Q&A with singer Danny O’Donoghue, who comes clean on drinking with Sir Tom and coaching on The Voice

The Script singer Danny O'Donoghue

The Script singer, 32, on drinking with Sir Tom, coaching on The Voice and stargazing in Paris

You’re back on our screens on The Voice. Did you take any persuading to sign up? 

Not at all. I agreed to do it on the last day of the last series. I said to Will.i.am, ‘Are you coming back? If you do it, I’ll do it.’ And he was, like, ‘Hell, yeah.’ We’ve had such a laugh.

Has your life changed since? 

Yeah! People were coming up to me in the street. A few of the critics called me Danny O’Dono-who? because I wasn’t well known when I first signed up. It just meant that I had to work that bit harder to prove myself. We got our first number one single after that so it was an incredible year.

What makes you a good person to coach wannabe singers? 

I’m not necessarily the best singer in the world, but I’m a guitarist and I’m in a band and I represent all the people who come on The Voice and play an instrument and want to rock out. All four of us judges – Jessie J, Tom Jones, Will.i.am and me – represent totally different areas of music. Jessie’s the vocal gymnast, Will’s the amazing producer and Tom’s just a legend.

The Voice Coaches Sir Tom Jones, Jessie J, will.i.am and Danny O Donoghue

What’s different this year? 

We’ve seen more people turn up with guitars or playing the piano, and I love that. Bands don’t get to showcase themselves on TV very often these days. It’s not fashionable: bookers are more likely to spend a fortune on Beyoncé or Justin Timberlake.

The most showbiz moment of your life? 

Sitting in a hotel bar in Manchester with Sir Tom Jones singing Elvis Presley songs to me after an all-night drinking session, while the staff made up the tables for breakfast. That happened in a few different cities while we were doing auditions.

When are you happiest? 

In the studio, writing and performing songs. I love those padded walls. That’s where I’m comfortable.

What makes you sad? 

I’ve started a tradition of going to the Temple Street Children’s Hospital [in Dublin] every Christmas. That makes me really sad, but it’s nice to know you can put a smile on the children’s faces for a little while.

What was the most embarrassing moment of your life? 

We performed at Shea Stadium in New York in 2009, supporting Sir Paul McCartney. I was introducing each band member as they played a solo, and when it came to my turn, I was supposed to play a piano riff on the keyboard but I hit the wrong button and it came out as drums. It sounded rubbish. In front of 50,000 people and a Beatle! That was bad.

What would be the perfect date? 

Can I go anywhere? I’d go to Paris for steak. Then the Observatoire because I love to look at the stars. Romantic and scientific – how can you better that?

Source:  Femail / Edited: DannyODonoghue.Net

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Holly Willoughby and Reggie Yates return to present the next set of blind auditions, as each of the four

coaches - Jessie J, Sir Tom Jones, Danny O'Donoghue and will.i.am - continue to build their talented teams.

Each coach has the power to kick start a career by pushing a single button and turning their chair, but if more than one coach turns, the power shifts to the artist, meaning they can choose which superstar would be the perfect fit for their talent.

As the teams start to form under each coach, the competition between them increases, and Jessie J, will.i.am, Sir Tom Jones and Danny O'Donoghue use every trick in the book to ensure they have the best artists.

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The Voice LOUDER: Ep 2 Highlights

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The Voice 2013: Danny O'Donoghue

"I get emotionally involved with my team and to have to say goodbye... it’s like having 12 girlfriends and splitting up with half of them one week and another three the next!"

Was it a hard decision to return?

I know we came under criticism last year from the press, but none of us have ever given up on anything in our lives, which is why we came back to make it a massive success this year. I’m sure I was the first to sign up! But I wasn’t going to do it if Will wasn’t doing it, and Will wasn’t doing it if I wasn’t doing it.

Why do you think you were criticised?

We got the first few bits right, but when it went to the live shows the problem was that some weeks were too downtempo. It was Saturday-night TV and we had five ballads in a row. I was picking songs that I thought would suit the singers’ voices, but you can do the same with up-tempo songs, which we have all learnt now.

Do you like the format changes?

The new knockout rounds are frightening, because I’ve now got more decisions to make as opposed to leaving it to the public. I get emotionally involved with my team and to have to say goodbye... it’s like having 12 girlfriends and splitting up with half of them one week and another three the next. It’s really hard! I know it’s a cliché, but it really is harder on me than any of them.

Are you good at making instinctive decisions?

