V were a British five-piece
boy band
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made up of Antony Brant, Aaron Buckingham, Mark Harle,
Kevin McDaid
Kevin McDaid (born 7 March 1984) is a British singer. Born in Nigeria, he was brought up in England in Newcastle upon Tyne. He was best known as member of the British boy band V, which he joined in 2003 along with four other boys. The band ha ...
and Leon Pisani. Founded in 2003, they disbanded after two years, in 2005.
Career
V were formed in 2003 after a series of auditions by Prestige, the same management team behind
Busted. Group member Antony Brant came up with the band name "V" because V is the
Roman numeral for five and there were five members in the band. V made their debut at the same time as
McFly by supporting Busted's arena tour in the spring of 2004.
Their first
single
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* Single (music), a song release
Songs
* "Single" (Natasha Bedingfield song), 2004
* "Single" (New Kids on the Block and Ne-Yo song), 2008
* "Single" (William Wei song), 2016
* "Single", by ...
, "Blood, Sweat and Tears", was released in May 2004 and went into the
UK Singles Chart at number 6.
The
music video was shot in
Miami,
Florida in February 2004 and the single contained a collaboration with McFly, called "Chills in the Evening" written by
Tom Fletcher from McFly and
James Bourne from Busted. The band's second single, released in August 2004, was a double
A-side and consisted of a new song "Hip to Hip" and a
cover
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of
the Jacksons' song "
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Songs
* "Can You Feel It" (Th ...
". The music video showed the group dressed up in day-to-day jobs like an ice cream man and milkman. It charted at number 5 in the UK Singles Chart.
The third single, "You Stood Up", reached number 12 after an appearance on ''
Top of the Pops'', but their debut album of the same name only made number 86 on the
UK Albums Chart. In March 2005, V announced on their website their decision to split up, stating "it just hasn't happened for us as big as we would have liked".
After break-up
*Mark Harle became a drummer for
indie band
Little Comets
Little Comets are an English indie rock trio from Jarrow and Washington, Tyne and Wear. They are described as playing "kitchen sink indie" music. In early 2009 the band were signed to Columbia Records following numerous gigs in strange location ...
until 2011, when he left the band.
*Kevin McDaid became a professional photographer, including photographing the covers for the
Westlife albums ''
Where We Are'' and ''
Gravity''.
* Aaron Buckingham moved into
A&R work, including managing the band
Lawson
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* Lawson, Australian Capital Territory, a suburb of Canberra
* Lawson, New South Wales, a town in the Blue Mountains
Canada
* Lawson, Saskatchewan
* Lawson Island, Nunavut
United States
* Lawson, Arkansas
...
.
* Antony Brant remained friends with the members of McFly, and toured with the band alongside James Bourne and
the Vamps in the spring of 2013 as a compere to their
Memory Lane tour.
Discography
Studio albums
Singles
References
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English vocal groups
English pop music groups
English boy bands
Musical groups from London
Island Records artists
Musical groups established in 2004
Musical groups disestablished in 2005