Lilygreen & Maguire
Lilygreen & Maguire | |
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| Origin | Newport / Blackwood |
| Genres | Pop Rock |
| Years active | 2011–January 2014 |
| Labels | Warner Bros. Records / Warner Music Group (2011-2013) |
| Members | Jon Lilygreen Jon Maguire |
| Website | lilygreenandmaguire |
Lilygreen & Maguire are a Welsh pop rock duo formed in 2011. Jon Lilygreen and Jon Maguire signed with Warner Bros. Records[1] in 2011 and have since released three singles, Given Up Giving Up, Ain't Love Crazy and Come On Get Higher.[2]
Music career[edit]
2011: Formation[edit]
Before forming Lilygreen & Maguire both members were heavily involved in music. Lilygreen was Cyprus' 2010 entry to the Eurovision Song Contest in Oslo[3] and Jon Maguire was producing music and a former member of Pop Punk band The Story So Far.[4][5] Also, they were both in the band Editions. The pair met while Lilygreen was performing covers at an open mic night at the Kama Lounge in Newport.[6]
2012-2014: Have a Good Time All the Time[edit]
In 2012 Lilygreen & Maguire have supported Olly Murs and Westlife on their UK arena tours.[7] The duo also did an open-air busking tour of Wales, stopping at Bangor, Wrexham, Aberystwyth, Carmarthen, Swansea, Barry, Caerleon, Caerphilly, Cardiff and Newport.[8] In October 2012 they have supported Scouting For Girls on tour also. In November 2012, Lilygreen & Maguire announced via Twitter that they would be releasing a new single in 2013 called "Dear Photograph". The song was inspired by the popular blog Dear Photograph.[citation needed] They have teamed up with Taylor Jones who runs DearPhotograph.com to construct the music video.[9] They were due to release their debut studio album Have a Good Time All the Time on 4 November 2013, including previous singles, B-Sides and brand new songs.
2014: Breakup[edit]
Lilygreen and Maguire announced in January 2014 on their Facebook page that they are splitting up because '2013 was a tough year'.[10] In June 2014 they announced that they were reforming, and soon released the single 'Counting Cars'.
Songwriting[edit]
As songwriters the duo have worked alongside writers such as Gregg Alexander, Roy Stride, Peter Vettese, Ricky Ross and Karen Poole.[11]
Discography[edit]
Studio albums[edit]
| Title | Album details |
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| Have a Good Time All the Time |
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Extended plays[edit]
| Title | Album details |
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| Roll On |
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Singles[edit]
| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Album | |||||||||||||
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| 2012 | "Come On Get Higher" | — | Non-album single | |||||||||||||
| "Ain't Love Crazy" | 66 [12] | Have a Good Time All the Time | ||||||||||||||
| "Given Up, Giving Up" | 141 [13] | |||||||||||||||
| "—" denotes single that did not chart or was not released. | ||||||||||||||||
References[edit]
- ^ "Lilygreen & Maguire : Artists". Warner Bros. Records UK. Archived from the original on 1 June 2012.
- ^ "Warner Music Group signings Lilygreen and Maguire take to the road for Big Welsh Busk". Wales Online. Archived from the original on 6 March 2014.
- ^ "Wales-based musicians sing for Cyprus in Eurovision". BBC News. 10 February 2010.
- ^ "Lilygreen and Maguire: Singer-songwriter pays a nostalgic visit to Barry Island". Barry and District News.
- ^ "The Story So Far on Myspace".
- ^ "Acoustic duo Lilygreen and Maguire come home for big busk". Wales Online.
- ^ "Newport duo to sing at Tredegar House". South Wales Argus.
- ^ "Home gig for busking tour musicians". South Wales Argus.
- ^ "Lilygreen & Maguire Join Forces With DearPhotograph.com". Entertainment Focus.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Newport music duo Lilygreen and Maguire split up". South Wales Argus. 2 January 2014.
- ^ "Lilygreen & Maguire NapsterLive".
- ^ Lilygreen & Maguire > UK Charts. Official Charts Company
- ^ "Zobbel - Chart Log UK".
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