She wowed a select audience in The Sugar Club last year and Lianne La Havas' rising popularity is such that she's already set to return to Irish shores and a substantially bigger venue. The London soul star, whose debut album Is Your Love Big Enough? came out last July, plays The Olympia Theatre this Tuesday, March 5.

It has now been confirmed that Gavin James, fresh from wowing Whelan's last month, will be the special guest on the night.

It will be the local singer-songwriter's biggest gig to date, though you suspect it won't be the last he sees of the place.

Tickets, priced at €21, are still available from [link]www.ticketmaster.ie[/link].