Video premiere Hall of Fame tomorrow at 1.00

The Script let us know on Twitter that the video premiere of Hall of Fame is tomorrow on 1.00 tomorrow.

Hall of Fame video premiere tomorrow.STAY TUNED! Visit http://TheScriptMusic.com tomorrow at 1pm (BST) for the Worldwide video première of #HallOfFame feat @iamwill :-)) RT

Source: Twitter The Script

The Script On Will.i.am 'Hall Of Fame' Duet: "We Make Him Sound Natural"

The band said they were "proud" when the Black Eyed Peas star agreed to work with them. 

The band hooked-up with Will on the song 'Hall Of Fame' after Danny O'Donoghue and the 'This Is Love' rapper became friends on The Voice UK.

Speaking to The Sun, the group said they were "proud" to get Will.i.am to work with them.

The Script's Mark Sheehan added: "Will.i.am usually produces everything himself so we thought he was hardly going to let us produce him. But he did. 

"He let us do it our way. There’s none of that vocoder stuff he's known for. We make him sound natural." 

The Script and Will.i.am shot the music video for 'Hall Of Fame' in Los Angeles earlier this summer: 

'Hall Of Fame' is taken from The Script's new album '#3' and released as the first single.

Released on 10th September, '#3' boasts twelve tracks on the standard release, with several extras featured on the iTunes version including the original version of 'Hall Of Fame' without Will.i.am and four live performances from the band's concert at The Aviva Stadium in Dublin, Ireland. 

Source: Capital FM

The Script frontman Danny O'Donoghue records in his boxer shorts

The Script frontman Danny O'Donoghue records his music while wearing boxer shorts.

The singer-songwriter - who is playing at this year's V Festival - has confessed he always gets so hot in his recording studio he is forced to strip down to his underwear.

He explained: "I've never done any recording naked! It's always in boxer shorts because it gets so hot in the studio. I'm not superstitious, but once I'd recorded that way a couple of times I wanted to do it all the time."

However, Danny is adamant the 'If You Ever Come Back' hitmakers have no plans to take to the stage naked.

The musician - who is joined in the group by Mark Sheehan and Glen Power - told LOOK magazine: "Are you f***ing kidding me? People would be paying us not to put the show on!"

While the Irish rocker gets plenty of female attention now he is famous, he finds it "hilarious" because no one ever used to want to speak to him when he was a struggling musician.

He added: "It's hilarious when a gorgeous girl wants my number. I think, 'Four years ago when I was broke you wouldn't have approached me.' "

Source: MusicNews

The Voice's Danny O'Donoghue says: 'I am hospice care'

The lead singer of The Script has joined a UK-wide campaign to raise awareness of hospice care, by declaring 'I am hospice care'. 

Hospices across the UK are joining forces to gather messages of support from hospice supporters, patients, volunteers and celebrities ahead of Hospice Care Week (8 to 14 October). 

Anyone can join the campaign, simply by declaring ‘I am hospice care’ and adding a personal message, showing that hospice care is about people and communities – not just buildings. 

One of the first people to pledge their support for the ‘I am hospice care’ campaign was Danny O’Donoghue, who met a fundraiser from St Barnabas House Hospice on a visit to Splash FM and was delighted to get involved. 

It is hoped that hundreds more people across the UK will follow Danny’s lead and join in with the campaign over the coming months. 

Messages of support have so far included: 

• I am fabulous

• I am inspired

• I care 

• I am a charity shopper

• I am part of my community 

Together, we are all hospice care. From the people who support and spread the word about hospice care, to the patients, families and volunteers who rely on it. Whether you've got a connection to a hospice or not, get involved and help spread the word about hospice care. 

Join in 

• View our online ‘I am hospice care’ gallery

• Upload your own photo to the gallery: print off our ‘I am hospice care’ sign and add your own message, before taking a picture on your phone or camera. 

• Tweet a personalised message followed by #iamhospicecare 

Thank you 

St Barnabas Hospice would like to thank Splash FM for arranging the photo with Danny O’Donoghue. 

Source: Help The Hospices

The Script Prepare to Dance

Danny O'Donoghue is pleased The Script make music people can dance to. 

