
Time & Location
26 Oct 2021, 20:00
Dublin , 35 Liffey St. Lower, North City, Dublin 1, D01 C3N0, Ireland
About The Event
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