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band formed in 2001 in

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, consisting of lead vocalist and keyboardist

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, lead guitarist Mark Sheehan, and drummer Glen Power. The band moved to

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after signing to Sony Label Group imprint Phonogenic and released their

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debut album in August 2008, preceded by the debut single "

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" as well as other singles such as "

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". The album peaked at number one in both Ireland and the UK. Their next three albums, ''

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'' (2010), '' #3'' (2012) and ''

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'' (2014), all topped the album charts in Ireland and the UK, while ''Science & Faith'' reached number three in the United States.The Script score fresh chart success with new album
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''Billboard''. Retrieved 27 April 2012 Some of the hit singles from the albums include " For the First Time", "

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". The band's fifth studio album, ''

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'', was released on 1 September 2017, and features the UK Top 20 single "

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". Their sixth studio album, ''

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'', was released on 8 November 2019, and features the single " The Last Time". A

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album was released on 1 October 2021. The Script's music has been featured in television programmes such as '' 90210'', ''

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'', '' The Hills'', '' Waterloo Road'', ''

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''. Frontman Danny O'Donoghue was also a coach on ''

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''for seasons 1 and 2, before leaving the show in order to focus more on the band. The band has won three Meteor Ireland Music Awards and two

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and have received two

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nominations. The Script have sold over 20 million albums worldwide.

History

Early years

Danny O'Donoghue and Mark Sheehan have been best friends since they were 12 growing up in

. They were formerly part of a boy band called

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, formed in 1996. Striking up a songwriting and production partnership, they were invited to Canada to collaborate with some of their heroes, including

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. They were in the US for a few years and got a record deal until the company split and dropped them. They stayed in

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and worked there as producers, writing and producing songs for performers including

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, 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. The band signed to Phonogenic in 2005, and released an EP on

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. The band's influences include

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2008–2010: ''The Script''

The Script's eponymous debut album was released on 8 August 2008. The album debuted at the number one spot on the UK's album charts. The Script performed "We Cry" for the first time on

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in Dublin on 13 September 2007. 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". The Script released their debut single "

" on 25 April 2008. "We Cry" received "Single of the Day" on

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and by

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, where many radio presenters heavily supported the band. The single peaked at number 15 on the

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, giving the band their first top 20 single. The track also performed well on the

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, peaking at number 9 and giving the band their first top ten single in their home country. The Script also performed "We Cry" on one of the CW's TV series, '' 90210''. Their second single, "

", was released on 15 September 2008. The single reached number 2 in Ireland, Denmark, and the UK. 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

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at number one, holding the top spot for five weeks. It had, as of January 2009, 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. The band's third single, "

", was released in Ireland and UK on 21 November 2008 and 29 December 2008 respectively. The single was an instant success on the

. 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 next two singles, "Talk You Down" and "

", were released in March and July 2009, respectively. On 4 October, The Script performed "Before the Worst" at half-time of the 2009 NRL Grand Final in Sydney, Australia, in their first visit to the country. On 9 November the Script received an award at the

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 played at the Cheerios Childline concert, headlined by

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, on the opening night of Dublin's

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in 2008. The Script supported

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at their concert at

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on 13 June 2009. On 27 July, the band supported U2 on their third concert at Croke Park. On 17, 18 and 21 July 2009, the Script opened for

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at the first concerts at New York's

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. The band's popularity reached the attention of other artists. In March 2008, the band announced they planned to write a track for

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's second album, ''Echo'', but in 2010, Sheehan revealed that they had "missed the mark" on the album's release date and that they submitted their song too late. While Sheehan believed Lewis's record company loved their song, he said, he felt "they thought it was a little dark for her". The band's bonus track and B-side "

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" was re-recorded by

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2009 winner

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as the first single from his self-titled album. A remixed version of the band's single "

" was featured during the

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. On 16 April 2010, their first US single "Breakeven" was certified Platinum by the

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, selling over one million copies in the US; the song 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

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and ended on 7 November 2010 at the House of Blues in Boston, Massachusetts. On 21 May 2010, they appeared live on

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's ''

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'' as part of the show's outdoor Toyota Concert Series.

2010–2012: ''Science & Faith''

The first single from ''

'', " 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. The song was first released in the United States on

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on 29 September 2010. The group invited UK media into the recording session and discussed their process of creating the album. "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

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's daughter Eve Hewson. ''Science & Faith'' entered the Irish Album Chart and the UK album chart at No. 1. On 24September, 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 1October 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

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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

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and

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. They were nominated for Best International Act at the 2011 Brit Awards and performed at:

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, Sudoeste Festival,

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. They also played to the biggest indoor crowd of 18,300 people at the

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, South Africa on 24 June 2011. They later went on to play their official biggest crowd on 2 July 2011 in Dublin's

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were support acts on the night.

2012–2014: ''#3''

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. "

" was the lead single, which debuted on radio on 23 July 2012. It was recorded in Los Angeles, Studio 3, and released on

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on 21 August 2012. The single features

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, whom Danny works alongside on ''

''. The song became their most successful to date, being certified 5× Platinum in Australia, Platinum in Italy, 2× Platinum in New Zealand, 6× Platinum in Norway, 2× Platinum in Sweden and 2× 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 "

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" and "If You Could See Me Now", a tribute to O'Donoghue's father and Sheehan's parents. 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. On 5 October 2012, the Script kicked off the Major League Baseball

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by playing a free concert at the

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in New York City. The Script was nominated for Best International band at the

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. On 5 September 2012, the Script embarked on a headlining concert tour to promote the album, known as the #3 World Tour. 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

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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''.