I have always gone with my gut. If the hairs on my arms stand up, I know. I’ve gone down the wrong road so many times not trusting my instincts, I know that my instincts are what guide me. Going down the wrong road when your instinct is telling you to go the other way, what is that? It’s obviously a place you shouldn’t be.

Are you a gambling man?

I’ve been gambling with my career for the past 15 years! And I’d bet on me any day. It’s like when I ended up on The Voice and people were saying, “What is he doing on the show?” Most people hadn’t heard of me. I had it all to gain. I knew if they gave me a chance... I got on the show, made a name for myself, got into Will’s dressing room, got him to collaborate on a song... Taking a risk is knocking on someone’s door and saying, “Any chance of you listening to this song?” I am that guy and I love it.

Source: RT /Edited: DannyODonoghue.Net

Furious Danny O'Donoghue Blasts Bullsh*t Stories

A BBC spokesperson also denied the claims, telling British newspapers: "It's ridiculous to suggest the coaches haven't spent enough time coaching their artists. Viewers will see as the shows progress [that] all four spent a great deal of time with their acts."

The Voice's blind audition stages and battle rounds are filmed weeks in advance, before the hotly-anticipated live shows kick off later in the series.

The show has come under scrutiny over the past week - with Jessie J being accused of acting like a diva on the hit TV talent show. This infuriated Danny even more.

He blasted the rumours and the nature of the unsubstantiated reports, tweeting:

"Telly mix= bullsh*t story about Jessie , she's nothing but an angel #sourcesarelying (sic)."

 Source: Dublin Weekender / Edited: DannyODonoghue.Net

The Voice's Danny O'Donoghue .Hits Back: "I've Spent More Time With Members Of Team Danny Than My Family"

The Script are on tour in Australia, but Danny O'Donoghue says that he's still coaching his acts on The Voice

It's episode two of The Voice tonight, and Danny O' Donoghue has had to defend his position as a "coach" already - hitting back at criticism that his band's in Australia while the show's on, and his acts are at home in the UK.

The singer / coach/ judge/ whatever we have to call him has lashed out on Twitter today at suggestions that he's letting Team Danny down by touring with The Script and not coaching his acts ready for the live shows.

He told fans that he's using Skype and the phone to talk to his acts - and we bet Danny even looks good on Skype, while we normally look like a painted boiled egg. That camera is not flattering.

He also claimed (in a slightly confusing message) that he had members of his team out there with him, singing during soundchecks. Hang on, has he actually flown The Voice contestants to Australia? We bet Sir Tom Jones's team are kicking themselves ...

"I had members of my team, most dates on the stage with me , singing songs during soundchecks and learning the ropes backstage #thatscoaching"

Coaching them for the long awaited The Voice tour? The one that was cancelled due to low ticket sales last year? Oh. Right.

The Script are back in the UK at the end of next week, although after that long world tour, maybe Danny should have a rest and go on holiday? He could take his team with him ...

Source: Various / Edited: DannyODonoghue.Net

Irish Lads Adhere To Script

On their 10th visit to Australia, Irish pop trio the Script played to their biggest-ever WA audience, performing to more than 8000 fans at the Perth Arena on Wednesday night.

The crowd at the 60th of 73 shows on their second world tour was, in part, drawn by the mega-hit Hall of Fame, their recent collaboration with R&B production wizard will.i.am, which has sold four-times platinum here.

The numbers are getting bigger for the Script, which formed in Dublin 12 years ago, but the only one that matters is three - or as they pronounce it: "tree".

Three mates touring the globe performing songs from their third album, #3. As with 2008's self-titled debut and 2010 follow-up Science and Faith, the new album has climbed into the ARIA Top 10.

The hardworking lads - rakish singer Danny O'Donoghue, guitarist Mark Sheehan and drummer Glen Power - gathered backstage at the Arena pre-show on Wednesday night to chat about #3, which has unleashed three hit singles in Australia, each carrying very different sentiments.

The first single, inspirational piano-rock ballad Hall of Fame, has more of a hip-hop influence than earlier singles, such as 2008 breakthrough Breakeven.

"There's confusion out there," Sheehan says. "People think we're trying to be some big anthemic rock band, where the music we love is soul, R&B and hip-hop.

"We're finding our feet a bit more on album number three and Hall of Fame is a perfect example."

O'Donoghue played an early demo of the hit to Black Eyed Peas leader will.i.am when they were both serving as coaches on The Voice UK.

