In A Week is our look back at Hozier highlights and happenings from the previous week.
February 21 to 27, 2016
News
Hozier’s tour manager, Jake Ryan, won Tour Manager of The Year at the TPi Awards for crew and production! This year the award was in honour of legendary tour manager to U2 and Led Zeppelin, Denis Sheehan, who passed away last May.
I've one of the hardest working crews in the world. Congrats to Jake Ryan on his Tour Manager of the Year Award! #tpiawards2016 @jakerz1991
— Hozier (@Hozier) February 22, 2016
Proud to have so many crew nominated in the #tpiawards2016 this year. Darren Dunphy, Duchess Iredale, Matthew Kilmurry, Jake Ryan. #Heroes
— Hozier (@Hozier) February 23, 2016
Hozier congratulated the crew and Jake on the win in his stage introductions the next night in Montreux.
Hozier’s album was certified Platinum in Norway, while Take Me To Church was certified 7x Platinum!
Congratulations @Hozier on your Platinum album in Norway! @UniversalMusicN (Cr: universalmusicnorge IG) pic.twitter.com/mS5NBK5SXB
— Hozier's Guitars (@HoziersGuitars) February 27, 2016
Appearances
The Associated Press released another snip from an earlier interview with Hozier.
Hozier did some promo this week in Europe:
Swiss radio interview (French) from Montreux on RTS speaking about Cherry Wine and how all songs make a political statement.
Interview with the accompanying photos on 20 Minutes.
And Hozier spoke with TV2 about Cherry Wine backstage in Oslo.
Gigs
This week, we have gig highlights from these shows:
February 21: Köln / Cologne, Germany
February 23: Montreux, Switzerland
February 25: Vienna, Austria
February 27: Oslo, Norway
We’re counting down the to the final shows before the end of the tour this coming Thursday.
February 28: Stockholm, Sweden
February 29: Copenhagen, Denmark
March 3: Istanbul, Turkey: Tour Finale
After almost two years on the road, Hozier will take a good break to rest and rejuvenate before working on the next album.
Life
Hozier introduced a new guitar to the family. We call her Raven.
Hozier’s good friend Stevie Appleby created this dark cartoon that we adore.
The “censored” gruesome conclusion is here.
Behind the Scenes
We came across this great piece about Rory Doyle arranging for BIMM students to attend soundcheck at the show in Berlin and their thoughts on the experience.
The band got out and about on a day off in Montreux, Switzerland.
And then they headed off to Vienna…
The return of Rachael’s little hand.
And Alana found wise words in a lift.
Friends
Wyvern Lingo
Our friends Wyvern Lingo released their newest song in advance of their 4 March EP release and music journalist Nialler9 had this to say:
“‘Beast At The Door’ has Caoimhe Barry, Saoirse Duane and Karen Cowley confounding expectations somewhat with a song that delves into an suspenseful filmic darkness and the warning that “she will eat us alive,” as the song grows to match that foreboding warning.”
Wyvern Lingo will also be heading to the Great Escape Festival in Brighton in May and Kerry in April.
Saint Sister
This duo played their first gig in Paris, opening for Oh Wonder and it went very, very well.
Just listened to @Saint_Sister_ soundcheck for tonight's show. We are all blown away. Best band we have heard in absolutely forever.
— Oh Wonder (@OhWonderMusic) February 26, 2016
So @Saint_Sister_ just got a standing ovation at their first ever Parisian gig in @LeTrianonParis #NoBigDeal #ParisLovesSaintSister
— Alanna Jayne Clarke (@alannajclarke) February 26, 2016
Saint Sister also announced upcoming summer festival dates for Yorkshire, Cork, Co. Westmeath, and Co. Louth, in addition to their 8 March date in Belfast.
Stoneface Films
Season 2, Episodes 9 and 10 of the Stoneface Podcast were released. And the crew shot the new video for Hermitage Green, Make It Better.
Little Green Cars
The band is ramping up for their upcoming album launch on 10 March at Tower Records. They’ll be playing their launch show at Whelan’s on 18 March.
Who's pre-ordered @Littlegreencars #Ephemera? We can tell you know it's A. Awesome + B. an instore you will love! pic.twitter.com/UzyqnHpeXw
— Tower Records Dublin (@TowerDublin) February 23, 2016
Thanks to all of our contributors with special thanks to @literarypengke and @Megn0481.
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Huge congratulations to Hozier for platinum ep and 7x platinum for TMTC – awesome! Also a huge congratulations to Jake for the win and all crews nominations – impressive! Takes, as always HG
Thanks so much for brilliant coverage, as always! We are all going to need a new hobby by Friday 4 March. 😢
Well, it’s Friday 4 March. Got a new hobby yet? 😉 Thanks very much for your kind note.