Ciaran Gribbin

Ciaran Gribbin's Biography

Ciaran Gribbin is an Irish Grammy-nominated songwriter and performer who has worked with world class artists such as Madonna, U2, Paul McCartney, Snow Patrol and Al Pacino.

Ciaran was born during the Northern Ireland conflict and grew up in The Troubles. As a young musician he cut his teeth doing gig after gig in the tough bars of Belfast and Derry. During this turbulent time, Ciaran witnessed the bombs and bullets of sectarian violence and the paramilitary attacks that enflamed a divided society.

Ciaran was a founding member of the popular Irish band ‘Leya’ which toured for seven years with major acts including Snow Patrol and Embrace.  The band also released the critically acclaimed album ‘Watch you don’t take off’.  The band was nominated for Best New Act at the Irish ‘Metor’ Music Awards.

Ciaran’s first big break came in 2010 when he received a Grammy nomination for Madonna’s worldwide hit single ‘Celebration’, which he co-wrote with the American megastar and English producer Paul Oakenfold. Ciaran soon became a regular drawcard at music festivals around the world including Brazil’s Rock in Rio. He has opened concerts for acts such as Paul McCartney, Crowded House, The Script and Gotye.

Just as his reputation as a performer kept growing, his career as a gifted composer continued to flourish. He has worked on multiple movie soundtracks, including writing all the songs for the U2-supported feature film Killing Bono.

In 2011, Ciaran became the singer of the legendary Australian band INXS.  He has toured extensively with INXS throughout South America, Europe and Australasia.

Ciaran’s song ‘Hey Baby Doll’ which was sung by Al Pacino in the critically-acclaimed movie Danny Collins received an Oscar shortlist nomination.

Ciaran is the founder of Rock and Roll Team Building, a business delivering interactive music programs for corporate companies globally. In addition, in 2021 Ciaran co-founded Vibrate Your Mind, a business delivering workplace wellbeing programs using music and sound therapy.

Ciaran Gribbin has a well established reputation for bringing a world-class performance to the stage for corporate events. An extremely versatile artist with the ability to perform a variety of music genres to suit any event.

Speaking Topics Include

Team building to kick-off or close a conference! Bring energy to the start of a conference breaking the ice immediately or end on a high with our 90-minute team building workshop. It's super fun, connects people and brings focus to the event theme thanks to the art of songwriting.

And, if you need entertainment for an evening event on the same day, you've got a world-class band onsite to pack a dance-floor better than Elvis!

Conference choir - Work together, collaborate and enjoy the power and benefits of singing! A fun, upbeat session to unite an audience with a shared positive experience.

When you sing in a choir, you work with other people to create a sound that's beautiful and harmonious. Group singing teaches the importance of teamwork and co-operation. To create a successful choir, everyone needs to work together, listen to each other, and build each other’s voices up. Choral singing also helps to develop communication skills. A perfect session to open an event or raise energy after a break.

Stories from the road - An inspiring keynote about what the world of rock' roll is really like!

Join Grammy-nominated songwriter and former singer of INXS, Ciaran Gribbin, and former Robbie Williams Musical Director and keys player, Mr. Paul Beard, aka 'Beardy' for an up-close and personal conversation about their time on the road writing, recording, and touring with some of the biggest names in music!

This intimate show is an engaging 60 minutes of entertaining and humorous stories sprinkled with live music performances. Perfect for an evening event where you're after a great keynote speaker segment.

Stories include how Ciaran Gribbin met Andrew Farriss from INXS while on tour in Australia in support of Paolo Nutini. A meeting that led to Ciaran standing on stage with INXS in front of 30,000 people in Brazil just 12 months later.

You'll hear how Paul Beard always dreamt of playing Wembley Stadium as a young boy; later, Beardy went on to play the stadium no less than eight times with Robbie Williams!

Entertainment “Hour of Power” - Dave Goode (The Potbeellez) & Ciaran Gribbin

These two are a killer act for a ‘highlight’ entertainment segment or as a 60 > 90 minute set to pack the dance-floor. Live vocals from Ciaran Gribbin with Dave Goode on the DJ decks - they are AMAZING together!

Wellbeing programs - If you are looking to bring focus to mental health with a ‘wellness’ experience these 30 min sessions are a perfect option, focusing on; Meditation, breathwork, sound healing, hum & stretch, mantra and choir. These sessions can be done as a one off or ideally, crafting a program of wellbeing that sits across an entire day, or an entire conference program.