Unplugged | Yes |
Cover band | No |
Members | 1 |
Downloads |
Sep / 2021 | • | The British Country Festival | Blackpool | |||
Jun / 2021 | • | Glastonbury | Glastonbury | |||
Apr / 2021 | • | Supporting Danni Nicholls | The Sage Newcastle | |||
Apr / 2021 | • | Supporting The Mentulls | The Forum Music Studios Darlington | |||
Mar / 2021 | • | C2C Festival | 02 Arena London | |||
May / 2020 | • | Fabuloso Festival | TBC Saltburn music festival | |||
May / 2020 | • | Supporting The Mentulls | The Forum, Darlington | |||
May / 2020 | • | Hayley Mckay acoustic | The Cockpit, Pickering | |||
Apr / 2020 | • | Hayley McKay & Danni Nicolls | The Sage, Gateshead | |||
Apr / 2020 | • | Supporting Steve Pilgrim | Bobniks, Jesmond | |||
Mar / 2020 | • | C2C Festival | 02 arena, London | |||
Nov / 2019 | • | Supporting Chantelle McGregor | The Forum Music Studios, Darlington | |||
Nov / 2019 | • | Hayley McKay, fundraiser for Lyndon Longhorne | Hurworth Village Hall DL2 2AQ | |||
Nov / 2019 | • | Songwriters Circle | The Cockpit, Pickering, York | |||
Dec / 2015 | • | Cafe Lilli | Norton | |||
Nov / 2015 | • | The Troubadour | The Troubadour, London, GB | |||
Nov / 2015 | • | The Rotary club | Stockton | |||
Sep / 2015 | • | Supporting Albert Lee | The Sage | |||
Sep / 2015 | • | Supporting Albert Lee | The Lowry | |||
Aug / 2015 | • | Hardwick Live | Hardwick Live | |||
Jun / 2015 | • | Glastonbury | Glastonbury |
Label / Release | Type | Year | |
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Hayley McKay | |||
Thinking About Last Night | Single | 2020 |
Hayley McKay & Chris Shaw | |||
One | Single | 2020 |
An accomplished and insightful songwriter, who effortlessly captures deep emotional sentiment with moving sincerity, she has co-written with twice Grammy-nominated songwriter Jan Buckingham (Whitney Houston) in Nashville, performed in Bob Harris's home studio for his Under the Apple Tree sessions, and supported such major acts as Tom Jones, Albert Lee, Scouting for Girls, Martha Reeves and Hazel O'Connor.
Her original songs are played worldwide in Café Nero stores, she sang on the soundtrack for Harrigan starring Steven Tomkinson, performed at Sunday For Sammy at Newcastle City Hall, and has acted and sang on various educational films for schools nationwide. She is also a Prince’s Trust ambassador and performs at numerous charity events. Her songs have also been championed by Paul Sexton (presenter on Radio 2 & Journalist) with airplays on Emirate’s flights. Hayley’s songs have also garnered strong support on BBC Introducing, receiving accolades for ‘Track of the Week’ on many occasions on BBC Tees.
A few years ago, Hayley won a National competition, the funds from which enabled her to study at at BIMM (Brighton) and Access to Music in London amongst her peer Jess Glynne. Since then, Hayley has appeared at major festivals including Glastonbury, Cornbury, Latitude, Lindisfarne, Willowman, Northumberland Live, The Sage Americana Festival and Hardwick Live.
In recent years, Hayley has performed her original songs on RTE, Ireland’s biggest daytime TV show, and STV Scottish TV.
Whether performing with her 5-piece band, solo or as an acoustic duo, this consummate and committed professional artist can always be relied on to deliver a varied and truly unforgettable show, sparking with energy, emotion and passion.
Hayley is currently recording new material.
Her new single, Thinking About Last Night was released 3rd April and has reached no 1 in the Ignition Country Charts. The song was also voted as one of the top three best new singles in Ireland, reached the top ten in the Valley FM Indie Charts in Australia, has garnered BBC Introducing support, and won Hayley the Artist of the Week spot on Radio New Wheels in the USA. It has been getting a lot of support around world especially in Ireland.
Recent press – https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/18493699.darlington-singer-hayley-mckay-scores-number-one-hit/?fbclid=IwAR2ciASRS9kfCchQMnGPkRnIl0u6yxnBfRkS_QMcYbeAl408BZrP_J-CGnM
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Beautiful voice & moving lyrics, infectious pop melodies/country influences’ - The Telegraph
'The up and coming apple of the British music industry’s eye hails from a town in the UK called Darlington' - Elmore Magazine, USA
Hayley McKay - another fantastic musician to grace our pages' - Holly Payne, Editor, Maverick Magazine
'Hauntingly beautiful vocals and moving lyrics are a testament to Hayley's immense talent as a musician and performer' - BIMM Institute Brighton News
'It’s undoubtedly Hayley’s vocal, delivered with depth and an amazing maturity, that sells the song' - Vents Magazine
'Hayley delivered in spades. I had never seen her before or hardly heard of her, but I've now become a fan' - Time Out Magazine
“Talented human being”-Ralph Murphy