Downpatrick artist Charlie Hanlon to join Ash to their 30th Anniversary Ulster Hall show

Northern Ireland’s finest, ASH are pleased to announce their first guest, Charlie Hanlon to perform as part of the very special homecoming 30th anniversary celebration at the Iconic Ulster Hall, Belfast this December.

This specially curated show will chart the Downpatrick Trio’s success story from their formation in 1992 to the Number One selling album 1977, the follow-up Nu-Clear Sounds, before a return to the number one spot with the universally acclaimed Free All Angels seeing Tim Wheeler awarded with an Ivor Novello for Shining Light, with seven studio album releases and a run of thirteen Top 40 singles such as Girl From Mars, GoldFinger and Oh Yeah, ASH have cemented themselves as one of the all-time greats!

30 years later and the band are still going strong, and are set to rock the Ulster Hall in Belfast on Friday 16th December 202.

Charlie Hanlon is a 17-year-old songwriter and performer from Downpatrick, following very much in the footsteps of ASH.

His 2021 release, ‘Kids Today’ was a breakthrough moment, the arrival of a teenage contender. This continued in 2022 with the smartly-produced throwdown that is ‘Lost Myself’.

ASH Said: "We’re delighted to have Charlie Hanlon playing with us at our 30th anniversary celebration. He’s a great upcoming talent from our hometown of Downpatrick and he’s 17 years old, the same age as we were when we signed our first record deal.”

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