"I played will five or six demos we had from the album because he's a super producer and it seemed getting his vibe on things was a great thing to do," he says.

"I played him Hall of Fame and he literally spent the next taping day and the day after and the day after just singing the hook to that song. He said 'Man, you should have never played me that song, I want that song. I want to put that on my album'. He kept begging and begging and we turned around and said 'Why don't you jump on and do the song with us'."

Hall of Fame became the Script's biggest hit to date and prompted the band to quickly follow with Six Degrees of Separation. The second single from #3 was inspired by O'Donoghue's split last year from girlfriend, Lithuanian model Irma Mali. The pair met five years ago when Mali appeared in the video for Breakeven.

Sheehan says that, contrary to stereotypes, "hard" Irishmen are in touch with their emotions and aren't afraid to wear their heart on their sleeve. The Script ratchet up the emotion on the third single, If You Could See Me Now, a tribute to O'Donoghue's father, who died of a stomach aneurysm in 2008, and Sheehan's parents, who died within months of each other when he was 12.

The song, which is already earning the band new fans, was one of the final songs written for #3 - the band admitting it was a difficult topic to tackle.

"Sharing it was a bit off-putting because it's incredibly personal," O'Donoghue says.

"There was a point in making the album when we said 'Have we said everything that needs to be said right now', and there was something looming over our heads to say that we hadn't.

"Mark brought a few whiskeys down to the studio that day . . . and it was time."

While O'Donoghue says a 3 1/2- minute pop song is a woefully inadequate means of expressing everything he and Sheehan feel about losing parents, he finds performing If You Could See Me Now on stage a tonic.

"Our fans, it's their song now, but it's hard for them (our parents) not to be around and see all this. My dad was a musician, he strived all his life to do this," he says."I can find solace in the fact that every time I sing it, it gets a little bit easier."

Source: The West Au

Everybody's Talking About The Voice

The start of series 2 went down a storm last Saturday. You lot were all loving it online along with our celeb chums like Ricky Gervais, Rio Ferdinand and Michael Vaughan - we hit nearly 150,000 tweets during the episode. Not to mention, SHEDLOADS of you played along with the show with The Voice Predictor Game! Someone even called Saturday ‘The Night The Internet Changed FOREVER’... Ok, I called it that but I was hyper and I’d had too much lemonade.

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Perth Fans Dazzle The Script

The Script frontman Danny O'Donoghue gets close to fans at Perth Arena

DUBLIN trio The Script descended on Perth Arena last night to open their biggest Australian tour to-date in front of a screaming crowd.

Captivating frontman Danny O’Donoghue, who delivered an unfaltering vocal performance, was joined by energetic bandmates Mark Sheehan, whose voice also wowed, and Glen Power to perform a show that included popular Together We Cry, Breakeven and Science and Faith.

Two years since the group was last in town, O’Donoghue expressed his thanks and amazement at the turn out before launching into The Man Who Can’t Be Moved, with the crowd singing every word and even carrying the song in parts.

“That there is the reason we come to Perth,” O’Donoghue said grinning.

Following the phenomenal reaction to the fan favourite, The Script felt safe to perform their new song If You Could See Me Now from their latest album #3, before they worked their way through Before The Worst, If You Ever Come Back and Talk You Down.

After posing for a photo wearing Australian memorabilia including cork hats and with beers in hand, Sheehan took a quick survey of the crowd to see who was guilty of ever drinking too much and doing something regrettable on their mobile phone.

With that, O’Donoghue took a phone from a fan and dialled a lucky lad named Todd, who was kept on the line in the frontman’s hand while he sang Nothing.

The band stripped it back for a rendition of I’m Yours, during which even drummer Power picked up an acoustic guitar, and Six Degrees of Separation.

The Script wrapped up the evening with a powerful performance of Hall of Fame, part of a two-song encore, which sent the crowd into a frenzy.

“Thank you for such an incredible night - the first night of our Australian tour,” O’Donoghue said before disappearing from the stage.

The Script will next perform in Melbourne on Saturday before playing shows in Sydney and Brisbane.

Source: PerthNow / Edited: DannyODonoghue.Net

Glamour Magazine

"I got 200 Marriage proposals in two days"

With his good looks and Irish charm, it' snot hard to see why. Celia Walden meets The Script frontman and The Voice coach Danny O'Donoghue.

None of the yummy mummies brunching with their babies at High Road House looked at Danny O'Donoghue and thought, "Danny O'Dono-who?" No, the thought bubbles above their heads were more of the  'come to mama' variety. Because the 32-year-old Dubliner isn't just the lead singer of The Script and a judge on The voice, he's also 6ft 3in of prime tattooed male flesh. 

