2013 Gemma Hayes confirmed through an email to fans she hoped to release a special limited vinyl featuring live performances gathered at some of her tour dates.
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Gemma Hayes confirmed to have written some new songs and is expected to go into the studio soon to record them for the forthcoming LP.
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On 30 April 2013, Gemma Hayes confirmed she had begun recording her fifth studio album in France.
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On 16 August 2013, on her new official website Gemma Hayes provided more details about the PledgeMusic campaign.
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On 3 December 2013 Gemma Hayes was interviewed by Hot Press magazine where she discussed the album's recording moving to the UK, after demos and recordings set in France and Dublin.
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On 10 April 2014, Gemma Hayes revealed through her Facebook page three titles of new songs to feature on the album due in the summer.
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Gemma Hayes confirmed mixing and mastering will take place in France in the coming month as Gemma Hayes finishes recording in London.
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Gemma Hayes is expected to tour the rest of Europe in the fall following the release of her new album due late summer 2014.
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On 1 August 2014 Gemma Hayes confirmed through her Pledge Music page her fifth studio album is titled Bones + Longing.
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On 23 August 2014, Gemma Hayes performed alongside Paul Noonan as part of Printer Clips on RTE's Saturday Night with Miriam.
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Gemma Hayes confirmed her support of Printer Clips across Ireland in December 2014.
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In late 2015, Gemma Hayes confirmed she began writing some new tracks and hoped to release some new material in the coming months.
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In 2016, Gemma Hayes appeared as part of Starboard Home; a compilation featuring tracks by Irish artists for the Ireland 2016 Centenary Programme.
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On February 2,2019, Gemma Hayes performed at a special event hosted at the Irish Embassy in London which celebrated Irish women and their contribution to arts and Irish culture.
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On 11 July 2020, Gemma Hayes announced via Twitter her initial intention to release two or three new songs in the autumn of 2020.
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On 9 April 2021, Gemma Hayes shared snippets of new material during the recording process of her upcoming album.
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In November 2013 Gemma Hayes moved to London, intent on commuting between Ireland and the United Kingdom regularly.
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On 6 February 2014, Gemma Hayes confirmed she gave birth to a baby boy in January 2014.
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In 2020, Gemma Hayes moved back to Ireland, where she resides in West Cork.