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SEVENTEEN-YEAR-OLD MUIRENN BRADLEY, from Co Donegal, has described her opportunity to perform on Jools Holland’s annual New Year’s Eve music show as an “amazing experience”.
The teenager received a standing ovation after she performed her cover of the Reverend Gary Davis song ‘Candyman’ on the well-known Jools’ Annual Hootenanny show on New Year’s Eve.
Playing alongside stars such as Rod Stewart and the Sugababes, she told RTÉ’s Morning Ireland today that it was “amazing to meet all those legends”.
Bradley said: “Everyone there was just so nice. It was really amazing just how well put together the whole team was and the whole show was just really amazing.”
Bradley detailed that she began playing music after she recieved her first guitar from her father, and teacher, on her ninth birthday.
She agreed her ‘folk-blues’ style of music is “very different” but said that she grew up listening to the music with her dad, who is also “obsessed” with the genre.
Bradley said the show’s team reached out to her record label and asked her to perform at the coveted annual programme this year.
The full clip of her cover, which was watched by millions at home on television on Sunday night, is currently number three on YouTube’s Irish trending list and has over 179,000 views at the time of publication.
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Best not to say how old you are. The government will probably find a way to demand more tax
@Marc Power: Agreed, They want us plebs to work until 70 while they swan off at 50 with numerous pensions and directorships.
@Marc Power: In fairness Marc they do need to know how many extra trolleys to order for our hospitals…………..
@David Huston:
Once again, since about 2011 a government minister cannot receive more than one pension related to the highest position they attained and not until they get to normal retirement age.
Directorships are a matter for a company and not paid for the taxpayer.
Maybe you didn’t know but it seems a lot of commenters throw out statements like yours, a flat out lie, in the hope it cons a few “plebs”
@P.J. Nolan: Enda Kenny’s pension pot would have cost a private sector worker €5.2 million. Excessive by any standards.
@Sean:
Agreed, his pension is related to his salary and that salary was too high.
might reach the 100-and get the cheque from the government.
@TheBluffmaster2: it would probably bounce frame it instead
@Jonathan Power: I’d frame it, Might be worth something in a thousand years all going well……
@Jonathan Power: well I don’t think Michael D will be giving it to me anyway.
While Nanny State says No Smoking! No Drinking! No Gambling! No Drugs! Just DIE as we can’t afford you to live beyond you’re TAXABLE Years.
@B.J.Elmes: No Gambling? No Drinking? What State do you live in?
healthy life years??? tbh there’s nothing healthy about society these days,,, you’ll have 120 year olds addicted to social media etc when the average human age reaches that, IF it does!!!
have your say