\n Singer Jack Bennett became a firm favourite in his hometown after embarking on a solo career following a musical breakthrough with local band Stillia while still a teenager.\n<\/p>\n
\n After gigging around Europe during recent years, Jack and his partner Katie George settled in Tenerife after he secured a contract with an entertainment company.\n<\/p>\n
\n His performances in venues such as Waxy O\u2019Sheas, The Red Lion and Skybar have swiftly won recognition, which put him in contention for the Tenerife Entertainment Awards.\n<\/p>\n
\n Jack and Katie heading to the awards (Image: Jack Bennett)\n<\/p>\n
\n He was shortlisted in the Best Solo Musician category for the awards held at the island’s Castillo San Miguel venue.\n<\/p>\n
\n And to the delight of his fans, both home and abroad, he was crowned the winner.\n<\/p>\n
\n Messages of congratulations poured in after the 29-year-old shared the news on his Instagram page.\n<\/p>\n
\n Speaking to the Star earlier this month, the ex-Stillia frontman said: \u201cI\u2019d been travelling around Europe gigging and I guess I fell in love with the place.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cMe and the missus (Katie George) had a chat about making the move over there, so I got a visa and had a few contract offers.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cI got a contract with a great company to work for and have been working in some of the biggest bars in Tenerife.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cIt seems quite a big deal and I\u2019ll be playing in front of 800 to 1,000 people.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n The crowds in Tenerife have been loving Jack’s shows (Image: Jack Bennett)\n<\/p>\n
\n Jack, from Sutton, admits to missing his hometown on occasions, although \u201cwaking up to sunshine and palm trees\u201d and chilling by the pool in the day before performing at night is a lifestyle he\u2019s enjoying.\n<\/p>\n
\n Connections with St Helens are never too far away though, with holidaymakers from Jack\u2019s hometown often seeking him out for a chat and maybe a request or two.\n<\/p>\n
\n He added: \u201cYes, I get lots and lots coming up to me and I absolutely love it, it\u2019s pretty much every week – I either know them or it\u2019s people who are from St Helens who want a chat, some even ask for old Stillia tracks.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Singer Jack Bennett became a firm favourite in his hometown after embarking on a solo career following a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":266399,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[96,128,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-266398","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-music","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266398","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=266398"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266398\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/266399"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=266398"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=266398"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=266398"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}