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Daily Record
26-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Record
Scots singing sensation Rianne Downey 'buzzing' for homecoming TRNSMT gig after 'unbelievable' journey
The folk and country singer will play the King Tut's stage on Sunday, July 13. Scots songstress Rianne Downey credits TRNSMT for sending her on an 'unbelievable' journey which saw her rock the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury. Describing the bucket list moment as the 'pinnacle' of her music career so far, the 25-year-old Bellshill musician told Lanarkshire Live her life has been a whirlwind ever since she shared the main stage at TRNSMT 2023 with Beautiful South icon Paul Heaton. Rianne was uploading cover songs online through the Covid lockdown when her version of their hit song 'Rotterdam' was 'liked' by Paul who gave her some positive feedback. Then three years later, out of the blue, she got a phone call from her manager to say Paul wanted her to sing with him for the summer. 'I had to run home and record some voice notes of the tunes then I got a phone call the next day to say 'we're going to try one gig for the summer'', said Rianne. 'That one gig turned into the full summer, singing on his album and playing the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury - and here we are now. 'Playing Glasto was the pinnacle moment of my career, I'll never forget that. I absolutely loved playing the Hydro with him too. Stepping out to 15,000 Glaswegians was definitely a buzz.' The self-professed 'country folk fairy', has a strong Celtic connection which never fails to resonate with a Glasgow crowd. Currently touring with The Beautiful South star after recording on his latest album 'The Mighty Several' together, Rianne is also lending support to Texas on their UK summer tour and returning to Glastonbury this week for a solo acoustic set. She added: 'It's been a whirlwind ever since that TRNSMT moment. Time has absolutely flown by and so many amazing things have happened. 'That gig was a proper monumental moment in my life. Since then I've sang and recorded on Paul's album, which got to number 2 in the charts, and through that we played the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury last year which was an absolute dream come true. 'That's a proper bucket list for so many musicians. It's been unbelieveable and things have just been flying since then. 'We got to play my hometown of Glasgow to a sold out Hydro crowd - which was again a bucket list moment. 'It's been so lovely because after that loads of people bought into me and wanted to hear my voice singing my own songs as well as Paul's.' The singer-songwriter, who now lives in Liverpool, has kickstarted her debut album campaign and will be treating the TRNSMT crowd to songs from the soon to be released coming-of-age record 'The Consequence of Love' when she plays the King Tut's stage on Sunday, July 13. Rianne revealed she will also have a couple of Paul Heaton songs up her sleeve along with a rousing Scottish anthem. This will be Rianne's first solo performance since her debut slot as an emerging artist at TRNSMT in 2022. This year's headliners include 50 Cent, Biffy Clyro, Underworld and Snow Patrol. 'This year I'm playing TRNSMT on my own which is lovely', she continued. 'It'll be great to play the King Tut's stage on the Sunday afternoon, it just feels like the perfect slot. 'King Tut's was the first gig I ever put on and it sold out in two days. I remember just being so buzzing, so grateful. And now I'm getting to play the King Tut's stage at TRNSMT so it just feels like an amazing journey, a big jump up. 'Glasgow has always been so supportive of me. It's been a while since I last played solo so TRNSMT is definitely a brilliant homecoming. She added: 'I feel like it would only be right to play a couple of Paul songs. And I think I'll sing Caledonia - everybody will be waiting on that one from me. We're a very patriotic city so it's lovely that people want to hear Caledonia, but also want to hear my tunes as well. 'My band's amazing, it feels like we're all in great shape and I'm just so excited to show everybody my music that I've been working on - songs old and new. 'The name of the album is 'The Consequence of Love'. Every song on the album is a love song, or is born out of love. From relationships and family to heartache - it explores all the pathways that love takes you on. It's a country, folk, coming-of-age album with lots of catchy, sunny tunes in there. 'I guess it's about my journey to where I am now and the fragility of life and love.' Rianne says she hopes to catch American singer-songwriter Gracie Abrams while she's at the festival but needs to get back on the road soon after for the rest of their summer tour. She said: 'It's a short and sweet visit as I need to get back for rehearsals with Paul - it's pretty nonstop at the moment. 'I'm on my way to Glastonbury just now. It'll definitely be more chilled this year, I'm just playing an acoustic set so it feels like my time to celebrate last year as it was just so surreal. 'I just love performing and always want to give the best performance that I can to the people in the crowd, because that's what they're there for and they're the reason that I'm getting to play.' Following her album release, Rianne is heading on a UK-wide album tour which finishes on home soil at the Old Fruitmarket in Glasgow on December 6. 'The Consequence of Love' is now available to pre-order from and will be released on all major download sites on October 17. Tickets for the album tour are on sale now.
