Ah…I have gone much too long without a Shayne entry, haven’t I? No word on how the new record is going, but he recently played some gigs back in the homeland, including multiple shows in Killarney (“third show just added!”). No surprises musically from these shows, although his presence seems a bit…larger than normal. Check out “No U Hang Up” for yourselves:

Now, you’re not necessarily going to hear my complain about Shayne putting on a little bit of the winter weight. It’s just a radical difference from the Shayne that appeared in the video of the song. But wait…it gets weirder. Making Backstreet Boy AJ as the Phantom look downright normal, here’s Shayne performing “Tell Him”:

One other item…turns out a production team called Camberjem has posted three tracks on iTunes with Shayne on lead vocals. According to the chatter on the Shayne forums, his team isn’t too happy with the release, and from the sound of the production, I can’t blame him for being upset. They’re really not even B-side caliber tracks. These do mark the first audio tracks of Shayne available in the U.S., though. Let’s just say he’s guaranteed to still be anonymous in the States after these songs see the light of day.