‘If there is a better male singer in the world than Shobsy I have not heard him. He has more octaves to climb and descend than evolution usually allows. Champagne and Entertainment sound like George Michael style hits in-waiting’
(Danny McElhinney – Irish Daily Mail on Sunday)
Previous support – 2FM, Today FM, RTE Radio 1, Earmilk, PopMatters, Nialler9, Hot Press, Goldenplec, The Late Late Show etc
FFO: The Weeknd, Harry Styles, George Michael
After a whirlwind few months including performances in LA and across Europe, signing an international publishing deal, signing to influential UK label SO Recordings, Shobsy released his debut EP ‘Own The Night’ EP last Autumn.
Dance Or Cry (the first release from the ‘Own The Night’ EP) reached Number 4 on the Irish Radio Breakers Chart and achieved significant airplay on Ireland’s most listened to station RTE Radio 1 and was ‘Track of the Week’ on RTE 2fm as well as being playlisted on stations such as Sydney Radio in Australia and on Radio Excalibur In Greece.
Shobsy’s previous releases including ‘Vanity’, ‘ENTERTAINMENT’ & Champagne’ were received exceptionally well with support given both at home in Ireland and overseas from amongst others EARMILK, PopMatters, Nialler9, Hot Press, Today FM and Record Of the Day. Two of his singles were supported as ‘Track of the Week’ on RTE 2fm.
Shobsy recently completed a 14 date UK & European tour with SO Recordings labelmates MY BABY in November and December. He also performed at SXSW in March and was the Special Guest performer at The International Music Industry Person of the Year Award presentation to Jacqueline Saturn (President Virgin Music Group North America) in Los Angeles Shobsy has performed numerous sold out shows at prestigious Irish venues over the past year including at Whelan’s The National Concert Hall and The Academy.
He recently announced an acoustic tour taking in stops in Dublin, Cork & Listowel
Sat Apr 18th – Pearse Centre Theatre, Dublin
Thurs April 23rd – Mike The Pies, Listowel
Fri Apr 24th – Coughlans, Cork
In 2025 he signed an International publishing deal with Pangea Music Publishing (partnered with Sony Music Publishing) and a recording contract with SO Recordings (Big Special, Public Sector Broadcasting, Placebo)
In July he was one of a handful of Irish acts (alongside Dermot Kennedy & Gavin James) invited to perform at a special Irish Music Industry showcase event hosted by the President of Ireland at the President’s residence in Dublin.
A performance on Ireland’s Biggest TV show ‘The Late Late Show’ would lead to far reaching additional attention for this Dublin based singer, songwriter and live performer. Shobsy performed a special acoustic re-working of the Jimmy Somerville classic, Smalltown Boy on the show, vocals with piano accompaniment. It was sublime in its sentiment and delivery and the audience reacted; Shobsy’s Late Late Show version of Smalltown Boy went viral and clocked up over 100k views in 12 hours. You can watch it right here;
Fans of George Michael, David Bowie & The Weeknd are in for a treat as Shobsy’s new recordings in Berlin & Dublin embodies each of them through the recording’s genre-hopping rhythm, crossing the boundaries of synth pop into R&B. This Dubliner’s natural vocal ability, showmanship yet grounded charismatic personable character has already gained him a legion of fans.
Hot Press – “It’s not being duly hyperbolic to say that Shobsy could soon be sitting at Pop’s top table with the likes of Harry Styles, Lewis Capaldi and Sam Smith”
EARMILK – “Multicoloured pop banger, dripping in riveting falsetto and exotic stylings”
Pop Matters – “Ireland’s Shobsy possesses a genuinely extraordinary voice, wholly unique and with a mind-blowing range”