Just spotted on Twitter this evening a mention of a new show in London from Gemma’s Twitter (@gemma_hayes) – in response to @lucyrobertsonX‘s Tweet:

@lucyrobertsonX I gotta gig in London on Feb 21st in a small little venue called the Paradise Club.Come by:))

— gemma hayes (@gemma_hayes) January 7, 2012

Can’t see it listed yet on the Paradise Club’s website, but the venue is located at 19 Kilburn Lane, Kensal Green, London, W10 4 AE

Also, if you live in Ireland, Gemma has two shows lined up:

11th Feb at INEC, Killarney (originally scheduled for 3rd Dec 2011. Original Tickets Valid. Over 18′s – ID Required). Tickets 17.65 euros via Ticketmaster.ie

Gemma will also be playing in Cork, Ireland at Cyprus Avenue on Saturday 18 February 2012

February 2012
11.02.2012 INEC – Gleneagle Hotel, Killarney, Co. Kerry, Ireland
18.02.2012 Cyprus Avenue, Cork, Ireland
21.02.2012 London Paradise Club, England

Keep an eye on the tour dates section of Gemma’s official site:
http://www.gemmahayes.com/tour.htm

Here’s a quick round up of the news we missed:

Gemma posted an update to her site back in October 2011:

Hello to everyone,

Sorry it’s been so long since I checked in. I hope life is good with you all. It was an absolute blast promoting my album around Ireland over the summer. So many people came out to support me and for that I thank you sincerely. So I’ve one more Irish tour in November then it’s off to the rest of the world in 2012. I chose to put my album out with Fulfill Records in the UK early next year. Once I know the exact date I’ll let you know. To celebrate the event, a physical copy of the Oliver EP will come free with the first 1,000 albums. No more will be made. So maybe in time it will be worth something just like a Beano comic or an antique chamber pot!

So that’s it for now. Happy Halloween lovely peeps.

-Gxx

Gemma played a series of gigs in Ireland last month

According to this Tweet, Gemma plans to release an exclusive edition of album ‘Let It Break’ in March.

During the interview Gemma revealed the new album (produced by Dave Odlum) was finished and is currently being mixed. It was recorded in Westland Studios in Dublin and Black Box Studios in France (as well as Gemma’s kitchen!).

The plan is to release the album on 27th May 2011 and possibly schedule a concert at The Button Factory (in Temple Bar, Dublin) to coincide with the launch. Gemma also mentioned a "20-odd date Irish tour a week before the album release".

The first single to be taken from the new album will be Tokyo and should be released mid-March.

Gemma played two songs live in the 98FM studio – Tokyo and Evening Sun. You can watch her play the new single via the 98FMTotallyIrish YouTube channel (720p HD is available if you click through): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3yyPd3yJtU

Gemma was also a guest on RTE Radio 1 last Wednesday (16th Feb) and apparently played Oliver and Tokyo live according to her Tweet (although I’ve found it hard to navigate the RTE website to find this?).

Meanwhile the official Gemma Hayes website has confirmed Gemma will be doing a full tour of Ireland in May (as mentioned above). Other upcoming shows include: the ShamRock Festival in Cavan (which takes place 3rd-5th June) and a show at Kenny’s Bar in Lahinch (Co. Clare) on 14th April. Gemma additionally has the Craic Festival at the Mercury Lounge in New York listed on her site (Friday 11th March) – tickets for this are available from Ticketmaster.com.

update: according to this webpage I found via a Google Alert, Gemma will be playing a gig with Last Second Magic at Captain’s Live, Blanchardstown on February 24 (can’t see it mentioned on the venue’s site yet though?)

You can keep up to date with Gemma via her Facebook and Twitter and official site. Be sure to check out the fans forum on gemmahayesmakingwaves.yuku.com too.

