The Script

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The Script

The Script at the 2008 Nobel Peace Prize Concert

Background information
Origin Dublin, Ireland
 Folk rock[1]
 soft rock[2]
Genres  indie rock[3]
 pop rock[4][5]
 alternative rock
Years active 2007–present
 Phonogenic
 Epic
Labels
 RCA
 Columbia
 mytown
Associated acts
 will.i.am[6]
Website thescriptmusic.com
Danny O'Donoghue
Members Mark Sheehan
Glen Power
The Script is an Irish Guitar Pop band formed in 2007
in Dublin, Ireland.[7][8] They first released music in 2008. It consists of
 lead vocalist and keyboardist Daniel O'Donoghue, lead guitarist Mark
Sheehan, and drummer Glen Power. The band moved to London after
signing to Sony Label Group imprint Phonogenic and released
its eponymous debut album in August 2008, preceded by the
successful singles "The Man Who Can't Be Moved" and "Breakeven".
The album peaked at number one in both Ireland and the UK. [9] Their
next three albums, Science & Faith (2010), #3 (2012) and No Sound
Without Silence (2014), all topped the album charts in Ireland and the
UK, while Science & Faith reached number three in the US. [9][10] Hit
singles from the albums include "For the First Time", "Nothing", "Hall
of Fame" and "Superheroes". The band's fifth studio album, Freedom
Child, was released on 1 September 2017, and features the UK Top 20
single "Rain".
The Script's music has been featured in television programmes such
as 90210, Ghost Whisperer, The Hills, Waterloo
Road, EastEnders, Made in Chelsea and The Vampire Diaries.
Frontman Danny O'Donoghue was also a coach on The Voice UK for
seasons 1 and 2, before leaving the show in order to focus more on
the band.[11] The band has won three Meteor Ireland Music
Awards and two World Music Awards and have received two Brit
Award nominations. The Script have sold over 20 million albums
worldwide.[12]
Contents

