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]
Lilygreen & Maguire | |
|---|---|
| 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 |
Music career
edit2011: Formation
editBefore 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
editIn 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
editLilygreen 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
editAs songwriters the duo have worked alongside writers such as Gregg Alexander, Roy Stride, Peter Vettese, Ricky Ross and Karen Poole.[11]
Discography
editStudio albums
edit| Title | Album details |
|---|---|
| Have a Good Time All the Time |
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Extended plays
edit| Title | Album details |
|---|---|
| Roll On |
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Singles
edit| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Album | |||||||||||||
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| UK | ||||||||||||||||
| 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".