V (band)

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V
Origin London, England
Genres Pop
Years active2004–2005
Labels Island Records
Associated acts Busted, Tom Fletcher, McFly
Past membersAntony Thomas Brant
Aaron Buckingham
Mark Harle
Kevin McDaid
Leon Pisani

V were a British five-piece boyband made up of Antony Thomas Brant, Aaron Buckingham, Mark Harle, Kevin McDaid and Leon Pisani. There was another member of the band who was fired after the band started recording, this was due to diva like behaviour, the singer was never credited however his vocals remained on the first two singles. The singer sang under the name Jack James. Jack was a contestant in the first series of the X factor.

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Kevin McDaid is a British singer. Born in Nigeria, he was brought up in England in Newcastle upon Tyne. He was best known as member of the British boy band V, which he joined in 2003 along with four other boys. The band had three fairly successful chart hits during 2004, before splitting up in February 2005, less than a year after their first single was released.

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Career

Band member Antony Brant came up with the band name "V" because V is the Roman numeral for five and there were five members in the band. V made their debut at the same time as McFly by supporting Busted's arena tour in the spring of 2004.

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Busted (band) British rock band

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Their first single, "Blood, Sweat and Tears", was released in May 2004 and went into the UK Singles Chart at number 6. [1] The video was shot in Miami, Florida in February 2004 and the single contained a collaboration with McFly, called "Chills in the Evening" written by Tom Fletcher from McFly and James Bourne from Busted. The band's second single, released in the August 2004, was a double A-side consisted of a new song "Hip To Hip" and a cover of The Jacksons's song "Can You Feel It" This would be the final song jack would contribute his vocals to before he was fired from the band. (with a video of the band dressed as a double glazing salesman, ice cream man, postman, milkman and paperboy) and charted at number 5 in the UK Singles Chart.

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UK Singles Chart British singles sales chart

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The third single, "You Stood Up" reached number 12 after an appearance on Top of The Pops , but their debut album of the same name only made number 86 on the UK Albums Chart. In February 2005, V announced on their website their decision to split up.

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After break-up

Drummer percussionist who creates and accompanies music using drums

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Discography

Studio albums

TitleDetailsPeak
position
UK
[5]
You Stood Up86

Singles

YearSinglePeak chart
positions		Album
UK
[5] 		IRE
[6]
2004"Blood, Sweat and Tears"630You Stood Up
"Hip to Hip"/"Can You Feel It?"529
"You Stood Up"1235

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References

  1. ↑ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 579. ISBN   1-904994-10-5.
  2. ↑ Aaron Buckingham MySpace page, accessed 21 June 2007.
  3. ↑ Kevin McDaid MySpace page, accessed 21 June 2007
  4. ↑ WestLife's Mark Feehily split for partner he was set to wed - Mirror Online
  5. 1 2 "Chart Log UK: V - Vybe". The Official Charts Company. Archived from the original on 16 October 2015. Retrieved 19 March 2011.
  6. ↑ "irishcharts.com - Discography V". Hung Medien. Retrieved 19 March 2011.
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