Kildare singer Megan O’Neill shares new song ‘All Those Yesterdays’

November 10, 2023

Named one of the Irish Examiner’s Ones to Watch, Irish Singer – Songwriter Megan O’Neill returns with a new collection of songs, a shares the first single All Those Yesterdays.

All Those Yesterdays compares the seasons of youth and adulthood. “When we’re young (in most cases), life is all about exploration, opportunities and looking ahead. We’re not quite as easily scarred and we don’t have the baggage of the past to carry around. During the season of adulthood, more worries set in, responsibilities can take over and the losses of loved ones usually become something we have to deal with. This season is more about goodbyes, reminiscing on old times and as much as we can be looking ahead, we also spend a lot of time looking back” says Megan.

Last year, O’Neill released an EP titled: Time (Thought you were on my side), featuring five songs written and recorded with producer Richey McCourt. This EP merges her folk, storytelling roots with more electronic elements and was stylistically somewhat different to previous material, highlighting O’Neill’s ability to successfully move between genres. Both singles (Wildfire and Fail Better) became top 10 charting singles and were playlisted by RTE Radio 1, iRadio, Spin 1038 and more, as well as featured performances on BBC’s Across the Line and Virgin Media’s Six O’Clock Show.

Megan’s sophomore studio album Getting Comfortable with Uncertainty was released in March 2021. Time in a Bottle, the bonus track, featured in the opening scene of hit Netflix TV Show Firefly Lane and one week later, O’Neill performed the song live on the RTE Late Late Show – charting that same weekend in Ireland across all genres. Megan’s subsequent Late Late Show performance was this past September when she performed Brian Byrne’s ‘Lay Your Head Down’, originally released with Sinead O’Connor on vocals.

Deemed a “rising star” by uDiscover and Timeout Magazine London, Megan has toured globally. She has performed at private Oscars’ parties in LA alongside Gavin James (on invite from JJ Abrams) and has had her song ‘Don’t You’ featured on ABC’s hit TV Show ‘Nashville’ (Season 3). She has opened for the likes of Sir Tom Jones, Lighthouse Family and Jamie Cullum (to name a few) and the late Olivia Newton-John was a self-proclaimed Megan O’Neill fan.

Late in 2022, Megan toured with Glen Hansard across Ireland as part of his band and took part in the famous Christmas Eve Busk on Grafton Street. She is also a member of indie-electronic project ‘Where the Waters Meet’ alongside Paul Kenny which launched in November 2022 with a commissioned piece for the Recording Academy (The Grammy Awards): their cover of ‘Bette Davis Eyes’.

Megan will tour in Ireland and the UK early 2024, for dates and tickets, visit http://megan-oneill.com/#liveshows

FEB 14, 2024 WEDS

Riverbank Theatre, Newbridge, Co. Kildare

FEB 16, 2024 FRI

Heeley Parish Church @ 7:00 PM

Sheffield, United Kingdom

FEB 17, 2024 SAT

ExCellar @ 7:00 PM

Surbiton, United Kingdom

FEB 18, 2024 SUN

The Colne Delta Blues and Americana nights @ 7:00 PM

Brightlingsea, United Kingdom