V were a British five-piece

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made up of Antony Brant, Aaron Buckingham, Mark Harle,

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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

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for five and there were five members in the band. V made their debut at the same time as

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by supporting Busted's arena tour in the spring of 2004. Their first

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, "Blood, Sweat and Tears", was released in May 2004 and went into the

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at number 6. The

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was shot in

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in February 2004 and the single contained a collaboration with McFly, called "Chills in the Evening" written by

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from McFly and

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from Busted. The band's second single, released in August 2004, was a double

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and consisted of a new song "Hip to Hip" and a

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' song " Can You Feel It". 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 ''

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'', but their debut album of the same name only made number 86 on the

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. 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

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band

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until 2011, when he left the band. *Kevin McDaid became a professional photographer, including photographing the covers for the

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albums ''

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'' and ''

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''. * Aaron Buckingham moved into A&R work, including managing the band Lawson. * 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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