CW Thank God you're not a smurf. Everytime I interview a rock star, they're 2ft tall. I sat on Jon Bon Jovi's knee during a lunch date once. I thought the poor man was going to be hospitalised...

DO'D Yes, I'm many things, but not a smurf.

CW Look at these women hosing you down with their eyes. Has The Voice made a big difference when you are out and about?

DO'D It's unbelievable, I used to get the odd person coming up to me in the street now it's babies who can't even talk pointing to me.

CW You and Tom Jones seem to be pretty tight...

DO'D He and Paul McCartney are cut from the same cloth. They are huge stars, but real human beings. Paul goes out of his way to make people feel at ease, which you don't find everyday. Fame is a magnifying glass, so if you were an arsehole before, you'll be an even bigger arsehole after. All the media mangement in the whole world can't hide a horrible person.

CW It helps if you don't make it big too young...

DO'D Yeah, If The Script had made it when I was 18, I might be a different person. But by the time we did. I'd been through the fuckin wringer. I slept on a friends coach for years, So I'm just grateful to be working now.

CW Do you think of yourself as a brand?

DO'D Things have forced us into thinking of ourselves that way. But we're not all about the red carpet. A lot of people think we are not cool because we talk about things that matter, but we wear our hearts on out sleeves. What guy wants to say that they are in love and that they have had their fucking hearts broken? Blokes always want to project that they are invincible, but I'm happy to stand up there and say that I'm broken.

CW Do you feel broken?

DO'D [Shrugs] As much as everyone. You get a mix of things going on in your life. And when you're an Irish boy, Catholicism is a big thing. You're brought up to believe that you're always doing something wrong.

CW Do you go to confession?

DO'D No, Some people go into the little black box: Songwriting is my confession .

CW Do you have impure thoughts?

DO'D [Chuckling] Doesn't every man? On that note, I'll order a sausage sandwich. And a mineral water with a twist of lime.

CW Twist of Lime? Not very rock and roll?

DO'D Of course we do some rock star stuff we just don't tell people before we do it. we have calmed down over the years. There were some member of the band who drunk so much they looked like they had jaundice. I'd joke: "Te bad news is you're fucking yellow. The good new is that we got you a part in The Simpsons."

CW Reading tweets you get girls propose, they don't want a one-night stand with you.

DO'D I know! What does that say about me? Why do these girls want me to meet their parents?

CW Have you a rule about not getting involved with fans?

DO'D no - why? who's not letting me? I mean, I've been involved with people who like the music, but people who wait outside your door... that's a little bit weird, isn't it?

CW Have you ever had a stalker?

DO'D I once had two mums and their daughters come to a meet and greet. The daughters didn't seem that interested, but at 2am the next morning, the mothers were outside our hotel rooms trying to get in.

CW Jeez, that's not good. Still, there's something about being up on that stage that's a real aphrodisiac to women.

DO'D [Nodding] You could look a foot and it would still happen.

CW So if you could spend one night of sin with a woman who would it be?

DO'D I'm not saying.

CW Oh, go on.

DO'D No, because whoever I mention, I'll bump into the second I walk out of this place and it's really embarrassing.

CW Give us an idea of your type? Does the Duchess of  Cambridge do it for you?

DO'D Not really, I like a woman with a bit more meat on her and I love women with tattoos, I'm a tattoo whore.

CW You're on the lookout?

DO'D Of course. But I just got out of a long-distance relationship and although I'm not with that person now, and that comes with it's own heartache, I have the freedom to travel  and have my heart with me. It's hard to keep a woman's mind at ease when you are away and she thinks that you are always out partying. I tend not to go for insecure women. That means they don't get what I need to live. I'm at the age where I get that you don't need to be together all the time to make something work.

CW You keep your private life private.. 

DO'D Well, if you sell your fucking wedding photos to OK! magazine, then I'm sorry, but you are opening yourself up to anything.

CW So we won't be seeing you and the new Mrs O'Donoghue standing alongside the cast of Corrie on the cover anytime soon?

DO'D That's a tough one, because I'd like to go into space. So if someone paid me 500 grand for a space wedding, or a wedding on the moon, I think I'd have to do it.

CW I hear it's pretty roomy up there, so you could make it a big wedding.

