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Ballyshannon teen rocks Electric Picnic’s main stage

Donegal teen Rían McCauley took to the main stage at Electric Picnic on Saturday.

The 18 year old from Ballyshannon performed at the festival in county Laois, which gathers a crowd of 80,000 people, as one of four Irish performers selected by English rapper Tinie Tempah.

Rían has gained a TikTok following of over 85,000 people since he started posting last year, as well as over five thousand monthly listeners on Spotify.

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The folk-country artist also took part in a Netflix docu-series, where he had the opportunity to perform for Simon Cowell.

Other Irish performers who shared the stage with Tinie Tempah were Imani Jade, Youngiz and Mimi Lane.

The four acts were selected after submitting their performances on TikTok, and were supported on stage by a ten-piece band.

There were 800 performances accoss 50 stages at the Stradbally festival, and other performers were Lewis Capaldi, CMAT, Fontaines D.C  and Amble.

Rían’s original song Nickname is available to stream on Spotify, and he is currently writing more music.

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