IRELAND DATES
Fri 15th Jan – Killarney INEC Acoustic Club
Sat 16th Jan – Galway Roisin Dubh
Fri 22nd Jan – Bandon B Side
Sat 23rd Jan – Limerick Dolan’s (Upstairs)
Thu 28th Jan – Dublin Odessa
Fri 29th Jan – Dundalk Spirit Store
Sat 30th Jan – Dundrum Mill Theatre
Thu 11th Feb – Kilkenny Cleere’s
Thu 25th Feb – Clonmel O’Keeffes
Fri 26th Feb – Kildare Riverbank Arts Centre
Thu 1st Apr – Bray Mermaid Theatre
Sat 3rd Apr – Dungarvan Town Hall Theatre
Thu 8th Apr – Slane Boyles

You can find tickets to some of these concerts here

For UK fans like myself, Gemma posted on her Twitter that she’ll be touring over here in the Spring (hopefully that will include Manchester )

10:22 Ae Fond Kiss
13:08 Waiting For You
18:28 Shock To The System
24:01 Back Of My Hand
30:24 Oliver
34:00 Cloudbursting
38:33 Happy/Sad

Below you’ll find the YouTube video embedded. You can use the times above to skip straight to the new tunes if you wish. The Kate Bush cover of Cloudbursting (which Gemma gave away as a free mp3 download over Xmas) is really wonderful.

Here’s the blurb taken from the YouTube page:

Gemma Hayes – Musicians@Google-Dublin

Gemma Hayes is one of Ireland’s most popular and critically acclaimed singer-songwriters. In the first of our 2010 Musicians@Google series, Gemma joins us to discuss her work and perform songs from her recently released ‘Oliver’ EP, as well as her 3 LPs ‘Night On My Side’, ‘The Roads Don’t Love You’ and ‘The Hollow Of Morning’.

Where: Google European HQ – Dublin
When: Thursday, January 14th 2010 at 1:00pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k15pMeksV6M

Hey – an idea.I’ll record a cover and release it as a free download for Christmas.Catch is u choose the song. Most popular request wins xx

My choices would be Wham – Last Christmas, or Mew – She Came Home For Christmas

Send your request via Twitter to @gemma_hayes … but you’ll have to be quick

Update: ah… I didn’t spot that it doesn’t necessarily have to be a Christmas song

Okay, happy for it to be, but it doesn’t have to be a Christmas song.I’ll be recording it on Thursday. So suggestions before then please xx

Update2: here are some of the requests so far:

[3] Wham – Last Christmas: @faustshausuk | @hobbsy | @JussRoy
[3] Silent Night: @wilw6 | @matthew_hall | @svenassmann
[3] Merry Xmas (War is Over) @Jeremy_S_D | @walrusmuse | @KenDouglas
[2] Juliana Hatfield – Make It Home @JMK27 | @craigscrogie
[2] Sade – No Ordinary Love @jtedford | @RobbieBSweet
[2] Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Maps @yourcrowbar | @roddyhart
Velvet Underground – Sunday Morning @theplastictoy
Jesus and Mary Chain – Just Like Honey @theplastictoy
Slowdive – Dagger @theplastictoy
anything by kelly clarkson @beengone
Alexandra Burke – Bad Boys @bk09
The Carpenters – Superstar @bjfletcherpi
Ilse DeLange – Miracle @ClaudiaFrancis
Fleetwood Mac @benners79
Postal Service – The District Sleeps Alone Tonight @BlackPlastic
Sheila – Les Rois Mages / The Wise Men @vanessaperrin
Brendan Benson – Tiny Spark @notstate
Chris Rea – Driving Home For Christmas @davidbutler360
99 Luftballons @iviART
The Church – Under The Milky Way @timetunnelmusic
Snow Patrol – Chasing Cars @fraggle35
housemartins @wojsvenwoj
mighty lemon drops @wojsvenwoj
echo @wojsvenwoj
Madonna – Crazy For You @MAJAshworth
Radiohead – High and Dry (/Last Flowers?) @mutleytv
Tears For Fears – Everybody Wants To Rule The World @KGRL
Toad The Wet Sprocket – Stupid or Nanci @KGRL
Matchbox Twenty – Soul @KGRL
Jeff Buckley – Last Goodbye @KGRL
Melanie – Ruby Tuesday @hdsander
Kevin Drew – TBTF @jtedford
Reindeer Section – You Are My Joy @tojarrett
Prince – Another Lonely Christmas @tojarrett
Jeff Buckley – Everybody Here Wants You @tojarrett
The Beatles – Oh Darling @Kavioli
Bruce Springsteen – The River @Kavioli
Crowded House – Fall At Your Feet @Kavioli
Damien Rice – Delicate @princeofsky
Fleetwood Mac / Smashing Pumpkins – Landslide @brianrainey
Bon Iver – Flume @roddyhart
The Shins – New Slang @roddyhart
Greg Lakes Christmas song @thelongdrop
Gilbert O’Sullivan – Nothing Rhymed @markthepoet
Mew – She Came Home For Christmas @hobbsy
The Pretenders – 2000 Miles @ParadoxDrive
The Pogues – Fairytale of New York @bruthamyles
Low – Just Like Christmas @rtenewsontwo
Kelly Clarkson – Haunted @Dreamer_Mike
Damien Rice & Lisa Hannigan – 9 Crimes @Dreamer_Mike
Sarah McLachlan – Fallen @Dreamer_Mike
Jem – Falling For You @Dreamer_Mike
Nerina Pallot – Idaho @Dreamer_Mike
Placebo – Sleeping with Ghosts @Dreamer_Mike
Snow Patrol – Run @Dreamer_Mike
Tom Waits – Christmas Card From A Hooker @roddyhart
Pink Floyd – Wish You Were Here @BrianCantwell
Shania Twain – You’ve Got A Way With Me @Doovey
Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas @adwoods81