DO'D Exactly. Plus I heard this story about David Beckham - that he'd tell is friends when he was about to get a new haircut, that way they could get the 90 grand for the first picture instead of some paparazzo. I'd love that. That's totally Irish.

CW On that subject - how vain are you?

DO'D It only takes me five minutes to get ready. But I did have my chest waxed for charity last week. It's painful. I think you women are idiots all that waxing you do. The vajazzle? Is it practice for when you have babies? Going through that pain?

CW Trust me: bikini waxes DO NOT prepare you for childbirth.

DO'D Well it's your own fault for getting involved in all that in the first place.

CW So you'd be happy to go out with a woolly mammoth?

DO'D No. I don't want to go out with a girl who lifts her arms and looks like she's got some guy in a headlock.

CW But you like your women natural?

DO'D Yeah. I like it when a woman lets her own natural beauty speak.

CW What's the sexiest outfit a woman can wear?

DO'D Definitely a short skirt and boots [Laughing] Now i'm picturing a wookiee from Star Wars in a short skirt and boots.

CW Do you love being involved with The Voice?

DO'D I love it. Other shows give bad news in a bad manner, but The Voice does it in a good manner. I was tired of that format - I think other people were, too. And even though peoples perception of me at the start may have been, 'Who the fuck is that?', by the end, it was a level playing field - and this series is going to be very different.

CW When you see people on The Voice who are just starting out, but already have a real attitude, what do you do?

DO'D I put them straight. I tell them you need to say hello and goodbye to everyone, from the first lighting assistant who arrives to the last person who leaves, because you know what? In ten to 15 years; That person maybe running the show.

Source: Glamour Magazine / Edited: DannyODonoghue.Net

Prepare For Battle With Team Dan

The Script frontman, Danny O’Donoghue, brings Irish charm and a fierce competitive spirit to the table in his quest for victory on series 2 of The Voice UK.

The star poses a threat to his fellow coaches and has prepared himself for a battle in the search for The Voice. He warned: “I look forward to putting my team together – I’m not here to enjoy the competition, I’m here to destroy the competition!”

The 32-year-old recently said: "I kind of need to up my game. I don't want Sir Tom to win again!" He then added: ‘I have loved the banter with the other Coaches. At the end of the day, we are there to find the next talented artist in the UK. You can do that and have a lot of fun too.’

 "It's still early days, but at the moment the script is written for Danny to win it."

Source: Dublin Weekender / Edited: DannyODonoghue.Net

It's all... about... the DANIM!

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THE SCRIPT MAKING IT BIG

CANNY lads The Script are going into business with their own management company.

Danny O’Donoghue isn’t just acting as a coach on The Voice, he’s also nurturing talent in his own right alongside bandmate Mark Sheehan.

Guitarist Mark told me: “We recently branched out and started our own management and publishing company.

“It’s baby steps. We’re not trying to do anything crazy but we’re taking on a couple of little projects that we’re really excited about.

“I enjoy running a business where I can learn, so while we are sitting in a dressing room it’s nice to be able to apply that. To be able to bring new bands on tour with us or get them on stage during soundcheck is a nice thing.”

Singer Danny, 32, continued: “We have eight hours a day to sit around and talk sh*t.

“We can waffle on about the industry and music and how we can improve things.”

Since scoring their first No 1 single last year with Hall of Fame, The Script, who play June’s Isle of Wight Festival and August’s Virgin Media V Festival, have seen their fan-base explode.

Danny revealed: “We appeal to a totally new audience now thanks to Hall of Fame.

“Everybody likes it. Half the audience are boys now.” Latest album #3 has been a huge worldwide hit for the Irish trio.

Mark continued: “A lot of people are discovering us on this album, even though it’s our third.

“Now when we play older songs from the first album some people won’t know them compared to anything from the new album. It’s really weird.

“The Voice did help that. There was a surge of people going out wanting to know what was going on with Danny’s band and it clicked with everybody.”

Hall of Fame has become a football anthem too.

Danny added: “We’ve got more into the male consciousness.

“When you hit a topic that becomes universal then your shows become universal too.”

Source: Playlist / Edited: DannyODonoghue.Net

A swig with The Script

Midway through Irish band The Script’s concert on Sunday, guitarist Mark Sheehan quipped that one should think twice before bringing an Irishman to an open bar. “He’ll finish the whole thing,” he told the thousands of thrilled fans who filled The Big Dome to the rafters.

