The Rising (Official) Belfast The Rising are a Country Rock, Americana band from Belfast, Northern Ireland. Their debut album ‘Coming Home’ is available worldwide on Renegade Maverick Records/Absolute. Since the release of the album the band have gained support from BBC Radio, Radio 2 with the likes of Graham Norton, Gaby Roslin and Alex Lester championing the band from their first single. 2015 was been a busy and successful year for the band. The band’s music has gained extensive airplay throughout Ireland, UK, Europe (Germany, Netherlands) and the USA/Canada. Their music video hit Number 1 in the CM&T International Artists Music Video Chart (USA & Sky TV). The band are also performed Country 2 Country festival in London’s O2, the only Irish act to play the festival. iTunes also featured the band on their front page banner for several months as well as featuring both the single and album in “New & Featured” section. Towards the end of the year the band were nominated for the Horizon Award in the 2015 British Country Music Awards and also toured the UK and Ireland extensively with Jess and The Bandits. This tour included several legendary venues that were ticket off the band’s ‘bucket list’ for the first time including Glasgow’s ‘King Tuts’ and London’s ‘Borderline’.
