Nathan at the Grand Hall
One of the biggest names on the Irish music scene is coming to the Grand Hall.
Nathan Carter will bring his tour of the UK and Ireland to the Kilmarnock venue this Friday.
Fast becoming a big name all over the UK with his fine performances, Nathan and his sixman band play music to appeal to all ages, with a variety of country, Irish, pop and ballads.
The singer, who beat Beyoncé and Drake to the number one spot in Ireland in 2016 with his album Stayin’ Up All Night, has nine studio albums, three live albums and three live DVDs under his belt.
With a voice praised for its mellifluous clarity and tone which, on occasion emotes clearly his own passion for the songs and what being Irish means to him.
In Ireland Nathan outsold One Direction, Pharrell Williams and Michael Buble, and became the first country act to reach number one in the Irish charts in 2013 after Garth Brooks, six years before.
He topped the Irish charts with his fifth album Where I Wanna Be, and again with his recent Irish disc Livin’ The Dream which is released in the UK on the 29th September 2017.
Each disc features Nathan’s unique blend of Celtic, country and pop sounds - not bad for the former choirboy who sang for Pope John Paul ll in Rome and President Bill Clinton.
In the grand tradition of Country music Nathan’s selection of tracks on Livin’ The Dream tell stories.
The title track encourages us to get up and start the day, its catchy beat already a toe tapper that cannot be ignored.
Caribbean Feeling with its faux reggae beat leads into track three Bees Swing which speaks of a young man’s arrival in town where he meets a young girl - who is seeking a route out her mundane life - and falls in love.
Only a folk song could emote the gypsy and exotic appeal she has in his eyes.
Nathan is getting popular enough to hit the road, as he went on his first ever US tour this year.
So catchy is his music that a man was jailed for four months after threatening his neighbour for playing Carter’s Wagon Wheel repetitively - threatening to break the stereo on which it was played. In fact he broke two windows. The offender was also ordered to pay a fine of £ 200 compensation for the broken windows.
Nathan will play on Friday, November 3, with doors opening at 7.30pm. Tickets cost £ 25 and are available from eastayrshireleisure.com or by calling the Palace Theatre box office on 01563 554900.