As if to prove Sheehan’s point, the alternative rock band’s tall, lanky and charismatic vocalist Danny O’Donoghue hoisted a bottle of beer, and, to much cheering and screaming from the crowd, emptied it with a single swig. Fittingly, he followed the antic with “Nothing”—a forceful song about a man, who, after getting himself drunk, starts calling his ex-girlfriend to confess that he is still in love with her.

Sheehan then cheekily urged the crowd to “do something inappropriate” by dialing ex-lovers’ numbers. O’Donoghue approached one of the girls near the stage, asked for her mobile phone (she gamely obliged), held it to his ear and, tenderly, began singing the song’s first verse to the person on the other end of the line.

Familiar themes

A girl near us, panting between shrieks, unwittingly summed up the spectators’ collective sentiment at that point: “Oh my God!”

As with “Nothing,” relationship problems and a brokenhearted man trying to win his woman back are themes that The Script treads every so often. Their songs deftly mask sentimentality and melancholia with rousing, uplifting and, at times, upbeat melodies. For about two hours, we were treated to just that, and then some.

The gig started almost an hour later than the scheduled 8 p.m., and the excitement at The Big Dome was palpable. Sensing the crowd’s eagerness, O’Donoghue wasted no time hopping off the stage and mingling with his fans as he opened with the anthemic “Good Ol’ Days,” lead-off track from the band’s latest album, “#3.”

Before soldiering to his next song, “We Cry,” O’Donoghue turned his back to the audience, struck a messianic pose with arms outstretched, and basked in the adulation. It didn’t take a lot to have everyone going: A flick of a finger, a wave of an arm or a fist raised in the air was all it took to make the girls swoon.

A feverish guitar player, Sheehan is no slouch, either. After all, the two are ex-members of Mytown, a late ’90s boy band (cheesy dance steps and all), that didn’t quite take off.

Arguably the band’s ultimate breakup song, “Breakeven” elicited a deafening sing-along. So did “Science and Faith,” prefaced by a swelling passage of percussion from drummer Glen Power. After chatting with the crowd, O’Donoghue began “The Man Who Can’t Be Moved”—the band’s 2008 breakout hit—a cappella, and finished it off with a mellow arrangement.

As they performed “Before the Worst,” “For the First Time” and “If You Could See Me Now”—hits culled from their three studio albums, “The Script” (2008), “Science and Faith” (2010) and “#3” (2012)—it was clear why the band became this big. Though hardly groundbreaking, its music works its way into the listeners’ hearts and minds with brisk, semi-rapped verses and radio-friendly choruses packaged in pop-rock, piano-driven sounds with streaks of R&B.

The lyrics are far from sweeping poetry, but very relatable, and could hit a forlorn lover like a speeding bus. From “Breakeven”: “When a heart breaks, no it don’t break even… What am I supposed to say when I’m all choked up and you’re OK?”

Sometimes corny

The words can be corny, too, as those in the overtly saccharine “I’m Yours,” which the front-man performed bare-bones: “You wrap your thoughts in works of art / And they’re hanging on the walls of my heart.” But O’Donoghue’s vocals are earnest and his delivery affecting, flourished by a nice falsetto here, a tender vocal run there … that it’s easy to forgive him.

After performing 12 songs, The Script exited the stage prompting the crowd to chant: “We want more!” O’Donoghue reappeared in the lower box section for an encore. He sang “You Won’t Feel a Thing” while wading through the hordes desperate for photo-ops.

Finally back onstage, O’Donoghue championed self-empowerment with “Hall of Fame,” which ended with a burst of confetti and a crescendo of rumbling drums. The three-man band, together with two touring musicians, held and raised their hands, and bid everyone goodbye.

Not movin’

Yet again (as one of their songs goes), the crowd was not movin’. And with a little cheering and coaxing, the band gave in once more and found themselves ending the night the way they started it, singing “Good Ol’ Days.”

An encore after an encore? It was a first for The Script as far as touring goes, and it took a zealous Easter Sunday crowd for them to do it. On their Twitter account, they posted:

“Tonight was the first time we ever went back on and did another encore after the encore!! Ever!! Thanks for a great show everyone!!!”

Source: Philippine Daily inquirer / Edited: DannyODonoghue.Net

The Voice 2013: Danny O’Donoghue reveals his ideal woman will have tattoos, be plump, and will not be needy and/or jealous!

