JC Stewart announces Belfast headline show in September

Fresh from releasing his debut EP last year, JC Stewart has announced a return to live music with a headline show in Belfast on September 2 2021.

The up-and-coming pop star is set to play his biggest show ever in Belfast, at the Ulster Hall, hoping some of his many monthly listeners on Spotify will snap up the chance to see him live.

Stewart, perhaps best known for co-writing the Lewis Capaldi hit 'Hollywood', released his first EP in 2020, When the Light Hits the Room, on Warner Records.

The songs on that release were written with Ivor Novello award winner Tom Odell. They came together to produce a piece of work that "crafted four emotive stories of the growing pains of young adulthood."

He recently dropped his latest single, 'Break my Heart', back in January of this year, co-written with Niall Horan of One Direction fame.

"It’s about someone who can catch you so off guard that they can ruin a city for you and tear your life apart. But sometimes that can be addicting,” he said of the track.

JC Stewart was also featured on Hot Press' Y&E series in September 2020.

The acoustic set featured covers of 'Watermelon Sugar' by Harry Styles and 'Tenessee Whisky' by Chris Stapleton amongst laid back versions of his own tracks.

He previously spoke to Hot Press writer Lucy O'Toole in June of that year, explaining that he felt it was a strange time to be a musician.

"You have to set your personal ambitions aside – which is hard for a lot of people to do initially," he said. "But you’ve got to realise that there are bigger things at play here."

Tickets are on sale this Friday, May 21 at 10 am. through ticketmaster.ie and ulsterhall.co.uk.