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Name:
Darren Holden
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Official Profile of Darren Holden, singer, songwriter and musician
About Me:
Darren has starred on Broadway and extensively toured the US playing both the lead vocalist in Riverdance, and the lead vocalist/pianist in the Tony Award winning Billy Joel/Twyla Tharp musical Movin Out. He has also clocked up more than 500 American Primetime TV appearances on CBS, FOX,NBC.
Darren has appeared in concert at The Cutting Room in NYC and the famed Whisky A Go-Go in Los Angeles, performing original songs backed by members of the Movin Out band. He has also regularly performed with "The New York State of Mind" band which features The Billy Joel band with Darren taking the place of the main man on piano and lead vocals.
His phenomenal rendition of the US National Anthem has made Darren a popular choice for sports events and he has performed the Anthem for an estimated 1.5 million people. He has also performed for President and Mrs. Bush, and other dignitaries.
In June 2007, Darren was invited to become a member of the brand new Irish group "The High Kings". Their debut album and concert DVD were both released on the EMI MANHATTAN record label on February 28th 2008. The CD and DVD have both been very successful both sides of the Atlantic, achieving platinum status in Ireland. They were recently nominated as Best Newcomer and Best Vocal Group at the IMA awards in Castlebar, and received a huge reaction from the crowd when they picked up both awards. They were signed to Universal Ireland and released their second album, Memory Lane in February 2010. After a successful sell out Irish tour the album went platinum in June, just 4 months after release. The Memory Lane album is being released in the US on the 8 March 2011 and The High Kings will be in the US throughout March undertaking a 25 dates tour.
Performing with The High Kings is keeping Darren very busy, but whenever he get the opportunity, he is still continuing with his songwriting, collaborating with a number of songwriters, keen to work with him. He has also been very active supporting a number of children's charities, including undertaking a trek to Machu Picchu in aid of Irish Autism Action in September 2009. In October 2010 he set of to Tanzania, with a number of other Irish celebrities, where they took on the Kilimanjaro Challenge and climbed the great peak. The climb was for the benefit of the sick children of Our Lady's Children's Hospital in Crumlin and the National Children's Research Centre.
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Influences:
Elvis, Beatles, Beach Boys, Paul McCartney, Bryan Adams, Richard Marx, Jerry Lee Lewis, Hall and Oates, Jim Steinman, Meatloaf, Johnny Mathis, Bobby Darin, Michael Bolton, Bruce Springsteen, Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem,CSNY, The Eagles,Bread, ELO most 1970's west coast rock and folk.
Hometown:
Dublin/NYC
Country:
Ireland
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