Fans of The Voice coach Danny O’Donoghue will know that despite rumours he was or is dating former contestant Bo Bruce, he is in fact single and very much ready to mingle, assuming the right girl comes along that is…

And according to Danny’s list of ‘wants’ in an ideal mate, that girl could well be a Russian shot-putter and/or a sailor or some sort. However, the ability to spit, down pints, burp and shoot rats would appear to be optional.

Speaking to Glamour magazine, Script frontman Danny explained, “I just got out of a long-distance relationship and although I’m not with that person now, that comes with its own heartache…

“I have the freedom to travel and have my heart with me.”

That’s handy. He’d be bit buggered without it.

Anyway, he continued, “It’s hard to keep a woman’s mind at ease when you’re away and she’s thinking that you’re always out at a party.

“I tend to not go for insecure women. There’s no bigger turn-off than a girl who says, “What are you doing in the studio? You should be here with me.’

“That means they don’t get what I need to live. I’m at the age where I get that you don’t need to be together all the time to make something work.”

He added of his perfect soulmate, “I like a woman with a bit more meat on her. And I love women with tattoos. I’m a tattoo whore.

“I’ll find any woman with a tattoo sexy.”

And though Danny enjoys a lot of female attention, some of it is unwanted.

He explained, “I once had two mums and their daughters come to a meet and greet…

“The daughters didn’t seem that interested, but at 2am the next morning, the mothers were outside our hotel rooms, trying to get in.”

You can find out what happened there, and read the rest of the interview, in Glamour magazine which is out on Thursday.

Source: Unreality TV

'The Voice' coach Danny O'Donoghue: 'I need a woman who trusts me'

Danny O'Donoghue has revealed that he hopes to find a girlfriend who does not feel insecure about his fame. 

The Voice UK coach told Glamour magazine that it can be hard to keep the trust in a relationship with his lifestyle.

O'Donoghue, who split from long-time girlfriend Irma Mali in June last year, said: "I just got out of a long-distance relationship and although I'm not with that person now, that comes with its own heartache. 

"I have the freedom to travel and have my heart with me.

"It's hard to keep a woman's mind at ease when you're away and she's thinking that you're always out at a party. I tend to not go for insecure women. There's no bigger turn-off than a girl who says, 'What are you doing in the studio? You should be here with me.'

"That means they don't get what I need to live. I'm at the age where I get that you don't need to be together all the time to make something work."

O'Donoghue recently said that he is "definitely mingling" and enjoying being single at the moment.

The 32-year-old added that he doesn't think he would get the same attention without his role on The Voice UK.

"If I weren't in the public eye I wouldn't get the same action I do now - I've got a face like a foot," he said.

Talking about his ideal woman, the 'Man Who Can't Be Moved' singer said that he likes a woman "with a bit more meat on her" as well as tattoos.

"I'll find any woman with a tattoo sexy," he admitted.

Watch Danny O'Donoghue and Jessie J talk about The Voice UK to Digital Spy below:

Source: Digital Spy

Backstage Pass: The Coaches Answer Your Questions Part 2

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Backstage Pass: The Coaches Answer Your Questions Part 1

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THE SCRIPT On Their Concert Tonight: "It's Gonna Be EGG-citing!"

The boys are back in town!

Danny, Mark and Glen are now in the Philippines for their "3" World Tour and they are looking forward to perform in front of their Filipino fans once again tonight.

The Script cannot forget how incredible their last concert here was. During our last interview with front man Danny O'Donoghue, he said that "The show itself, it was incredible. To have so many people singing back and it's not their first language, I just really feel so special that people would learn our lyrics. We weren't be who we are right now without our fans," 

Tonight, they will be performing again at the Araneta Coliseum and celebrate Easter Sunday with all their Filipino fans.

On our MYXclusive interview with them earlier, they said that tonight's show is "going to be a show full of energy, we've got three albums now so we've got more songs to pick from. There's going to be a lot of surprises," said drummer Glen Power.

"Everybody's coming out tonight and celebrate Easter in a big way," added Mark Sheehan and according to Danny, "It's going to be EGG-citing!"

So put your The Script playlist on and prepare to sing-along to your favorite songs from Mark, Glen and Danny.

Happy Easter and see you tonight at the Smart-Araneta Coliseum for The Script Live in Manila!

Source: MYXclusive / Edited: DannyODonoghue.Net

EXCLUSIVE The Script Roundtable Interview - Manila

Glen of The Script on what people can expect from the concert tonight: “A rollercoaster of emotion”

A few hours before their concert tonight at the Smart-Araneta Coliseum, Manila Concert Scene chatted with Danny O’Donoghue and Glen Power, two members of the multi-awarded Irish band The Script. There is simply no denying the popularity of the band, they've sold four million albums, nine million singles, and have clocked up an impressive 100 million YouTube views to date. 

