Croydon R&B singer-songwriter RAYE has announced her Irish return with a show in Dublin’s 3Olympia Theatre on Saturday 4th March 2023.

The news follows the release of her recent single and video for ‘Escapism’ (with 070 Shake) and ahead of her highly anticipated debut album My 21st Century Blues, which arrives on February 3rd.

Four times BRIT nominated; RAYE is one of the most listened to artists in the world with over 2.3 billion streams of her music. She has a double-platinum, four platinum, two gold and three silver singles to her name, not to mention she's indisputably one of the UK's premier songwriters.

Her songs have amassed over three billion streams, having written for some of the world’s biggest artists including: John Legend, Ellie Goulding, Khalid, David Guetta, Diplo, and Beyonce. In 2019 she was awarded The BMI Impact Award in recognition of her "ground-breaking artistry, creative vision and impact on the future of music".

During the summer of 2021, her cries of frustration for not being able to release her album were heard worldwide, leading to a mutual separation from her label and allowing her to carve her own path. Followed by her personal 'declaration of independence', Raye in effect has obligated herself to deliver the ground-breaking first album that her 2019 BMI award prophesied.

In 2022 RAYE was nominated for the Ivors Songwriter of the year, landed R1 Brits List, made her debut solo TV performance on Jools Holland and made the face of Spotify's November Equal campaign.

On February 3rd, 2023, RAYE will release her debut My 21st Century Blues. The musician describes the tracks as anthems for other women in the industry, or stuck in a cycle of misogyny.

“When you get on stage, you feed off what the crowd gives," RAYE told Hot Press last year. "When a crowd like the Irish give you everything, you give them everything in return.”

Revisit RAYE's January 2021 interview with Hot Press here.

Tickets from €24.40 including booking fees on sale Friday, 18th November at 10am.