RON POPE AND THE NIGHTHAWKS

Ron Pope has announced a return to Belfast in January as part of an extensive European tour.
Nashville-based, independent artist, Ron Pope, has made a name for himself in the music industry over the years as one of the top grossing independent acts on the scene today. On the sales front, he has sold over 2 million singles to date, averages 15 million spins a month on Pandora, and his songs have been streamed over 120 million times. His songs have been featured on NBC’s “The Voice,” CW’s “Vampire Diaries” and “90210” and multiple seasons of FOX’s “So You Think You Can Dance,” which sent two of his albums into the top 100 on iTunes simultaneously.

Pope's fifth studio album, Calling Off the Dogs, found the passionate songwriter expanding upon his rootsy sound with a set of atmospheric, moody songs. The album followed up Pope's last two albums, 2012's Atlanta and Monster. He spent the better part of 2014 touring the album across the US, UK, & Australia.

Not one for taking a break, Pope found himself writing and recording his upcoming album, Ron Pope & The Nighthawks (release date January 8, 2016) while still on tour in 2014. Pope gathered his favorite Brooklyn-based musicians to form The Nighthawks (Paul Hammer, Alex Foote, Andrew Pertes, Alex Brumel, Alan Markley, & Michael Riddleberger) and they were all instrumental in the creation of each song.

“This is me going back to the roots of what made me a songwriter...I was trying to blow my own mind with the last album (Calling Off The Dogs); this time I'm trying to soothe it. I want to take those songs out on the road and get them dirty, sharing them with the fans while they are still fresh and brand new rather than incubating them in a sterile environment for a long time"