{"id":24355,"date":"2018-02-13T10:57:51","date_gmt":"2018-02-13T09:57:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eqmusicblog.com\/?p=24355"},"modified":"2018-02-13T10:57:51","modified_gmt":"2018-02-13T09:57:51","slug":"eq-music-live-presents-ian-thomas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eqmusicblog.com\/eq-music-live-presents-ian-thomas\/","title":{"rendered":"EQ Music Live Presents: Ian Thomas"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"cb-itemprop\" itemprop=\"reviewBody\"><p>Belgian singer-songwriter, musician, actor and model <strong>Ian Thomas<\/strong> took to the stage at <strong>Zigfrid von Underbelly<\/strong> in Hoxton, London when billed as one of the support acts at our last <strong>EQ Music Live Presents<\/strong> event in September 2017. <\/p>\n<p>The up-and-coming emerging artist warmed up the crowd with a varied selection of his pop offerings bringing a touch of urban and hip-hop to the evening&#8217;s proceedings.  While introducing us to stellar tracks like &#8220;<strong>Molly<\/strong>&#8220;, &#8220;<strong>Too Good to be True<\/strong>&#8221; and &#8220;<strong>Cheers<\/strong>&#8221; among his impressive, set.<\/p>\n<p>We caught up with Ian backstage for a chat before he headed out front of, house as the first opening act of the night. We spoke about what influences the music of Ian Thomas, his opinion on fashion and London Fashion Week. As well as touring, future plans, and his feelings about life on the road. <\/p>\n<p>Check out our live footage from Ian Thomas&#8217;s vibrant set at EQ Music Live and learn a bit more about the Flemish fitlord&#8217;s music from the man himself. <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Ha7yX6vzrpM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rDj04X92odw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Connect with Ian Thomas<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Facebook:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ianthomasofficial\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ianthomasofficial\/<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Twitter:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ianthomas\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@ianthomas<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Instagram:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/ianthomas\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/ianthomas\/<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Check our live footage and interview with emerging pop artist Ian Thomas during his recent support performance for Frankmusik at EQ Music Live.   <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":24356,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45,8],"tags":[607],"class_list":["post-24355","post","type-post","status-publish","format-video","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-eq-live","category-interviews","tag-ian-thomas","post_format-post-format-video"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.6 - 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