State Lights

Over the past twelve months State Lights have firmly established themselves as one of Ireland’s best Live acts.

The band recently sold out shows at Whelan’s in Dublin and London’s Islington and their track ‘Let You Go’ was ‘Track of the Week’ on the 2fm Breakfast show with Doireann and Eoghan.

They are due to headline the Button Factory on October 15th.

Recently the band were ‘Homegrown Hero’ on Today FM’s flagship morning show Dermot & Dave, they performed on the country’s biggest television entertainment chat show (and the longest running in the world!), ‘The Late Late Show’ and also tallied substantial airplay and support from KROQ Los Angeles, Radio X (UK) and a host of other International radio stations.

This positive uptake resulted in a slot at the prestigious Electric Arena Stage at Electric Picnic, where they shared the stage with The Kooks, St Vincent and Cigarettes after Sex. This was followed up with support slots with The Fratellis and The Academic. Last summer the band also played the highly acclaimed Indiependence and Kaleidoscope Music Festivals.

State Lights formed over three years ago at BIMM College in Dublin. Bonding over a shared interest in classic pop music and a common desire to write big stadium sized songs the guys decided to work on a music project. Band members are singer Shobsy, guitarist Joe Regan, drummer Paul Ridgeway and bassist Noel Perry.

The guys have been extremely active during lockdown and a cover of the Bronski Beats classic track ‘Smalltown Boy’ resulted in over 30k views in 24 hours (on the band’s Facebook page) and praise from Jimmy Sommerville himself.

“State Lights - Dublin band whose set is full of bracing, assured rock/pop tunes and who already have a sound which is aiming for stadiums and arenas. Frontman Shobsy’s voice is one of their key assets, but the musicianship underpinning the songs is also pretty striking at this early stage. The sound of a potentially very large crowd" - Jim Carroll, RTE

“Don’t Make Plays on my heart is a gloriously anthemic track, complete with addictive guitar hooks and vocals" Record Of The Day UK

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“Another slice of classy stadium-sized pop from State Lights”
- Danny McElhinney, Daily Mail
With powerhouse vocals that rival the enchanting beauty of Freddie Mercury and George Michael, State Lights write songs that send your spirits soaring”
– HotPress