The 'Man You Can't Be Moved' group are about to release third album '#3' and frontman Danny is excited there are more upbeat tunes than their last two LPs. 

He said: "For ages, a Script song would be about singing your heart out in the car but you couldn't dance to a song. 

"But there's a few songs on this album that you can put on in a bar now. 'Good Ol' Days' was inspired by our mates in Dublin. We go down the pub with them when we are home and we see what they say we should do next." 

The band - also consisting of Mark Sheehan and Glen Power - worked with will.i.am on single 'Hall Of Fame' and they said they loved collaborating with him. 

Speaking about the Black Eyed Peas star - who befriended Danny after they were both coaches on UK talent show 'The Voice' - Mark told The Sun newspaper: "We were proud of getting him to work with us. I wanted our song but we weren't giving it away so told him to record it with us. Then Danny got him to a hotel and we recorded it there and then. I was terrified of losing the recording so went straight to the studio afterwards. 

Source: Female First

#3 Album teaser 1

#3 Album teaser 1



Source: Vevo YouTube

Danny O'Dono who? Now everyone knows the star of The Script - thanks to The Voice

Things are different for The Script this time around.

Two years ago, when they released their second album Science & Faith, the Irish trio were known for their soft-rock songs that tugged at the heartstrings.

The Script (from left): Glen Power, Danny O'Donoghue and Mark Sheehan

They were on the cusp of chart-topping success, but hardly household names.

Now, thanks to a stint alongside Sir Tom Jones, Jessie J and Will.i.am on BBC talent show The Voice, singer Danny O’Donoghue is a fully-fledged pop star. His Celtic charm has made him a huge hit with the show’s ten million viewers.

For The Script, on the eve of their third album, this is good news. The invisible band are now public property — and it isn’t just frontman Danny who is enjoying the limelight. The higher profile stands to benefit guitarist Mark Sheehan and drummer Glen Power, too.

Mark, 35, a softly-spoken Dubliner: says:  ‘When Danny was offered The Voice, I saw it as a great opportunity for the group.

In the past, we let our music do the talking, but our anonymity was becoming detrimental. Danny has put a public face to the band.’

Mark and Danny make an entertaining double act (Sheehan describes Danny as ‘the graceful swan’ and himself as ‘the grubby, webbed feet underneath’), but there is serious business on the agenda, too, with the pair keen to talk about their third album.

Conveniently titled #3, it maintains the R&B-influenced approach of Science & Faith, but spices up the beats with soul-searching lyrics.

‘People have always sung along to the Script, now they can dance to us, too,’ says Danny, 31.

Mark, sporting a vintage David Bowie T-shirt, agrees: ‘It’s vital to evolve as a band. I love Coldplay, but I wish they would experiment more. We have one foot in rock and another in R&B.’

Nowhere are the R&B leanings more apparent than on new single Hall Of Fame, a duet between Danny and Voice colleague Will.i.am. Getting the hyperactive Black Eyed Peas man into a studio wasn’t easy. ‘I played Hall Of Fame to Will, and he said: “I need it for my record”,’ Danny recalls.

‘I told him he couldn’t have it, so he agreed to guest on it instead. Then, when we arranged a session, he flaked out because he had been invited to dinner with Bill Clinton!

‘So, the next night, after The Voice, I jumped into his car. Mark came along, too, and we taped his lines in a hotel room. It must have been strange for him to be caught in a headlock in his own hotel by two Irish blokes.'

Thanks to a stint alongside on The Voice, singer Danny O'Donoghue is a fully-fledged pop star

While Mark was keen for Danny to embrace The Voice, he admits the series did put a strain on the band.

With their singer working long shifts on the show, it was left to the others to pick up the slack in terms of producing the new album. Tensions arose. ‘I was spending all day in the studio, and Danny would arrive at 7pm,’ Mark says. ‘I needed his undivided attention, but he would be tired. We had some screaming rows, but it was ever personal. It was always about the music.’

Another side-effect of the band’s higher profile has been increased interest in Danny’s private life. Earlier this year, he broke up with long-term girlfriend Irma Mali, a Lithuanian model. He has since been linked with 27-year-old protegee Bo Bruce, a finalist on The Voice.

