Danny O'Donoghue

Daniel O'Donoghue
Danny O'Donoghue at the 2008 Nobel Peace Prize Concert.
Background information
Born	October 3, 1980 (1980-10-03) (age 31)
Origin	Dublin, Ireland
Occupations	singer-songwriter, record producer
Instruments	vocals, Keyboard, guitar
Years active	1998–present
Labels	Sony Music Entertainment
Associated acts	Mytown The Script

Danny O'Donoghue (born 3 October 1980 in Dublin) is an Irish singer-songwriter from the band The Script.

Career

O'Donoghue was an original member of a late '90s Eamonn Maguire managed Band called Mytown after being signed for $15 million dollars to Universal Records in 1999. He has also worked as a record producer in the United States with fellow bandmate Mark Sheehan.^[1]

The Script's first single We Cry was written about James's Street in Dublin and the different types of people you would meet there. The Script announced a new album and single on their website on Monday, 19 July 2010.

The first single from the album Science & Faith was confirmed to be the song "For the First Time". "For the First Time" was released in September 2010 and the album Science & Faith was released on 13 September 2010.

"For the First Time" entered the UK charts at #5 and moved up to #4 the following week and entered the Irish charts at #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.

References

1. ^ "Oh Danny boy! Script revel in chart success". Irish Independent. 2008-08-20. http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/music/oh-danny-boy-script-revel-in-chart-success-1459348.html. Retrieved 2008-11-23. 

External links

• Mytown
• Danny O'Donoghue at the Internet Movie Database

Persondata
Name	Odonoghue, Danny
Alternative names
Short description	Singer-Songwriter
Date of birth	October 3, 1980
Place of birth	Dublin, Ireland
Date of death
Place of death