They’re also in the country to promote their latest album, #3, a compilation which they all agree is their best to date with songs like their first single Hall Of Fame featuring Will I Am which talks about perfectly encapsulating life-affirming sentiments to the beautifully fragile If You Could See Me Now which talks about the death of Mark’s parents and Danny’s father.

It would be admirable to note that since this writer’s last encounter with the band two years ago that they haven’t changed one bit. They are still the jovial, warm, and articulate guys she met two years ago. Read on as Glen talks about having fans in Manila, working with Will I Am, and what people can expect from the concert tonight. Also, further on our interview with Danny as he talks about being a judge on The Voice, coming back to Manila for a third time and performing for an Asian audience.

How does it feel to have fans as far away as in Manila? 

It’s hard to believe that this far away from home where we come from, many miles away that we have so many people that want to come out and see us play here again. And when we played here for the first time in Araneta Coliseum we were shocked, and it’s a coincidence that now we have a song called The Hall Of Fame and Muhammad Ali fought there you know. To actually come back and get to do that again is really amazing and we are really lucky, you know, the gig we did the last time was fantastic. Now we have more songs to play and I think tonight is gonna be even better, I remember it was a great show, you guys love music over here and you really know how to enjoy yourselves, it’s amazing.

What was it like working with Will I Am? 

Will I Am is such a driven character and such a gentleman and when we worked on the song Hall Of Fame he arrived early and in the production, the things he added, he was just an amazing person he was a bit of a genius. He is also a funny guy, such a thrill to work with 

How do you keep it real?

Desperation, we were desperate for so many years and we struggled for so many years and when it finally arrives you chance upon it you are blessed. You always have to remember that you are very lucky and you are among the small percent that gets to do this job and we just feel very blessed. I think the fact that we got it later in life that we didn't get it when we were 13 or 15 it makes you kind of appreciate it and you learn how to be nice to people and not turn into where’s my M and M’s haha! You hear stories of that and when you grow up he said to me never leave a bad taste with anybody because the job you do it puts you in front of people and I believe fame is in a magnifying glass, if you are a little asshole you are going to be a massive asshole when you get famous.

How does your latest album #3 show the evolution of your band?

We stretched the music in a sense and there are songs that are anthemic, if you listen to the early stuff we go a little bit more and we used some samples in this album, you will hear it tonight in the show. I used some triggers in the bass and snares in some samples for the songs because we really wanted to aim for top 40 radio and it worked for Hall Of Fame. Musically, we stretched it you know. 

What can we expect from your concert tonight?

Three naked men running around the stage, yeah, no, I think a real rollercoaster ride of emotion. The fact that we have three albums now lets us bring the audience in the end in kind of like a home run. Now that we have three albums in the end whereas before we have only four albums and we have moments in the set like there is a moment where we let the audience breathe and there is a moment where we let the audience take our breath away.

Interview with Danny: 

Would you like to come back to the Philippines some time and see the sights?

I cant wait to go and just take in the sights and sounds because I am a photographer as well and I love taking in the sights and sounds, hotels are one thing, but I like to get out on the street. When you are on a world tour you are not really on a holiday, I would like to come back spend some time for two weeks and just kind of hangout and just be cool, I would burn. I went out two nights ago and they were like are you a vampire?

How was it like being a judge on The Voice?

Really good, there is so much going on and I believe Apl of The Black Eyed Peas will be on it, I find it challenging because there are 12 people on my team and they are all looking at me. I don’t have any kids, I kind of run away from that commitment, but I think it’s different from what I normally do everyday but it’s music and it’s emotion and it’s how to connect with people from behind the screen, how to find a lyric and a melody and how it transcends you from behind the screen, how it grabs you that’s interesting, because as I do that with other people’s songs I learn how to do it with my songs you know. When you coach with someone I need to learn that same thing too. I am still in the industry and there are better singers on my team, people older than me in the industry, and theyre asking me so I learned a lot about it about myself you know.

How is it like performing for an Asian audience as opposed to performing in other nations?

The Asians are more subdued before a concert than “waaah!” I think we have been very blessed to have great audiences we have never been out in the crowd where they’ve had no energy. I am not going to lie you guys are more in tune than European audiences you guys sing karaoke on the weekends.

Source: MCS / Edited: DannyODonoghue.Net