Irish Examiner
27-05-2025
- Climate
- Irish Examiner
My Wedding Day with Seán Mistéal: 'People thought we were mad not having a table plan, but everyone mingled'
We got married on May 3, 2019, in Ballyferriter in West Kerry. It was a humanist wedding, and we had it outdoors. This lovely cafe, called Tig Áine, has a wonderful space out the back where the scenery is absolutely breathtaking, and that's where we had the ceremony. We took a chance with the date for an outdoor wedding; you never know with the weather. The day before was howling wind and rain; I mean horizontal winds. But on the morning of the wedding, my father pulled back the curtains and calmly said, 'It's a fine day to get married.' The weather gods smiled on us. My wife, Rianne, is from the Netherlands. We actually met in a pub in Galway, a traditional Irish pub called Tig Cóilí. She was here on holidays. All her family came over from the Netherlands for the wedding, and they were just absolutely blown away by the location and the scenery. With a humanist wedding, you have so many options or rituals you can choose. We were a bit bamboozled looking at them, but Billy, our celebrant, said to pick the ones that felt right for us. So we did the handfasting and the rings, and they were special and really symbolised our connection. As I was waiting for my wife to arrive at the ceremony, my brother, who was one of my groomsmen, whispered to me, 'How are you feeling?' And I said to him, 'You know what? I'm strangely calm, I'm not nervous.' And he says, 'Of course, you're not, because you're marrying your best friend.' And I thought that was very powerful, and I got a little bit emotional, because that really summed it up: I was marrying my best friend. Seán Mistéal and his wife Rianne celebrating after their wedding ceremony at Dún Chaoin in Kerry. After the ceremony, we went to Dún Chaoin, where I'm from, for our photographs. There's amazing scenery there. Our photographer was my wife's cousin, Colin, and then the videographer was a man called Eoin Collins, who was a cameraman on Ros na Rún (he's actually a director there now). It was just quite funny, because I said to him beforehand, 'Treat me like I'm at work. Tell me where to stand and where to move.' It was great having two people who knew us so well doing the photos and the video — they knew our personalities and what we like, that kind of thing. So we enjoyed that part of the day. So much so, the hotel — Ceann Sibéal in Ballyferriter — actually called us and said, 'Listen, the food is ready.' Now, we had decided on a buffet for the food and we didn't do a table plan — we don't believe in rules — so we said to the hotel, 'Serve away.' You see, the theme of our wedding was that it wasn't necessarily about us; it was more about the coming together of both our families. So we thought, if the guests are hungry, they're hungry; the pictures were more important to us. So then we came in later and got a glass of champagne, and then we queued up for our own food with everyone else. People thought we were mad not having a table plan, but what ended up happening was everyone mingled. And, instead of it being the Irish over there and the Dutch over there, it was all mixed together, and that's exactly what we wanted. Seán Mistéal and his wife Rianne at Tig Áine for their humanist ceremony. After the buffet, we had the speeches, which ended up being a little bit of a roast. Nothing offensive at all, just taking the mickey. I made a speech, but I kept it short and simple, said a few words in Dutch to thank Rianne's family for making the trip over. My wife's two sisters spoke, too, and also did a little roast of Rianne, which was quite funny. We had a DJ then, a great fella who was recommended by my best man, Conall. I went up to him at the start, and I says, 'You can play whatever you want, but no ABBA.' Of course, my best man heard that, and he was actually offering DJ Dowdy money to play ABBA, but, in fairness, he stayed true to his word and didn't play them. Our first dance was You and Me, by Pink. I'm no dancer, so we did practise a bit before the day, and we got there in the end. There was great craic going on. We even did a mock Riverdance routine, which the Dutch thought was going to be the real deal. I ended up going to bed earlier than my wife. It was such a long day and I was just so tired. I think I went home at two o'clock, and my wife came in at four. The second day was more relaxed. We went to Páidí Ó Sé's pub and they did a lovely spread for us. We invited Rónán Flaherty to come and play on that second day. His father owns the pub where myself and my wife met in Galway. He's a great musician. That was a bit of a special connection to where we first met. Six years later, when I look back on the day, not to be cliche, but the first memory I have is of my wife walking up the aisle. She was absolutely gorgeous. And another big memory is of going to the graveyard, because my mom had passed away a few years before the wedding, so we decided to do a picture at the grave site. So that was very powerful and emotional. 'Ros na Rún' is broadcast twice weekly on TG4 on Tuesday and Thursday at 8.30pm, with an omnibus on Sunday at 7.30pm.
