Hometown (band)
| HomeTown | |
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_2015.jpg) HomeTown in 2015. Clockwise from left: Dayl Cronin, Cian Morrin, Ryan McLoughlin, Brendan Murray, Josh Gray and Dean Gibbons. | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | Ireland |
| Genres | Pop |
| Years active | 2014– |
| Labels | RCA Records |
| Website |
www |
| Members |
Previous member: Gareth Borrow |
HomeTown are a six-piece Irish boy band, formed and managed by Louis Walsh. They are signed to RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment UK. The six-piece vocal group are made up of singers from the four corners of Ireland. Walsh auditioned thousand of young hopefuls for his latest pop endeavor and spent over a year whittling the numbers down until he finally settled on 5 members. (Josh, Cian, Dayl, Brendan and Ryan). Dean was the only member lucky enough to not have to endure the long audition process. HomeTown consists of Cian Morrin, Dayl Cronin, Dean Gibbons, Josh Gray, Ryan McLoughlin and Brendan Murray.
The band have supported some well-known artists in the past two years. HomeTown opened for Olly Murs in Ireland in April 2015, supported The Vamps throughout the UK and Ireland in 2016 and also supported McBusted in 2015.
Most recently the band have made their European debut in Madrid, Spain, on October 15, 2016, where they played to a sold out Barclaycard Center at the festival Coca Cola Music Experience alongside other incredible acts such as Meghan Trainor and Bea Miller.
Hometown have also taken part in the Olympia Panto in Dublin called Aladdin.This took place during the 17th of December and the 4th of Januray.
Members
- Brendan Murray (born November 16, 1996, 20 years old)
- Dayl Cronin (born December 8, 1993, 22 years old)
- Dean Gibbons (born February 17, 1994, 22 years old)
- Josh Gray (born March 28, 1997, 19 years old)
- Ryan McLoughlin (born January 27, 1994, 22 years old)
- Cian Morrin (born October 02, 1994, 22 years old)
History
The band was originally composed of five members, Gareth Borrow (Derry), Ryan McLoughlin (Newbridge), Brendan Murray (Galway), Cian Morrin (Castlebar) and Dayl Cronin (Clonmel). They were picked out of a thousand applicants for a band project by Walsh.[1] Borrow was later removed from the band and Walsh brought in two new members; Josh Gray (Blessington) and Dean Gibbons (Tallaght), turning HomeTown into a six piece band.[2]
Their first single, "Where I Belong", went to number one in Ireland, becoming the fastest-selling single from a debut act and the fastest-selling single from an Irish artist in 2014. The single was written by Kodaline.
The band's second single, "Cry For Help", was released on 27 March 2015 in Ireland. It, too, reached number one in the Irish Singles Chart. The band began a signing tour around Ireland shortly after.
HomeTown released their first single "Where I Belong" in the UK on 24 July 2015, with an impact date of 4 September 2015.[3][4]
On 23 October 2015, Hometown released the third single "The Night We Met" off of their debut album. It was written by Liam Payne of One Direction and Jamie Scott.
On November 20, 2015, HomeTown released their self-titled debut album, which started off at number 4 behind Adele's 25 and Justin Bieber's Purpose.
Discography
Studio albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | ||||||||||||
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| IRL [5] | ||||||||||||||
| HomeTown |
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| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||||
Singles
| Year | Song | Charts | Album | ||||||||||
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| IRL [5] | |||||||||||||
| 2014 | "Where I Belong" | 1 | HomeTown | ||||||||||
| 2015 | "Cry for Help" | 1 | |||||||||||
| "The Night We Met" | 59 | ||||||||||||
| 2016 | "Roses" | HomeTown | |||||||||||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||||||||||
Tour
Headlining
- Sense Club, Cookstown – 29 May 2015
- Open Air Theatre, Scarborough – 20 June 2015
- Bents Park, South Shields – 12 July 2015 – (2pm)
- Westonbirt Arbertoreum, Tetbury – 12 July 2015 – (8pm)
- Delapre Park, London – 17 July 2015
- Edinburgh Castle, Edinburgh – 18 July 2015
- Feile Party In The Park (matinee), Belfast – 2 August 2015
- Greencastle Community Centre (evening), Donegal – 2 August 2015
- Culloville Community Centre, Newry – 7 August 2015
- Lytham Green, Lytham – 8 August 2015
- Vicar Street, Dublin – 21 August 2015
- Opera House, Cork – 12 September 2015
- UCH, Limerick – 13 September 2015
- Seapoint, Galway – 26 September 2015
- Great Northern, Bundoran – 23 October 2015
- Clanard Court, Kildare – 25 October 2015
- Headfort Arms, Kells – 26 October 2015
- Tullamore Court, County Offaly – 27 October 2015
- TLT Theatre, Louth – 28 October 2015
- Minella, Clonmel – 31 October 2015
- O'Connell Street, Dublin – 29 November 2015
- Vicar Street, Dublin – 4 December 2015
- Mount Errigal, Letterkenny – 27 December 2015
- Claremorris Town Hall, Claremorris – 28 December 2015
- Breffni Arms, Arvagh – 29 December 2015
- Clarnard Court, Kildare – 1 January 2016
- Radisson Athlone, Athlone – 2 January 2016
- INEC, Kerry – 3 January 2016
- Mcgettigans, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates – 17 March 2016 – (5pm)
- Mcgettigans JLT, Dubai, United Arab Emirates – 17 March 2016 – (9pm)
- Jersey Opera House, Jersey Channel Islands – 21 May 2016
- Jacksons Hotel, Donegal – 30 December 2016
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Supporting
- Olly Murs – Never Been Better Tour (2015)
- The Vamps – The Vamps UK Summer Tour (2015)
- McBusted – Most Excellent Adventure Tour (2015)
- The Vamps – Wake Up UK Arena Tour (2016)
Other gigs
- Childline (2014)
- Coca Cola Music Experience (2016)
References
- ↑ "Louis Walsh picks Derry's Gareth for new boy band". derryjournal.com.
- ↑ "Hometown: Some people ask us for photos and then say we'll keep this for when you're famous". 21 March 2015. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
- ↑ Ellwood, Pip (2015-07-18). "HomeTown release UK version of Where I Belong video". Entertainment Focus. Retrieved 2015-08-27.
- ↑ "Irish boyband HomeTown hit No 1 spot". RTÉ News. 2 April 2015. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
- 1 2 Hung, Steffen. "Discography Hometown". Irish Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung).