Michael Stafford (born 12 July 1990), better known as Maverick Sabre, is an Irish singer, songwriter, and rapper.
Early life
Sabre was born in
Hackney, London.
At age four, he moved with his family to
New Ross, County Wexford, where he grew up. Following advice from English musician
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and Harry Jessop, he moved back to London to pursue a musical career.
Career
Sabre's career began in 2008 when he appeared on the tracks "Lucky" and "Used to Blame" from the album ''Sense the Terror'' by Irish rappers Terawrizt and Nu-Centz. He also featured on rappers Johnnyboy and Intox's ''Propaganda'' EP and released his own tracks, such as "Lonely Side of Life" and "Fade Away". Sabre furthered his career in 2009 when he featured on Jermicide & Danny Digg's album ''Middle Class'', collaborating on three tracks: "Afraid", "Where We Go to", and "Still With Me". Maverick Sabre also performed on SB.TV with the song "They Found Him a Gun" and featured in BBC 1Xtra 'Jail Tales' programme, performing "These Walls". Sabre then returned to working with his earlier cohorts, featuring on Terawrizt's album ''Written in Stone'' and Terawrizt & Nu-Centz' album ''Sense The Terror 2'', appearing on tracks such as "Life Fly By". On 25 November 2010, Sabre released his debut mixtape, ''The Travelling Man'', in the United Kingdom. The release was a free
digital download and featured the track "Sometimes" along with a promotional video to accompany the song.
On 6 January 2011, "Sometimes" was released as a single by Impala Records. Sabre guested on
drum and bass duo
Chase & Status
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's second studio album ''
No More Idols
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'', on "Fire in Your Eyes". He also features on "Sleepless", a song regularly performed live by Chase & Status, however no studio version has been released to date. Sabre featured on
Professor Green
Stephen Paul Manderson (born 27 November 1983), better known by his stage name Professor Green or simply Pro Green, is an English rapper, singer, songwriter, actor, television personality and mental health activist from London.
Growing up on ...
's fourth single "
Jungle
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", released on 1 January 2010, which was featured on the album ''
Alive Till I'm Dead
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Background
"Just Be Good to Gree ...
''. The single debuted at number 34 on the UK Singles Chart, peaking at 31 the following week.
[UK Singles Chart – Week Ending: 22 January 2011](_blank)
The Official Charts Company
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, Retrieved 6 February 2011. On 28 February 2011, Maverick released his debut single "Look What I Done", taken from the
extended play
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mavericksabre.com, Retrieved 3 February 2011. On 19 April 2011, Sabre performed with a live band on
BBC Two's ''
Later… with Jools Holland
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''.
After his performance of
Oasis's "
Wonderwall" on
Chris Moyles
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'
BBC Radio 1
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Comic Relief show, Maverick's extended play ''The Lost Words'' reached number 2 in the iTunes Store Top Ten Songs chart. In 2011, he also appeared on
The Script's Science & Faith Tour supporting the Irish band, and performed his song "
Let Me Go", which entered the UK Singles Chart at number 16 in August 2011.
On 25 July 2011, Sabre's first single "
Let Me Go" was released and entered the UK chart at number 16. He released his debut album, ''
Lonely Are The Brave
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'', on 6 February 2012. He then released singles "
I Need", "What Have I Done To You" and "
No One". Sabre featured on a remix of his song "I Need" with rappers
Chipmunk
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and Benny Banks. He then featured on the track "We'll Never Know" alongside rappers Akala and Logic. On 29 January 2012, Sabre appeared on the Sunday Night Sessions segment of ''
The Late Show with Joanne Good
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Career Actress
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'' on
BBC London 94.9
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. Sabre appeared on the 2012 remake album ''
Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds - The New Generation'' in the role of Parson Nathaniel. The role was performed by
Jason Donovan in the 2012–2014 live shows. Around this time, Sabre started working with a teenage
Jorja Smith
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and she became his protégé, who he ultimately introduced to the UK.
On 9 April 2014, Sabre released a video for the single "Breathe".
On 24 July 2014, Sabre released a video for the remix from "Emotion (Ain't Nobody)", featuring Chip, Devlin and George the Poet.
The album was released on 31 October 2015. Sabre was also featured on the track "Carry Me Home" from Jorja Smith's album Project 11, released on 17 November 2016.
On 22 March 2019, Sabre released his third studio album titled ''
When I Wake Up'' on his own
imprint FAMM. The record was promoted by the singles "Drifting", "Her Grace" (featuring Chronixx), "Slow Down"(featuring Jorja Smith) and "Glory".
On 26 March 2020, "Glory" was featured on American medical drama ''
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'' episode "
Love of My Life".
In June 2020, Sabre announced a new EP titled ''You Know How It Feels'', scheduled to be released on 24 July 2020 via FAMM. The EP is promoted by lead single "Signs" released on 26 June.
On 28 January 2022 Sabre released his fourth studio album ''
Don't Forget to Look Up''.
Political views
In November 2019, Sabre endorsed the
Labour Party in the
2019 UK general election
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.
Discography
* ''
Lonely Are the Brave
''Lonely Are the Brave'' is a 1962 American black and white Western film adaptation of the Edward Abbey novel '' The Brave Cowboy'' directed by David Miller from a screenplay by Dalton Trumbo and starring Kirk Douglas, Gena Rowlands and Walt ...
'' (2012)
* ''
Innerstanding'' (2015)
* ''
When I Wake Up'' (2019)
* ''
Don't Forget to Look Up'' (2022)
References
External links
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1990 births
Living people
British contemporary R&B singers
English pop singers
English male singer-songwriters
Irish people of English descent
Irish male singers
Irish pop singers
Musicians from County Wexford
Musicians from London
People from Hackney Central
People from New Ross
English soul singers
21st-century English singers
21st-century Irish singers
21st-century British male singers