Simon Webbe

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Simon Webbe

at MTV Asia Awards 2006, Bangkok, Thailand
Background information
Birth name Simon Solomon Webbe
Born 30 March 1978 (1978-03-30) (age 31)
Origin Moss Side, Manchester, England
Genre(s) Pop, Soul
Occupation(s) Singer, Songwriter, Actor
Years active 2001–present (group)
2005–present (solo)
2005–present (acting)
Label(s) Innocent Records
Associated acts Blue, Antony Costa, Duncan James, Lee Ryan
Website SimonWebbe.net

Simon Webbe (born 30 March 1978 in Moss Side, Manchester, England)[1] is a singer-songwriter and manager.

It was announced on 27 April 2009 that Webbe has become a patron of Anxiety UK as they have lost their funding.

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[edit] Early life

As a teenager Webbe was signed to Burslem based football club Port Vale's School Of Excellence. However, at the age of seventeen a torn ligament prevented a career in the sport. It was at this point his focus turned to music.

[edit] Music career

[edit] Sanctuary

Webbe launched his post-Blue career on 22 August 2005 with his first solo single "Lay Your Hands" which peaked at #4 on the UK Singles Chart.

His follow up single "No Worries" reached #4 in the UK, making him the only Blue member to have multiple top ten singles.

After the release of two singles, Webbe released his debut solo album Sanctuary which debuted at #28 on the UK Album Charts. Despite its relatively low debut it eventually reached #7 on the charts and has now gone double-platinum.

The third single from Sanctuary, "After All This Time" was released in February, 2006 but it failed to do as well as his previous releases and peaked at #16.

[edit] Grace

On 30th October, 2006, came the first single from Webbe's new album "Coming Around Again". When released it reached #12 in the UK Singles Charts.

His second album Grace was released on 13th November, 2006. It peaked at number 11 in the UK Albums Chart.

The second single "My Soul Pleads for You" was released on 19th February, 2007 and reached 45 on the singles chart.

On 21st May, 2007, Webbe launched his first ever live tour to support his second album Grace. The tour consisted of 18 dates through May and June, starting in Cambridge and culminating in London.

In early June, it was announced that Webbe would be releasing the title track from his second studio album with the theme song from the upcoming motion picture entitled "Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer". The single was a double A-side release of "Grace"/"Ride the Storm". It reached #36 in the UK.

In Europe, "Seventeen" was released instead of Grace.

[edit] Run

During his recent May-June, 2007 UK tour Simon previewed some new songs from his third studio album including Run which Simon said has already been "penciled" in as the first single and that it will possibly be used as the album title.

It has also been reported that the album will double as the soundtrack to Simon's upcoming film of the same name and that because the film is an action flick it will be a slightly heavier album.

[edit] Film career

After many years working in music, Webbe decided to pursue a film career.

In 2004 he co-starred in the romantic-comedy "The Truth About Love", directed by John Hay.The film also featured renowned actors Jennifer Love-Hewitt, Dougray Scott and Jimi Mistry.

His second acting project was a 2006 British gangster movie entitled Rollin' With The Nines. The film co-starred Vas Blackwood, Billy Murray, Robbie Gee and was directed by Julian Gilbey.

He will follow these movies up with the upcoming movie directed by John McTiernan tentivley titled "Run". The film which will be an action movie also has Hollywood connections and will see him act alongside acclaimed New Zealand actor/performer Karl Urban.

[edit] Other media projects / Blue Reunion

Since entering the music industry Webbe has extended his range of business ventures. His two most notable companies are "Love 4 Music" and "Love 4 PR", both of which he co-runs with Jade Reuben.

He managed the mixed gender group VS (Jaime Summaz, Marvin Humes, Ryan Taylor, Chinyere McKenzie & Blimi) who supported Blue on their sell-out arena sized tour and were also signed to Blue's Innocent Records and released three singles Love You Like Mad (#7), Call U Sexy (#11) and Make It Hot (#29) plus an album called "All Kinds of Trouble". Currently, all members of the band are working on different solo projects.

He also managed American/British girlband L.A.D.E. whose video for their unreleased single "Shake It Off" featured Simon and ex-Blue bandmate Duncan James, in return the girls appeared in Blue's single "Bubblin'". Their current professional music status is unknown.

Also in 2004, he was voted Company Magazine's 62nd Sexiest Man Alive and appeared as a striker on Sky One's The Match.

In 2007 he released a series of educational DVDs for children entitled "Simon's Web." The six volumes endeavoured to teach kids about the internet, its history and its uses.

In 2008, he starred in British reality TV show I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here!.

On April 28th 2009, Blue announced that they have reformed & will soon return to the stage this summer with a new album coming soon.

[edit] Discography

[edit] Albums

Year Album UK Ireland
2005 Sanctuary 7 -
2006 Grace 11 -
2007 Live - -

[edit] Singles

Year Title Chart positions Album
UK ITA NE POL IRE NZ GER EUR
2005 "Lay Your Hands"
4
2
—
—
21
30
48
9
 Sanctuary
"No Worries"
4
11
2
—
30
7
59
16
2006 "After All This Time"
16
47
—
—
—
—
—
89
"Coming Around Again"
12
15
11
33
—
—
37
55
 Grace
2007 "My Soul Pleads for You"
45
47
—
—
—
—
—
—
"Seventeen"
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
"Grace"/"Ride the Storm"
36
—
—
—
49
—
100
168

[edit] Personal life

Webbe's parents were born on the Caribbean island of Nevis. He has a daughter, Alanah, born in 1997, with ex-girlfriend Nicola Jones. She is the inspiration for his 2007 single "Grace". He is reportedly a cousin of Sugababes singer Keisha Buchanan [2]. He is currently dating Layla Manoochehri, who was on X Factor 2008 as a member of Girlband, who were voted off in week 2. It has been reported since that Simon and 22 year old Layla have split after claims that she had cheated on him. She wanted to get her own back after reports that Webbe was having an affair with a married women when Layla went shopping. Webbe said that he never thought Layla would cheat on him and was very upset for a while and even took some time out on his career. He was very surprised when Manoochehri went out to greet him when he was in the "I'm A Celebrity" Jungle in November. He said "I only think she did that for publicity for herself seen as her Girlband had flopped and she thought it would damage her solo career". Simon said he's not looking for a relationship at tne moment, his main priorities are his daughter and the reformation of his band Blue. "It's amazing to be back with the boys. We're a family again. It's great seeing the boys kids and Lee's fiancé, who's a lovely girl, It's something different than last time round, it's wicked. We're a new family now. I don't need certain people in my life anymore I have my boys, my little girl and my fans, more than what she has!"

It was announced on 27 April 2009 that Webbe had become a patron of Anxiety UK.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Ancestry.co.uk Entry in Birth Index for England & Wales
  2. ^ [1]

[edit] External links

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