About Nick Kelly
Nick Kelly, award-winning singer and songwriter, is known both for his former life as frontman with acclaimed Irish band The Fat Lady Sings and as a defiantly independent solo artist. Since the band's breakup, he has released solo music under his own name and the pseudonym Alien Envoy, and collaborated in various projects
His debut album Between Trapezes released in 1997 was funded by fans and won him the Best Male Solo Artist award at the 1998 Heineken/Hot Press Irish Music Critics Awards.
His second solo album, Running Dog is released on his own Self Possessed record label, and was nominated as one of the Irish albums of the year at the inaugural Choice Music Prize music critics awards March 2006.
He later released several projects, including Nine Lives (2009), a live album recorded during his Gestation project, and Loads (2014) as Alien Envoy.
In 2018, Kelly formed the supergroup The Unelectables, which performed at festivals like Electric Picnic, and in 2019, they released the single "Hairtrigger." In 2022, Kelly and Millar embarked on a sustainable journey to Glastonbury Festival, performing along the way, which led to the documentary The Song Cycle. This project was later featured in BBC's Glastonbury Festival coverage in 2023.
Kelly continues to collaborate with Millar, with their new band Dogs releasing their debut album Joy in late 2024.
Kelly is also a film maker and advertising creative.
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