The singer refuses to confirm or deny the romance. ‘I don’t have much to say about Bo,’ he tells me. ‘Everybody wants to fan the flames, so I’m happy to let them churn out their stuff. People want me to respond, but I’m not going to.’

Danny is more effusive when talking about his new songs, particularly If You Could See Me Now, a number that addresses the death of his father and Mark’s mother shortly after The Script formed  in 2008.

Although the band were based in America, they returned to Dublin when Mark’s mother fell ill. Her passing was followed, four months later, by that of Danny’s dad, Shay. He died suddenly of an aneurysm on Valentine’s Day, and his son sports a rose tattoo on his left arm to mark the date.

‘That song is all about two grown men sitting down and dealing with things,’ says Danny. ‘With that song, Mark and I left the realm of songwriters and began to bare our souls. It’s not a look-at-me song. It’s us wondering what our parents would think of us now.

‘They’d probably tell me I drink and smoke too much, but I think they’d also be proud.’

Source: Mail Online

Danny O'Donoghue: I’d escape pain of break-up by going into the studio

Script's Danny O'Donoghue: I’d escape pain of break-up by going into the studio

DANNY O’Donoghue explains the pain of splitting from model girlfriend Irma Mali while recording a new album ...

Hands up if you're famous ... Danny and the band

YOU will know him as Danny from The Script or Danny from The Voice – either way, Danny O’Donoghue is a recognised name these days.

Comic James Corden might have made a gag about the frontman being Danny “I Dunno Who” at the Brit Awards in February but now he gets stopped in the street daily and asked for his autograph.

“But it’s not always been like that,” his best mate and bandmate Mark Sheehan pipes up. “We’ve been unsuccessful longer than we’ve been successful.”

The last time SFTW met Dublin trio The Script — also comprising Glen Power — was just before the release of second album Science & Faith, a second No1 collection, and they were struggling for Press despite sales of four million albums and eight million singles.

“People didn’t know where we belonged,” Mark says in his Irish drawl. “We’d be compared to Coldplay and U2 but then we were writing pop songs. No one wanted to write about us as we weren’t big enough or didn’t fit. It’s not like we were being compared to Val Doonican and his sheep.”

Of course, that all changed when singer Danny became a judge on BBC talent show The Voice.

Mentoring aspiring wannabes alongside Will.i.am, Jessie J and Tom Jones, he became a household name and won over fans with his Irish humour and being “the sort of lad you’d want your daughters to bring home”, according to one fan.

Guitarist Mark says: “Of course Glen and I didn’t mind he was getting all the attention. It’s good for the band as a whole.”

SFTW met up with Mark and Danny in a west London hotel and there were no airs and graces from the boys, who have been best mates since they were teens. Both chat incessantly and entertain a young fan with magic tricks.

Mark continues: “We’ll never get big-headed. I won’t even put our awards and discs up at home. When I moved into my house I didn’t know what to do with them. I thought it was showing off.

“We do get recognised now. I say ‘we’ but I mean Danny. I can escape without a fuss, which is great. I look like Ming The Merciless next to him, so they leave me alone.“ Danny adds: “And it’s fine having people come up to you, but there are times when you could do without it.

“Like, I was getting my passport photos done and didn’t want to be there, I was tired, and suddenly this guy next to me was talking into his phone. Only he didn’t realise he was shouting and, of course, I could hear. ‘OH, IT’S DANNY FROM THE SCRIPT! YOU KNOW, DANNY FROM THE VOICE!’ He was screaming like that. So I joined in: ‘I DON’T KNOW YOUR BLEEDING NAME BUT I’M GOING TO SHOUT RIGHT BACK AT YOU!’

“He was shouting: ‘JESUS CHRIST, DANNY FROM THE SCRIPT IS SO TALL!’ So I was shouting back: ‘JESUS CHRIST, YOU’RE SMALL!’ But it was all a bit of fun and comes with the realisation of a dream for us.”

The Script’s third album shows a new confidence in the band being comfortable with their place in music and not caring what critics say. Danny says: “Someone told us that if you had acclaim and great reviews you wouldn’t have the sales. So we’re happy with the sales, thank you very much.”

Singers, musicians, songwriters and producers, Danny and Mark were both in boyband Mytown before they moved to the US to work as writers and producers.