If you visit the YouTube URL below you can watch it in HD:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onDHiQqRbhg

The song is featured on 5-track Oliver EP (originally released on 13th March 2009), which also includes Ghost, These Days, Half Light and November. You can buy the tracks individually from iTunes UK for 79p, or buy all 5 for £3.95

» Click here to purchase the Oliver EP from iTunes

Thanks to Jessika over at the Gemma Hayes MySpace Street Team for the link! Also check out reverbnation.com/gemmahayes for more info and updates

You can take a listen to a new Gemma Hayes song Ghost on her MySpace right now!

http://www.myspace.com/gemmahayes

The song is taken from the forthcoming 5-track Oliver EP – which was initially scheduled to be released on 9th March (via her official site and MySpace only) – but it looks like there’s a slight delay…

Here’s a couple of Gemma’s MySpace blog posts to catch you up with the news:

Slight delay
Monday, March 09, 2009

Hi

There are a few things holding up the release of the Oliver EP. Really sorry about this. Hoping to make it available by end of week. Until then I’ve put up a song for you to have a listen to.

GX

and one from last month:

Shenanigans
Sunday, February 22, 2009

Hello!

I hope everyone out there is doing good. I just wanted to let you know I recorded a five track EP. It’s called Oliver. While David Odlum and myself were playing a few gigs together a couple of months back in LA and cities close by, we began recording bits and pieces on our days off. Most of the songs were recorded at my kitchen table into the wee hours of the morning. After too many pots of tea and the odd tantrum we both sat back and listened to what we had created and were so happy with it.

It’s official release is on March 9th but only through my myspace page and website. This is just a little project David and myself decided to do for the sheer joy of it, I really hope some of you out there enjoy it too. As soon as I can I will put up a song for people to hear on the above sites.

Well that’s it for now,

Love

Gemma x

Gemma wrote about the new video Home on her MySpace blog:

New Video!
Sunday, March 01, 2009

Hello again!

I don’t know how I forgot to tell you all about my new video for the song HOME. We shot it in Calabasas, California. They shot some scenes from Gone With The Wind there and also a Julio Iglesias video, how cool eh?

Anyway we just put it up on youtube so if you have time or the inclination to check it out please do. Let me know what you think.

http://www.youtube.com/gemmahayes

Hope everyone is keeping well

God Bless

Gemma x

To see the video in HD you need to view the video on YouTube and click on the HD button:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKvbnAjr6UU

She talks about the randomness of Los Angeles (tiny dogs, fake boobs, male facelifts), going swimming in armbands, and her desire to appear as an extra on Coronation Street!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K83YmqUCcIw

This video was added to YouTube on 20th Sept 2008 by toshistation. Thanks to jessika2001 for spotting this interview.