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MUSIC NEWS: Cork singer Brian Deady announced good news this week in that he has been signed to major label Decca. 

The legendary British label — part of the Universal group — will look to release the Skibbereen native’s popular track, ‘Clap Both My Hands’, in the UK and Europe, as well as taking on his latest album Non-Fiction, self-released in this country in late 2015.

After years of graft in which Deady did everything, from singing and producing to handling his own PR, he was understandably delighted with the deal. “It’s so good to get that sort of support with a full team behind it. But I know that the hard work is really just beginning,” he told me. Upcoming gigs include Indiependence in Mitchelstown next weekend.