The Script return to Oz for one-off gig

The Script are jetting into Sydney for a one-off gig on September 24. 

The timing of their visit means they will join Good Charlotte and reprise their 2009 performance at the NRL Grand Final, which takes place a few days later. As part of a day-long entertainment bonanza that will feature the game’s first ever carnival precinct with 2km of temporary fencing enclosing ANZ Stadium exclusively for the 80,000 plus Grand Final ticketholders. 

The Script will perform their hit singles ‘Hall of Fame’ and ‘Break Even’ as part of a pre-match tribute to this year’s retiring NRL players including Petero Civoniceva (Broncos), Ben Hormby and Dean Young (Dragons), Nathan Hindmarsh, Luke Burt and Casey Maguire (Eels). They will also sing a special track at half-time.

The Dublin trio also has a new album – #3 – and a new single – Hall Of Fame – to promote. 

According to the band’s promoters, the third album by Danny O’Donoghue, Mark Sheehan and Glen Power celebrates “the power of three; three people, three equals and a three word mantra which resonates throughout; ‘head, heart and feet’.” 

Penned by the band, recorded at Sphere Studios in London and produced by Danny and Mark – with fellow Irish producer Jimbo Barry also taking on production duties – it was mixed by Mark ‘Spike’ Stent (Coldplay, Muse, Oasis, No Doubt). 

“There’s a synergy to three,” says singer Danny O’Donoghue. “If you delve in to it – which we tend to do with everything – it’s a lucky number, in the past a religious number.” 

It’s a return to the rhythm propelled, groove laden sound of their self-titled, No.1 charting debut, and an album which, lyrically, they all agree is their best to date. The first single, Hall Of Fame feat. will.i.am – already at a staggering 1.7 million views on YouTube – perfectly encapsulates these life-affirming sentiments. 

From Good Ol’ Days – a rambunctious romp about living in the moment – to the stunning, strings-led No Words, with its haunting banshee shriek, ballad Six Degrees Of Separation is fuelled by raw, untamed emotion and the beautifully fragile You Could See Me Now addresses the death of Mark’s parents and of Danny’s father with such great poignancy. 

The Script have clocked up an impressive 128 million YouTube views, 1.5 million twitter followers and 3.7 million facebook followers. 

Their previous two albums went platinum in Australia 

Source: Irish EchoAustralia / NRL.com / Edited: DannyODonoghue.Net