2014–2016: ''No Sound Without Silence''

The band's fourth studio album was titled ''

'' and the lead single from the album, "

", 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. The album was released on 15 September 2014. 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 "

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" 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. Shortly after this announcement, it was revealed that another reason the band went on hiatus was due to O'Donoghue needing throat surgery. The band returned to making new music in late 2016.

2017–2019: ''Freedom Child''

Beginning in early 2017, the band began teasing their new fifth album. They did so by releasing a couple of sneak peeks of songs from the album throughout the year. A sneak peek of a song titled "Divided States of America" was released on 5 January 2017. A few months later, a sneak peek of a song titled "Written in the Scars" was released on 8 June 2017. On 13 July 2017, the band officially announced the lead single from the album, "

". The song was released on 14 July 2017. On 21 July 2017, it was announced that the new album would be titled ''

''. The album was put up for pre-order that same day. It contains 14 tracks and was released on 1 September 2017. Prior to the album's release, two promotional singles were released to further promote the album. On 25 August 2017, "Written in the Scars" was released as the first promotional single from the album. A few days later, on 30 August 2017, "Love Not Lovers" was released as the second promotional single from the album. Upon release, the album received mixed to negative reviews from critics upon release, but still managed top the charts in some countries. The album hit number one in Ireland, Scotland, and the United Kingdom, their third album to do so. The song "Arms Open" was released as the second single from the album on 13 November 2017. A music video for the song was released on 1 December 2017. The tour for the album, simply titled "Freedom Child Tour", took place between September 2017 and June 2018. On 16 March 2018, the band released a live cover of the

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song " Crazy World" featuring

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, the lead singer of Aslan. This single was featured on an acoustic EP titled ''Acoustic Sessions'', which also feature the songs "No Man is an Island", "Never Seen Anything 'Quite Like You'", and "The Man Who Can't Be Moved". The full EP was released on 18 April 2018. On 17 March 2018, at a concert in Brussels, the band bought the whole audience a drink to celebrate Saint Patrick's Day. The 8,000 drinks were enough to set a new world record.

2019–2021: ''Sunsets & Full Moons''

Beginning on 13 September 2019, the band began teasing a new album on Twitter. A few days later, on 19 September 2019, the band announced the lead single from the album, " The Last Time". The single and an accompanying music video were released on 20 September 2019. On 11 October 2019, the band announced that the album would be titled ''

'' and consist of nine songs. The album was made available for pre-order the same day. It was released on 8 November 2019. On 1 November 2019, "Something Unreal" was released as the first promotional single from the album. In December 2019, The Script performed at the

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, alongside other artists such as

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, Regard and Mabel. On 10 January 2020, "Run Through Walls" was released as the second single from the album. A music video for the song was released the same day. On 11 March 2021, the band released an acoustic version of "For the First Time", which would serve as the lead single off of their second acoustic EP titled ''Acoustic Sessions 2''. The remainder of the EP was released on 17 March 2021. The remaining songs that are included are "Breakeven", "Millionaires", and "Nothing".

2021–present: ''Tales from the Script: Greatest Hits''

Beginning in late August 2021, the band began teasing a new song on their website and Twitter page. The song, "I Want It All", was released on 27 August along with an announcement for a greatest hits album, '' Tales from the Script: Greatest Hits''. The announcement set the album's release date for 1 October 2021; a worldwide tour was also announced in support of the album, beginning in

on 30 March 2022 and concluding in Lisbon, Portugal on 18 November 2022. In November 2021, The Script performed at Hits Live in Liverpool, alongside other artists such as

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and

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. On 10 February 2022, the band released an acoustic version of "I Want It All", which would serve as the lead single off of their third acoustic EP titled ''Acoustic Sessions 3''. "Superheroes" was released as the second single from the EP on 11 March 2022. The remainder of the EP was released on 17 March 2022. The remaining songs that are included are "Paint the Town Green" and "Good Ol' Days".

Band members

– lead vocals, piano, keyboards, rhythm guitar * Mark Sheehan – lead guitar, co-lead, backing vocals * Glen Power – drums, percussion, , backing vocals Supporting members * Benjamin Sargeant – bass, backing vocals * Rodney Alejandro – piano, keyboards ( #3 World Tour) (2012–2018) * Luke Juby – keyboards (2017–2019) *Curtis Stansfield – keyboards, percussion, backing vocals (2019–present) *Colin Rogers - rhythm guitar (2021-present)

Discography

Studio albums * '' The Script'' (2008) * ''

'' (2010) * '' #3'' (2012) * ''

'' (2014) * ''

'' (2017) * ''

'' (2019) Compilation albums * '' Tales from The Script: Greatest Hits'' (2021) Extended plays *''Acoustic Sessions'' (2018) *''Acoustic Sessions 2'' (2021) *''Acoustic Sessions 3'' (2022)

Films

* ''Homecoming: Live at the Aviva Stadium, Dublin''

Tours

* Science & Faith Tour (2010–11) * #3 World Tour (2012–13) *

(2015) * Freedom Child Tour (2017–18) * Sunsets & Full Moons Tour (2020) * Greatest Hits Tour (2022)

Awards and nominations

References

External links

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BBC Talking Shop: The Script by Neil Smith, 17 April 2008
at ITV
BBC Music Club: The Script

The Script Interview in the Virgin Red Room
{{DEFAULTSORT:Script, The Irish pop rock music groups Musical groups established in 2005 Musical groups from Dublin (city) Soft rock music groups