 1 History

 1.1 Early years

 1.2 2008–2010: The Script

 1.3 2010–2012: Science & Faith

 1.4 2012–2014: #3

 1.5 2014–2016: No Sound Without Silence

 1.6 2017–2019: Freedom Child

 1.7 2019: Sunsets & Full Moons

 2 Band members
 3 Discography

 4 Films

 5 Tours

 6 Awards and nominations

 7 References

 8 External links

History[edit]
Early years[edit]
Daniel O'Donoghue and Mark Sheehan have been best friends since
they were 12 growing up in Dublin.[13][14] They were formerly part of a
boy band called Mytown, formed in 1996. Striking up a songwriting
and production partnership, they were invited to Canada to
collaborate with some of their heroes, including Dallas Austin, Montell
Jordan and Teddy Riley.[15] They were in the US for a few years and
got a record deal until the company split and dropped them.
They stayed in Los Angeles and worked there as producers, writing
and producing songs for performers including Britney Spears, Boyz II
Men and TLC,[14] but later moved back to Dublin, where they recruited
drummer Glen Power for their new band the Script. Power learned to
play drums when he was just eight and he had been playing sessions
from the age of 15, using the money to work on a solo project in his
home, but that went on hold when his collaboration with Sheehan and
O'Donoghue produced three songs in one week. [original research?] The band
signed to Phonogenic in 2005, and released an EP on Last.FM. The
band's influences include Snow Patrol, U2, Coldplay, the Police, the
Neptunes, Timbaland, and Van Morrison.[15]
2008–2010: The Script[edit]
The Script's eponymous debut album was released on 8 August 2008.
[16] The album debuted at the number one spot on the UK's album
charts.[17]
The Script performed "We Cry" for the first time on BalconyTV in
Dublin on 13 September 2007.[18] The band claimed that BalconyTV
was the "first TV they ever did" and credited Michael Hunter as the
"push we needed to propel us" when they won Best Band at the
DanishTV Music Video Awards 2009 in the Pepper Club Dublin on 20
June 2008. At the awards the band said the award was their "first
ever".[19] The Script released their debut single "We Cry" on 25 April
2008. "We Cry" received "Single of the Day" on RTÉ 2FM, Today
FM and by Jo Whiley on BBC Radio 1, where many radio presenters
heavily supported the band. [20] The single peaked at number 15 on
the UK Singles Chart,[21] giving the band their first top 20 single. The
track also performed well on the Irish Singles Chart, peaking at
number 9 and giving the band their first top ten single in their home
country.[21] The Script also performed "We Cry" on one of the CW's TV
series, 90210.
Their second single, "The Man Who Can't Be Moved", was released on
15 September 2008.[22] The single reached number 2 in Ireland,
Denmark, and the UK.[23] The band released their debut album, The
Script, on 11 August 2008. Following the success of "The Man Who
Can't Be Moved", the album entered the UK Albums Chart at number
one with sales of 20,240 copies where it stayed for 11 weeks. The
album spent three weeks in the top ten and was the 18th best selling
album in the UK of 2008. The album also entered the Irish Albums
Chart at number one, holding the top spot for five weeks. [24] It had, as
of January 2009,[needs update] spent 2 weeks in the top 10. The Irish office
of Sony BMG music presented the group with their first multi-platinum
disc for over 600,000 sales of their debut album. [25]
The band's third single, "Breakeven", was released in Ireland and UK
on 21 November 2008 and 29 December 2008 respectively. The
single was an instant success on the Irish Singles Chart. After entering
the chart at number 40, it spent one week before entering the top ten
at number 10, giving the Script their third top ten single in Ireland.
The single spent four weeks on the UK Singles Chart, peaking at
number 21. The band's fourth single "Talk You Down" was released in
March 2009.[26]
On 9 November the Script received an award at the World Music
Awards for 'Best Selling Irish Act' of 2008 and on 19 February 2010,
they won 'Best Live Performance' at the Meteor Ireland Music Awards.
The band has confirmed that they plan to write a track for Leona
Lewis's second album.[27] The Script supported Take That at their
concert at Croke Park on 13 June 2009. The band played at the
Cheerio's Childline concert on the opening night of Dublin's 02. They
played among big stars including Enrique Iglesias and Anastacia.[citation
needed]

The band supported U2 on their third concert at Croke Park, which

took place on 27 July 2009.[28] The band's next single was "Before the
Worst", which was released on 15 June 2009.[29] On 17, 18 and 21 July
2009, the Script opened for Paul McCartney at the historic first
concerts at New York's Citi Field.[30]
The band's bonus track and B-side "Live Like We're Dying" was re-
recorded by American Idol 2009 winner Kris Allen as the first single off
his self-titled album. Allen's version of "Live Like We're Dying" was
digitally released for download on 21 September 2009. [31]
On 2 December 2009 the band's single "The Man Who Can't Be
Moved" was featured as a remix on the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show
during the Enchanted Forest segment.[32]
On 16 April 2010, their first U.S. single "Breakeven" was certified
Platinum by the RIAA (the Recording Industry Association of America),
selling over one million copies in the U.S. and has since peaked at
No. 12 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the spring of 2010. The band
performed a headline tour in the United States that kicked off in San
Diego on 11 October 2010 at the House of Blues and ended on 7
November 2010 at the House of Blues in Boston, Massachusetts.
[30] On 21 May 2010, they appeared live on NBC's Today Show as part
of the show's outdoor Toyota Concert Series.
2010–2012: Science & Faith[edit]
The first single from Science & Faith, "For the First Time", was
released in the UK on 20 August 2010 and the album followed on 13
September 2010. In the United States, "For the First Time" was
released on iTunes on 8 November 2010, with "Science & Faith" was
released on 18 January 2011.[33] The song was first released in the
United States on AOL Music on 29 September 2010.[34] The group
invited UK media into the recording session and discussed their
process of creating the album. [35] "For the First Time" entered the UK
charts at No. 5, moved up to No. 4 the following week and entered the
Irish charts at No. 1. The music video features Bono's daughter Eve
Hewson. Science & Faith entered the Irish Album Chart and the UK
album chart at No. 1.[36]
On 24 September, tickets for the Script's three nights at the O2
Dublin, two nights at the Odyssey, Belfast and two at the INEC,
Killarney went on sale and sold out in less than 40 minutes, with over
60,000 tickets sold. On 1 October at 9:00am tickets for the Script
arena tour in March 2011 went on sale. The tickets for all 12 arenas
around the UK sold out in five days. They also announced that they
would play a "Homecoming" concert at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin.
This is part of the Science & Faith Tour and will be their biggest
headline show to date.

