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Oct 18

Hozier

with special guests: Little Green Cars
Date: Sunday, October 18, 2015
Start Time: 7:00 PM

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Artist Bio

Hozier’s incredible momentum continues to roll, with the acclaimed Irish singer/songwriter adding fall dates to his already sold-out spring and summer tours including a stop at the Santa Barbara Bowl on Sunday, October 18 at 7:00 PM. Tickets go on sale Friday, April 24 at 10:00 AM.

Hozier’s self-titled debut has passed the coveted Gold milestone, conquering multiple radio, viral, and video platforms with the album’s seminal single “Take Me To Church” going quadruple platinum. His current single “Work Song,” which he recently performed on The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon is climbing the charts with the video surpassing 3 million views. Hozier has also been nominated for 5 Billboard Music Awards, including Top New Artist, Top Rock Album, Top Rock Song, and Top Streaming song. The charismatic star will be performing live at the 2015 Billboard Music Awards on May 17 at Las Vegas’ MGM Grand Garden Arena, and airing live on ABC at 8:00 PM ET.

Garnering rave reviews on his current spring/summer tour, Hozier recently took the main stage at Coachella wowing audiences with his spirited set. “Take Me To Church” has chalked up countless record-breaking honors since its viral debut more than a year-and-a-half ago, passing the 200 million video mark, and named as the #1 global viral track of 2014. A truly worldwide phenomenon, the song continues to rock Spotify ’s stream counts, with Hozier notching a single week record for most streams on the popular digital service in March.

Few of us make much out of the endless weekend hours we spend together when we're young. Draping ourselves throughout our friends' houses and airing out the angst and dreams and heartbreaks that will shape us before they fade away with time, we may make mixtapes, or weave friendship bracelets, or simply craft inside jokes and rosy memories to cherish in years down the line. But for Dublin folk rock quintet Little Green Cars, those Sundayafternoons may have built the most important adventure they'll ever take.

The band — now a quintet of 20-year-olds with a habit of waxing deadly serious about their ever-expanding ambitions — convened in 2008 in a bungalow in Stevie Appleby's parents' backyard for as ordinary a reason as any: as the frontman admits sheepishly, they wanted to win a battle of the bands competition. With guitarist Adam O'Regan and bassist Donagh O'Leary friends since primary school, and the rest having met in secondary, the five rehearsed for the gig, at which they promptly lost out to another local band.

The defeat, however, was surprisingly fuel enough. It inspired them to work harder, to work through their remaining two years of school, during which they produced a massive catalog of demo recordings, blending acoustic and electronic, classical and punk, djembe drums and synth strings.

Then, in 2010, not long before graduation, then-rising manager Daniel Ryan found them at one of their sparse live gigs. With just one client already under his wing, he approached the quintet with a terrifying yet exhilarating ultimatum: Do you want to go to university, or do you want to really be in a band?

Don’t miss your chance to see Hozier at the Santa Barbara Bowl on Sunday, October 18. Tickets range from $39.50 to $59.50, plus applicable service charges.