1. Mick Flannery was born on 28 November 1983 and is an Irish singer and songwriter.
37 Facts About Mick Flannery
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Mick Flannery was the first Irish musician to win in this event.
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Also that year Mick Flannery won Best Irish Male at the 2009 Meteor Awards.
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Mick Flannery recorded an album of her own actually two years ago.
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Mick Flannery cites an encounter with the music of Kurt Cobain and Nirvana as a direct influence on his desire to become a musician.
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Mick Flannery soon bought the album Blonde on Blonde as well.
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Mick Flannery's first completed song was called "Mad Man's Road", a tale of a murder which took place on the road in which he lived.
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Mick Flannery has been dismissive of his earlier material, referring to it as "tripe".
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Mick Flannery's sister was present for one of the months and assisted him with organising his performances.
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Mick Flannery performed on RTE Two's Other Voices television programme in 2008.
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In June 2019, as part of the Cork Midsummer Festival, The Everyman and Rosa Productions presented the world premiere of Evening Train, a new musical inspired by Mick Flannery's acclaimed concept album of the same name.
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Mick Flannery's album, written from different character perspectives, suggests the main figures: two divided brothers, Frank and Luther, and a spirited, forlorn young woman, Grace, all dreaming of some form of escape from dusty realities and unpromising futures in a small town of gamblers and strivers.
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Mick Flannery began a tour of Ireland after the release of White Lies.
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Mick Flannery performed a duet of "Christmas Past" with Lisa Hannigan in December 2008 after Today FM's Tony Fenton paired them together for a radio show broadcast from a rooftop.
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Mick Flannery joined Hannigan at a show in Vicar Street to perform the same duet that month.
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Mick Flannery performed a cover version of "The River" on The Ray D'Arcy Shows Discover Ireland Feel Good Tour stopover in Carlingford and Cooley Peninsula in March 2009.
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Mick Flannery's largest headlining performance in Dublin at this stage occurred at Vicar Street on 25 May 2009.
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Mick Flannery performed alongside John Spillane at Live at the Marquee in Cork on 9 July 2009.
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Mick Flannery performed at the Bloom Festival as part of the 50th anniversary celebrations of The Rose of Tralee in 2009.
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Mick Flannery made an appearance on the Crawdaddy Stage at Electric Picnic 2009.
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Mick Flannery has sold out several other venues around Ireland and has toured the UK.
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Mick Flannery released his third studio album, Red to Blue, on 30 March 2012.
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The Red to Blue tour was a major success for Mick Flannery, featuring sold-out shows all over Ireland, most notably the Olympia Theatre in Dublin, one of Mick Flannery's biggest venues to date.
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The fifth instalment from Mick Flannery was released on 14 October 2016.
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In 2018 Mick Flannery released a charity single for a women's support agency.
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Mick Flannery was accompanied by his Aunt Yvonne for this performance.
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On 5 July 2019, Mick Flannery's self titled album was released.
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In May 2020, Mick Flannery teamed up with New York-based director Samantha Scaffidi to collaborate on Run a Mile, a new song and video to raise funds Women's Aid, a national frontline organisation helping victims of domestic abuse.
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Mick Flannery says ""This song was written as an attempt to empathise with a woman who has lived with disappointing men all her life, from her own father to the father of her child, to subsequent relationships.
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In February 2022 Mick Flannery released A Night at the Opera, an album depicting some of history's most famous chess games.
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Mick Flannery's sister Sarah Mick Flannery is a past winner of the Esat Young Scientist Exhibition.
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The Irish Times placed him at number forty-six in a list of "The 50 Best Irish Acts Right Now" published in April 2009, commenting on his album White Lies: "With this stunning exhibition of the gravel-voiced musician's abilities, Mick Flannery turned his hand to mournful piano ballads and catchy guitar tunes with a flair that far surpasses his 25 years".
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Mick Flannery won in two categories in the International Songwriting Competition in Nashville, Tennessee: "In the Gutter" in the category of Folk Singer-Songwriter and "The Tender" in the category of Lyrics Only.
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Mick Flannery was the first Irish musician to win in this competition.
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Mick Flannery won Best Irish Male at the 2009 Meteor Awards.
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In 2009, Mick Flannery was nominated for the Choice Music Prize.
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Mick Flannery has twice won the Best Original Folk Track award at the RTE Radio 1 Folk Awards, duetting with Susan O'Neill on both occasions.