They collaborated with the likes of Justin Timberlake, Britney Spears and TLC then returned to Dublin, recruiting drummer Glen Power and starting life as The Script.

Known for their huge hits such as For The First Time and The Man Who Can’t Be Moved, The Script’s third album #3 boasts plenty of emotive pop anthems and will cement their status as a huge act.

It’s no wonder the likes of Paul McCartney, Adele and Elton John are fans of the trio.

Danny says: “Elton John said something nice — that there’s not many bands that write, produce and perform their music like The Script.

“He said you can tell we’ve quality-controlled everything from the lyrics, the melodies, the experience. That’s all so important.”

#3 isn't a crowd for this trio ... The Script

The latest album’s first single, Hall Of Fame, features Will.i.am, who Danny befriended through The Voice. “We were proud of getting him to work with us,” Mark explains. “I wanted our song but we weren’t giving it away so told him to record it with us. Then Danny got him to a hotel and we recorded it there and then. I was terrified of losing the recording so went straight to the studio afterwards.

“Will.i.am usually produces everything himself so we thought he was hardly going to let us produce him. But he did. He let us do it our way. There’s none of that vocoder stuff he’s known for. We make him sound natural.”

Album opener Good Ol’ Days reflects the band’s philosophy of enjoying music and having fun.

Danny says: “For ages, a Script song would be about singing your heart out in the car but you couldn’t dance to a song.

“But there’s a few songs on this album that you can put on in a bar now. Good Ol’ Days was inspired by our mates in Dublin. We go down the pub with them when we are home and we see what they say we should do next.”

Mark adds: “We stay away from any of those VIP parties and go to the pub. Good Ol’ Days was born out of excitement.

“At our local pub, people would bring in instruments like a tambourine, a tin whistle or a banjo.

“Someone would stand up to tell a poem, a story or sing their heart out and we’d all listen. You’d be engrossed or there’d be tears. That’s what that song is about. It’s about tipping the hat to those traditions that are slightly lost today. We need the good ol’ days in the future. It’s a positive spin on a night out.”

The band are also hoping to put their new celebrity status to good use and are working on a plan to encourage children to read more. Mark, who has two boys and a girl with wife Rina, says: “I get annoyed about young boys who are not reading as much as they should — and girls are following.

“There were some statistics recently and it’s just scary. Are we going to lose our lyricists of the future? Your mind’s a palace and it’s up to you how you decorate it.

“But kids will only read if it’s something interesting to them so we are working on a plan.”

Since The Voice, and Danny’s increased popularity, the only downside, says the singer, has been stories about his private life. He says: “It’s scary now as that has been on the chopping block a bit.”

He recently split with Lithuanian model Irma Mali after four years together and was linked to Voice runner-up Bo Bruce.

He says: “It’s been hard. I’d escape from the pain of the break-up by going into the studio.

“Every problem I have, I always go into the studio as I feel safe in a padded room. I could deal with it all fine but it was all those crazy rumours of who I was dating.

“There was also a big-time difference between me breaking up and all the other stuff.”

Mark, quick to defend his mate, adds: “I worked with Bo behind the scenes probably more than Danny. I took her into the studio, wrote songs and hung out with her.

“No one’s interested in that, though, so Danny got linked to her. But that’s what the track Six Degrees Of Separation is all about.”

The song, a standout on #3, is about Danny’s painful split from Irma, which he says was a huge learning process for him in how to deal with the public and media.

He explains: “This is the band’s first time of dealing with the spotlight. I’ve been asked why I let the rumours go on for so long.

“But there’s no handbooks on how to deal with this, plus I was grieving. My relationship had ended.”

Six Degrees is not the only song on #3 that’s about personal pain. If You Could See Me Now pays tribute to Danny’s beloved late father Shay, also a musician, who died unexpectedly of a stomach aneurysm, and Mark’s late parents — his mother died four months before Danny’s dad and he’d lost his father when he was aged just 14.

Mark says: “We’re quite happy lads in real life but we just vent everything in our music. We wear our hearts on our sleeves and put everything into our music.

“If You Could See Me Now is the first time we’ve rinsed ourselves that deeply. There’s been a lot bottled up and we felt there was a hole in the album and we weren’t being honest enough until this song.

“We really hit the whiskies one night, that was the catalyst. We were very emotional and wrote a song about this — Danny one end of the room, me at another.

“It was a tough one to write and I didn’t want anyone to listen to it at first, if I’m honest. But that’s what we’re in music for — that honest emotion. I’m so proud of that song.”

“Me, too,” adds Danny. “This album has taken it to another level for The Script. We’re a force to be reckoned with. We really are.”

Source: The Sun

Join The Script Forum!

We are proud to announce that DannyODonoghue.Net and The Script Online joined forces and released a forum for all you Danny and Script fans to come together and chat.

We thought what missed in our lovely Scripty world, was a place where fans can join to chat a bit more extensively than on Facebook or Twitter.

And what would be better than to release one place for fans and visitors from both sites to join and share the love for Danny, Glen and Mark.

Have a look, check it out, and we really hope you’ll join. Spread the word to other fans on Twitter and Facebook if you like to help making this place big.

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The Voice 2013: Bosses to introduce a new round where Danny O’Donoghue can steal singers from Will.i.am

Things are going to be kicking off when The Voice returns to our screens next year.

In the first series of the BBC talent show, coaches often got into arguments as they tried to win talented singers for their teams and who can forget Danny O’Donoghue’s row with Will.i.am over who got to work with Bo Bruce.

Moments like these could occur more frequently when the series returns in 2013, as bosses have reportedly revealed that the new run will feature a brand new knockout stage.

In a bid to spice things up and keep viewers interested once proceedings move past the initial auditions, the BBC producers are following in the footsteps of the American version which added an extra battle round and also gave coaches the opportunity to steal contestants from one another.

Explaining the new format, Mark Burnett – executive producer of the US version – said:

”In season three, the DNA of the show is the same, but for the battle rounds, the torso of this format, we need to make a couple tweaks. It’s like fantasy football. You become incentivised to watch the entire league as opposed as to your own team.”

He added:

”When the coaches have their battles and select one singer to stay with them, another coach can buzz in and steal the singer the other coach sent home.”

Star magazine claims that the Beeb are planning to move down the same route and want to spice things up in a bid to improve their ratings, which dropped dramatically once the live shows started earlier this year.

Series one of the UK show saw Tom Jones, Jessie J, Danny and Will.i.am going head to head with their teams of talented singers.

O’Donoghue has confirmed that he will be back, as has Will.i.am, however Jessie J has reportedly stepped down from the panel and insiders say Tom won’t commit until he finds out who will be replacing the ‘Domino’ hitmaker.

Do you think the new plans will help The Voice shine in 2013? Leave your comments below…

The first series of ‘The Voice’ saw Sir Tom Jones, will.i.am, Danny O’Donoghue and Jessie J as coaches and was won by Leanne Mitchell.

Source: Unreality.TV

The Script: Newsletter

Hi DannyODonoghue.Net

It's been another crazy busy week in Scriptland as we head towards the release of our new single and album#3. We started the week soaking up the atmosphere and getting a taste for the gold down at the Olympic park. We also managed a live performance of Hall Of Fame for the American TV show, The Today Show. Thanks again to everyone that made it along. We also can now reveal the full tracklisting and for #3,head over to iTunes to check out the deluxe edition featuring bonus tracks and an exclusive Making ofdocumentary. You can also pre-order your copy of #3 from one of the following retailers: Amazon: Standard | Deluxe HMV: Standard | Deluxe iTunes: Standard | Deluxe Official Store: Standard | Deluxe Play: Standard | Deluxe Finally, we are pleased to announce that we will be performing 3 very special intimate live shows next month! Join us at: 9th Sept - Glasgow O2 ABC 10th Sept - Manchester HMV Ritz 12th Sept - London Shepherd's Bush Empire Tickets for these shows will be available tomorrow (Wednesday 15th August) at 9:30am via Gigs and Tours, and Ticketmaster. Demand for these tickets is expected to be high. Please note 2 tickets per person max. We are also offering you the option to pre-order #3 at a special price when you buy tickets. Get your tickets from Gigs And Tours here Get your tickets from Ticketmaster here Right, it's back to rehearsals, it's really starting to gel and we can't wait to get out there! Speak soon. Official Store | Official Website | Facebook | Twitter | VEVO Follow us on Instagram @TheScriptOfficial

Glamour Magazine Sexiest Man 2012

Who Is The Sexiest Star? 

DANNY O'DONOGHUE

Age: 31

Single? We have to admit, we’re not too sure what’s going on in Danny O’Donaghue's mystery love life at the mo. worth a shot, perhaps?

See Him Next: On the touring circuit as he promotes The Script’s third studio album.

Is he the Sexiest Man of 2012? Vote here

Robert Pattinson was named the Sexiest Man of 2011 but will he keep his crown this year? We've put together a shortlist for you to browse of the men we reckon he's up against. Make sure you vote for your favourite man. The all-important results will be released in October.

Source: Glamour magazine / Edit dannyodonoghue.net

#3 UK Shows announced

We are pleased to announce that we will be performing 3 very special intimate concerts next month! Join us at Glasgow's O2 ABC on September 9th, Manchester's HMV Ritz on September 10th and O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire in London on September 12th. 

Tickets for these shows will be available on Wednesday 15th August at 9:30AM via Gigs and Tours, and Ticketmaster. Please note: Due to the intimate nature of these venues demand for these tickets is expected to be extremely high with 2 tickets per person max. #3 album preorder available with ticketing.

Source: TheScriptMusic.com

The Script to release #3 in September

So much has changed for The Script since they released their first album four years ago. First they broke Britain, then the States, then everywhere from Asia to South Africa.

Along the way, they toured with U2, Take That and Paul McCartney, sailed through the second album syndrome that sinks so many bands, played to a 55 000-strong crowd at an historic hometown show in Dublin, amassed almost four million followers on Facebook and 1.5 million on Twitter and saw their singer star on TV talent show The Voice. In short, the past four years have seen The Script become one of the biggest, best-loved bands in the world.

Like The Script’s meticulously-crafted, meaningful songs, there is more to the seemingly obvious album title than first meets the eye. #3 is their third album. But it’s also the power of three – three people, three equals, whose combined input is what makes The Script special. It was written and recorded in Studio 3 at Battersea’s Sphere Studios, home to the band and their equipment for the first six months of this year. And #3 sums up the theme of the album – ‘music for the head, heart and feet’ was a mantra The Script stuck to from the moment they opened the Pandora’s Box of ideas – aka the self-built mobile studio they took on tour last year – to the day they handed #3, two months early, to their record label.

“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. But the title is mostly about us. As any geek fan of the band could tell you, we’re all extremely different people, but magic happens when you mix us together. Well, magic or a car crash, which is how we describe the songs we scrap.”

#3 should have been The Script’s most difficult album to make. After their eponymously-titled debut topped the British and Irish charts in 2008 and sold more than two million copies worldwide, its successor, 2010’s Science & Faith, sent The Script supernova. In the States, it entered the charts at number three, spawned a huge radio hit inFor The First Time and saw the band move up to arenas. In South Africa, they found themselves playing to crowds of 18 000; tours of Australia were extended across Asia. As guitarist Mark Sheehan says, “Success was ours to lose”.

Dublin’s finest – Danny O’Donoghue, Mark Sheehan and Glen Power – step up to the podium with their Olympic sized new single Fine-tuned, buffed up and tough talking,Hall of Fame sees the band return to write a new, uplifting piano-led Script, with new pal will.i.am on board for lyrical twists and turns.

Immediately obvious was that #3 would see a return to the rhythmic, hip-hop and R&B-influenced sound of their debut. But it had to be organic, to rely on real instruments, rather than the synthesised sounds so prevalent in today’s pop. The Script looked to the live hip-hop bands they loved growing up, such as A Tribe Called Quest, for inspiration.

As ever, O'Donoghue and Sheehan struggled with the lyrics, staring them down and mixing them round – Sheehan likens the process to completing a Rubik’s Cube – until they conveyed the exact emotions they had in mind.

The trio agree that, lyrically, #3 is by far their best album to date – more personal, more emotional and much more optimistic. The message – music for the head, heart and feet – is self-belief, soldiering on and achieving your dreams.

Source: Media update