GIG: X Factor star to play acoustic show in Dublin

LUCY Spraggan appeared on the X Factor in 2012 and since then her audition video has been viewed 35 million times on YouTube.

She was also the most Googled musician of 2012, after she came off the show and immediately signed to Columbia Records.

Her debut album ‘Join the Club’ was a top-ten success and Lucy has enjoyed sell-out tours since then. Her latest record ‘We Are’ was released on her own label, CTRL Records, after Spraggan opted to take the independent route the second time around.

The album just missed out on a top 20 position but has been highly acclaimed as one of the best singer-songwriter albums of 2015.

Lucy’s music-writing career began with Don Maclean and Kirsty McColl as her major influences, embellished with the folk riffs of Peter, Paul and Mary and taking on the punchy riffs of traditional R and B. A period spent living and playing in New Orleans, sucking in the sounds and sights of that incredible history of music has brought Lucy to her current style.

Her name is now synonymous with the cross-border sound she calls AFLOP; the melodic middle ground where pop and acoustic folk meet. The toe-tapping interpretations of classic sounds and the harmony-heavy ballads that she pulls from modern rhythm and blues while turning the rattle of rap into sing-along folk-style numbers are hard to forget.

Lucy has made appearances in some of the most prestigious music venues the UK has to offer, including the O2 Arena, Royal Albert Hall and Manchester Arena, and has also packed out tents at some of the UK’s top festivals including T in the Park and V Fest. The intrigue of Lucy Spraggan remains as high as ever.

Lucy embarks on the road solo in 2016, for the first time leaving the band at home for her acoustic tour.

Fans who catch her at The Academy 2 on Friday, March 11 can expect some exciting new music alongside all the favourites that have filled her previous two albums.