November 2012, Ryan signed an international record deal with Universal Music Germany. He followed this with headline appearances at GiftedLive.com at Monroes in Galway on 22 November and at Monto Water Rats in London. 2013 Sheridan began 2013 with a heavy tour schedule in Germany. As special guest to Rea Garvey in January and February followed by appearances with Silly in May, he performed to approximately 60,000 people in a matter of months. Sheridan saw inclusion of his song The Dreamer from his debut album featured in The Hardy Bucks Movie soundtrack, album released in Ireland on 22 February. Sheridan's new look band, now featuring Nicky Brennan on guitar, new drummer Jimmy Rainsford and Tanya O'Callaghan on bass, performed his new single Upside Down on The Late Late Show on 12 April. On 26 April, The Day You Live Forever was released in Germany through Universal Music Germany with two new songs added to its release: Upside Down and Without You. The following week the album reached the top position on the German iTunes chart and as of July 2013, is currently the highest ranked debut album by an International artist on the Official German charts. Sheridan performed his song Jigsaw on the final show of The Voice of Ireland with winner Keith Hanley on 28 April and on 3 May, he made his first German TV performance on Sat.1 breakfast television. On 4 May, Sheridan announced that cajon player Artur Graczyk had decided to permanently leave the band and would be replaced by Jimmy Rainsford. Bass player Sean Brennan joined the band in May. Sheridan's first headline tour of Germany began in Hamburg on 7 October and finished on 29 October at The Capitol in Hanover. On 1 November Ryan performed at the Brian O'Driscoll testimonial dinner in Dublin. Ryan's song Awake was featured on the album Simple Things for Cycle Against Suicide which was released on 15 November. Sheridan brought his successful year to an end as headliner at the New Year's Eve Countdown Concert at College Green in Dublin. 2014 The Day You Live Forever Tour continued in 2014, beginning at The Capitol in Mannheim on 15 February and finishing at The Postbahnhof, Berlin on 2 March. Following the tour, bass player Sean Brennan left the band and was replaced by Darren Sweeney. In April 2014 Sheridan and his band played in Bahrain as part of the