Janet Devlin has announced her 2021 tour, marking her first one since 2016. The Northern Irish singer-songwriter will play 16 shows across the UK and Ireland throughout September 2021, and tickets went on sale Monday, November 30. The tour will be in support of her highly anticipated second studio album, Confessional, which came out in June 2020. The album was released in combination with Devlin’s memoir, My Confessional. Together, they tell the story of her ten-year journey with music and mental illness.
In a message to her YouTube subscribers, Devlin wrote: “By September next year it will have been five years since I’ve done a national tour and I can’t begin to explain how much I’ve missed it! Releasing Confessional during lockdown meant all my live in-person promo and shows just couldn’t happen. This was so heartbreaking for me, because being on tour and singing my songs live is one of my favourite (yet terrifying!!) parts of this “job”! There’s nothing more awesome than playing new music for people and being able to see and hear their reactions. And let’s not forget, also being able to have real life conversations and spend some time with YOU GUYS who’ve been with me every step of the way! I’m hopeful that by next year the world will be somewhat normal again – or will have adapted to whatever “normal” is – I’m just so pumped for live music and to see new faces as well as familiar ones!! x x”
The release of Confessional and announcement of this tour were extra exciting to her loyal fans, who have waited years for both. Devlin first gained popularity when she placed fifth in the eighth season of The X-Factor – at age 16! That experience led to her writing and recording original music and releasing several singles. She went on crowdfund her first album, Running With Scissors, in June 2014. With many singles and EPs being released in between, her next full length record wouldn’t come out until six years later. Throughout it all, Devlin has continued creating beautiful covers and performing virtually for her fans on StageIt.
You can get tickets to her tour here, and listen to her new album here.
