Simon Fagan will be preforming with full band in Vicar St this Thursday for the final of the Bon Jovi Opening Act Competition.

There will be 5 bands performing on the night, with 2 bands picked to open for Bon Jovi in the RDS on June 29th & 30th.

Each band will perform 3 songs and will be judged by Peter Aiken (Aiken Promotions) Mark Crossingham (Universal Music) and Carol Dooley (Radio Nova) and other music professionals.

You can purchase tickets for the Vicar St final on Ticketmaster for €10

Doors 7.30pm, first act on at 8pm.

Full line up:

• Jody Has A Hitlist



• Doris



• Simon Fagan



• The Riptide Movement



• The Fallen Drakes

Simon will be in London this week for City Showcase: Spotlight London.

While there, Simon will be performing 2 showcase gigs:

Thursday 5th May - The Regal Room, The Distillers Pub, Hammersmith (Doors 8pm, show starts 8.30pm)

Saturday 7th May - National Geographic store on Regent Street, W1 (On stage at 5.30pm sharp)

Both these gigs are free and open to all.

City Showcase has been responsible for breaking some of the best names into the industry since 2003, including Amy Winehouse, Gabriella Cilmi, Keane, Newton Faulkner, Ray LaMontagne, Razorlight, Scouting for Girls and Seth Lakeman.



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Simon has been invited to perform at this years City Showcase: Spotlight London.

He will be performing in the National Geographic store on Regent Street. (Odd place for a gig, I know!) on Saturday May 7th at 5.30pm.

City Showcase has been responsible for breaking some of the best names into the industry since 2003, including Amy Winehouse, Gabriella Cilmi, Keane, Newton Faulkner, Ray LaMontagne, Razorlight, Scouting for Girls and Seth Lakeman.

This is a free gig and open to all.

http://cityshowcase.co.uk/event/live-at-national-geographic

3 songs from Simon's album 'Outside Looking In' have been nominated for this years International Songwriting Competition in Nashville. The competition is judged by some pretty cool musicians including; Peter Gabriel, Kings of Leon, Tom Waits, Ben Folds, Jeff Beck, Ben Harper, Adele...

Obviously,Simon is over the moon the receive such recognition for his writing, but he is more excited about having his music reach the ears of some true musical legends! All we can do now, is wait and see...

Fingers crossed and watch this space!!!

You can listen to the three songs here:

ISC Finalist Songs by Simon Fagan

"Damn Honey" - AAA (Adult Album Alternative)

"Memphis" - Adult Contemporary (AC)

"Love Don't Work" - Performance

Grab a copy of Outside Looking In from Simon's store or if you prefer on iTunes