Damien Rice: ‘O’- 25th Anniversary Tour

Damien Rice is a songwriter who seems to write because he has to, not because he's trying to build a career. After walking away from a record deal, he tried his hand at farming in Tuscany and busking across Europe before returning to Ireland in 1999 with little more than songs. His debut album, ‘o’, was written, recorded, and produced at home and released in February 2002 on his own label. Twenty-five years on, the songs of ‘o’ have never stopped travelling with him. Now he returns to where it all began: 25 cities for the 25th anniversary of ‘o’, the music that started it all, played again for the audience that grew around it and the new audience drawn to its sense of timelessness. His confessional songwriting and stripped-back sound helped shape a wave of introspective singer-songwriters in the 2000s, and his work still feels like a touchstone for anyone drawn to raw, unfiltered music. Live, he has built a reputation as someone who doesn't just perform a song but seems to live through it again each time.