Mark Hegan EP Launch - Voodoo, Belfast

About this event

Voodoo Sessions Presents: Mark Hegan EP Launch Come celebrate the launch of Mark's brand new EP in Voodoo, Belfast. Doors 7pm. Since the release of his debut EP in 2023, Irish music taste makers have been singing the praises of Mark Hegan; from Q Radio’s Olga Kaye, who called him a “future Northern Irish superstar” to BBC introducing’s Taylor Johnson, who claimed Mark is “the most industrious songwriter on this island”. It must be said, since picking up the guitar at age twelve, Mark’s achievements have been numerous; from sold out shows and tours across Ireland and the U.K., to NI Music Prize nominations and airtime on BBC Radio 1, BBC Radio 2 and RTE. Mark’s songwriting addresses themes of adulthood, identity and compromise, which, coupled with a stadium ready sound, combines intimacy and spectacle in a way that has prompted comparisons to legendary acts like U2, Sam Fender and Bruce Springsteen. With the promise of a new EP, sold out shows and tours that boast support slot dates with the legendary Irish band Aslan, Mark's determination to cement himself as one of Ireland's most promising artists is steadfast. This next EP will be my third, and, in my opinion, my most cohesive. It's a collection of songs that were made together and belong together as an EP, but also marks a change of direction in my body of work. Over the last six years, I have recorded and mixed all my songs and, as proud as I am of my back catalogue, one of my main motivations was to make the tracks sound as professional or as "shiny" as possible. This time around however, the songs themselves took me in a different direction, and I began to produce with the aim of making the listener feel like they were in the room with me; no spectacle, just song and story. I think I've captured that with my new single, "Shadow", perhaps the song I'm most proud of to date, and I can't wait for the world to hear it.