The Script also took part in Children in Need 2010 and BRMB's live
2010 with acts such as the Saturdays, Mark Ronson and Mcfly. They
were nominated for Best International Act at the 2011 Brit Awards
and performed at: Pinkpop festival, V festival, Oxegen, Isle of Wight
Festival, T in the park, Thetford Forest Show, iTunes
Festival, Skanderborg Festival, Sudoeste Festival, Tennents ViTal.
They also played to the biggest indoor crowd of 18,300 people at
the Coca-Cola Dome in Johannesburg, South Africa on 24 June 2011.
They later went on to play their official biggest crowd on 2 July 2011
in Dublin's Aviva Stadium, and performed to a sold-out crowd of
50,000 people. the Coronas and Tinie Tempah were support acts on
the night.[citation needed]
2012–2014: #3[edit]
The band's third album was titled #3. It was released in the UK on 10
September 2012 and in the United States on 9 October 2012. [37] "Hall
of Fame" was the lead single, which debuted on radio on 23 July 2012.
It was recorded in Los Angeles, Studio 3, and released on iTunes on
21 August 2012. The single features will.i.am, whom Danny works
alongside on The Voice UK. The song became their most successful to
date, being certified 5x Platinum in Australia, Platinum in Italy, 2x
Platinum in New Zealand, 6x Platinum in Norway, 2x Platinum in
Sweden and 2x Platinum in the US. The song also peaked at number 1
in the UK, Scotland, Ireland, Europe and Austria, and charted in over
30 countries. It is their highest charting single to date worldwide.
Other singles include "Six Degrees of Separation" and "If You Could
See Me Now", a tribute to O'Donoghue’s father and Sheehan’s
parents.[38] On 16 September 2012, the Script achieved their first UK
number one for a period of two weeks with their single "Hall of Fame"
in its second week after being released. [39]
On 5 October 2012, the Script kicked off the Major League
Baseball Postseason by playing a free concert at the MLB Fan Cave in
New York City.[40] The Script was nominated for Best International
band at the 2013 BRIT Awards.[41] On 5 September 2012, the Script
embarked on a headlining concert tour to promote the album, known
as the #3 World Tour.[citation needed] The tour spanned over 11 months
and included shows in Europe, North America, Asia, and Australia,
ending in August 2013. The band also went on tour
with OneRepublic for their Native Summer Tour to promote the
album, during the summer of 2014.
The Script recorded a song for Mrs. Brown's Boys D'Movie called Hail,
Rain or Sunshine.[42]
2014–2016: No Sound Without Silence[edit]
The band's fourth studio album was titled No Sound Without
Silence and the lead single from the album, "Superheroes", was
released on 22 July 2014. The album has been described by
O'Donoghue as a prequel to their debut album, with many of the
songs being recorded on the road, after playing to sold out arenas. On
the recording process, Danny O’Donoghue stated, "We’d come off
stage and start recording straight away in a studio bus. Everything’s
massive, everything’s larger than life on stage so when we hit the
studio we wanted it to have that same impact." The album was
released on 15 September 2014.[43][44]
Other singles from the album include "No Good in Goodbye", which
was released on 15 October 2014 and "Man on a Wire" which was
released on 15 March 2015.

The band's tour for this album. titled the "No Sound Without Silence
Tour" occurred from 16 January 2015 through 18 September 2015.
Throughout the tour, the band played a total of 56 total shows, and
performed within Africa, Asia, Europe, Oceania, and North America.

Immediately after the tour, the band went on a nearly year-long

unannounced hiatus. O'Donoghue didn't reveal this information until
July 2017 and claimed that the hiatus occurred due to the band
wanting some time off to "chill" after making four albums and going
on five world tours.[45] Shortly after this announcement, it was
revealed that another reason the band went on
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