MCD Presents

Lesley Roy

+ Guests

26th  October 2021

The Grand Social

On Sale: August 13th @ 10am

Tickets: €17.35 including booking fee.

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Lesley Roy singer-songwriter from Balbriggan, Co,Dublin Ireland . Roy was signed

to an independent Irish label in 2006 followed by a record deal with US label Jive

Records. She released her debut album Unbeautiful in 2008, which was executive

produced by Max Martin and which had a top 40 hit with the single Unbeautiful on

US radio. Lesley toured the United States with her band performing with and

opening for David Archuleta, The Jonas Brothers, Boys Like Girls, Plain white tees

and also completed a successful solo “Unbeautiful” tour. Roy switched her focus to

songwriting/toplining and attracting the attention of Marc Jordan (Rebel One

Publishing) the former manager credited for launching the career of Rihanna and

owner of Rebel One Management; Publishing. As a songwriter Roy has

experienced international success with releases for artists including Adam

Lambert, Miss Montreal, Medina, Jana Kramer,  Marlee Scott ,  Deorro , Anish

Sood and Brendan Murray. In 2019 Lesley was chosen to represent Ireland in

the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 with the song “Story Of My Life “ which she

wrote and produced with Robert Marvin, Catt Gravitt and Tom Shapiro. The 2020

competition was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, however Roy had a top

20 hit in Ireland reaching  #12 in the homegrown charts. Roy was subsequently

chosen again to represent Ireland in the 2021 contest, with a different song, titled

Maps which charted at #3 in the Irish home grown chart