The Mandela Hall is back and holding an official launch concert to welcome back the iconic venue.
Co Down singer-songwriter Ryan McMullan will headline the transformed space in the newly built Queen's University Students' Union building on October 27.
The concert will see the revamped venue return with live music in the heart of Belfast, showcasing a new state-of-the-art lighting and audio system.
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In the past year Ryan has played a Custom House Square headline show, two sold-out Belsonic shows alongside Dermot Kennedy, two nights at the Waterfront Hall and completed a sell-out Irish Tour.
Growing up in the seaside town of Portaferry, Co. Down - “where everybody knows your name”, he says wryly – the young Ryan abandoned his youthful passion for hurling in favour of music.
These days, he's one of the most exciting young singer-songwriters around but is a self-confessed 'late bloomer' when it came to his musical career.
Now 32, McMullan may have spent his first few years playing catch-up, but admits that “music was always going to be a part of my life.”
Having toured worldwide with some of the most well-known artists such as Ed Sheeran, Snow Patrol, Kodaline and Foy Vance, Ryan quickly understood the assignment and has since gone on to have world tours of his own.
Tickets available on October 5 at 10am from www.ticketmaster.ie
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