Fionn Regan to play in Dylan Thomas house at Laugharne Weekend

Ahead of his Electric Ballroom date in May, FIONN REGAN will be performing at the LAUGHARNE WEEKEND, the Welsh literary festival, where he has been invited to be one of their musical guests Fionn will going back to his roots for the festival, performing acoustic sets in both the Congregational Church on the Saturday night and The Boathouse, the last residence of Dylan Thomas, on the Sunday afternoon The Laugharne Weekend began in 2007 and has established itself as one of the UK’s most distinctive festivals with previous acts including the likes of Patti Smith, Simon Armitage, Ray Davies, Will Self, Roger McGough, Alexei Sayle, Rhys Ifans and Jon Ronson. Amongst the many luminaries appearing this year are Roddy Doyle, Bill Drummond, Stuart Maconie, Nicky Wire, Martin Carthy, Nick Kent, Howard Marks and Alasdair Roberts

You can get tickets from here;
www.ticketweb.co.uk/user/?region=gb_wales&query=detail&event=371623

Saturday 10 April – LAUGHARNE – Laugharne Weekend (Congregational Church)
Sunday 11 April — LAUGHARNE – Laugharne Weekend (The Boathouse)
www.thelaugharneweekend.com

Critical acclaim for “The Shadow Of An Empire”

“As a singer, lyricist and musician Fionn Regan fizzes with bravado and wit”
MOJO – 4 Stars ****

“Regan’s second album sees the young dubliner plug in to a similar ragged, rockabily vein to Dylan’s mid-60’s classics”
Q – 4 Stars ****

“Regan’s USP is still a gorgeous, sighing, tenor voice”
Uncut – 4 Stars ****

“This second album keys into the rollicking energy of vintage rock n’ roll, while also forging a unique, observational and genuinely beat-poetic lyrical vocabulary Terrific Stuff.”
The Telegraph – 4 Stars ****

“Words and images tumble out, and by the end, you’re thoroughly dazzled”
The Guardian – 4 Stars ****

“Angry, funny, relevant and summed up in one line: “You curse the darkness / And I’ll Strike a match”
The Independent on Sunday – 4 Stars ****

“The Shadow Of An Empire has an ebullient quality, and sets lashings of rockabilly glam against good-time rhythm guitar and pounding drums Later tracks recall the warmth of his earlier work but mostly this signifies a great talent shedding labels, spreading wings and moving on”
Metro – 4 Stars ****

“effortlessly combines rich melodies and lyrics excellently produced and wonderfully delivered”
The Sun – 4 Stars ****

“a rich, confident record”
Mail On Sunday – 4 Stars ****

“Regan follows up his Mercury prize nominated debut with the assured ‘The Shadow Of An Empire’
Financial Times – 4 Stars ****

“Regan’s songs have always been more engagingly askew than his sing-and-strum contemporaries, and they benefit hugely from a massive surge of electricity every song tears in a tumble of hooks and luminous wordplay Regan’s masterly progress is best exemplified by the title track, a stately anthem to decay that rings with the righteousness of a pre-Judas Dylan”
WORD

“Regan sports new, roistering togs assuredly, his vocals as forthright as his lyrics are murky”
The Independent

“Proving his diversity, the first four tracks clatter by in a rowdy race of pulsing snare, cymbals and guitar jangle, before the album relaxes into gentle ballad territory”
The Observer

“The Shadow Of An Empire is a fighting comeback from Fionn Regan It’s a fully realised, sprightly rocking album an uplifting, flawless follow-up.”
Clash

“ country tinged whiskey-sipping rock and introspective upbeat American folk this record gives Fionn Regan many more reasons to stand proudly in the spotlight.”
Loud & Quiet — 8/10

Fionn releases his new single, the deliriously catchy “Catacombs”, next month The songs comes complete with a very stylish b/w video directed by DOUGLAS HART on 8mm film Click on the link or stills below to check it out

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWALclRLiEY