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Dare is an English rock band from Oldham, fronted by former Thin Lizzy keyboard player Darren Wharton. They formed in 1985 and have released eleven albums to date, ten studio and one live. They formed in 1985 and have released eleven albums to date, ten studio and one live.
Wharton was born in Failsworth, Lancashire in 1961. He was playing keyboards for a band in London clubs when he auditioned for Thin Lizzy.Thin Lizzy had not had a permanent keyboard player since their early gigs, but following the final departure of Gary Moore from the band on 4 July 1979, Midge Ure (who had prior plans to join Ultravox) stepped in to help Thin Lizzy complete their touring ...
Harrison Patrick Smith (born March 19, 1996), [1] known professionally as The Dare and formerly as Turtlenecked, is an American singer and musician. He is best known for his single "Girls", released in August 2022, [ 2 ] and for producing the song " Guess " by Charli XCX from the deluxe version of her 2024 album Brat .
INTERVIEW: The well-turned-out singer of ‘Girls’ and producer of ‘Guess’ for Charli XCX more than lives up to his party animal persona. He talks to Annabel Nugent about his debut album and ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 10 February 2025. English physicist and musician (born 1968) This article is about the English physicist often on TV. For the Scottish actor, see Brian Cox (actor). For other people with this name, see Brian Cox. Brian Cox CBE FRS Cox in 2016 Born (1968-03-03) 3 March 1968 (age 56) Oldham, England, UK ...
The Human League are an English synth-pop [1] band formed in Sheffield in 1977. Initially an experimental electronic outfit, the group signed to Virgin Records in 1979 and later attained widespread commercial success with their third album Dare in 1981 after restructuring their lineup.
According to the book It Shined by Michael Granda, the band name was derived from "Cosmic Corn Cob & His Amazing Ozark Mountain Daredevils", a name that John Dillon came up with at a Kansas City "naming party" after the band was told that the name they had previously been using, "Family Tree", was already taken ("Burlap Socks" and "Buffalo Chips" were two other monikers that had been considered).
To celebrate the 25th anniversary of the release of Dare (and the 30th anniversary of the formation of the band), the modern-day Human League (Oakey, Sulley and Catherall from the original 1981 band lineup) conducted a special Dare 2007 tour of the UK and Europe playing the original album live in full during November and December 2007. An ...