The Coronas

Jamie Irving

<img src='http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0036/3062/files/thecoronas.jpg?1259091084' alt='The Coronas' /> “S.T.O.P…P.R.E.S.S” On Friday 19th Feb 2010 The Coronas won best Irish album at the 10th Anniversary Meteor Music Awards (Irish equivalent of the Brits) in Dublin. The guys were up against very stiff competition from Snow Patrol, Bell X1, The Duckworth Lewis Method and U2. The Coronas are appearing on ‘Sizzling Saturday’ at the Manx Telecom Bay Festival. Now for some Irish indie magic! In 2007 The Coronas, a 4 piece rock-indie band from Dublin, began to take the Irish music scene by storm with their debut single ‘Decision Time’ which reached no.8 in the retail charts in January ‘07. Another top 20 single followed entitled ’The Talk’ which resulted in the band being signed to UK agency Marshall Arts, who are agents to major world artists such as Sir Paul McCartney, Sir Elton John, George Michael, Pink, Lionel Ritchie amongst others. The Coronas debut LP – 2007’s ‘Heroes or Ghosts’ – achieved platinum sales in Ireland, and spawned massive singles such as ‘Grace’, ’Don’t Wait!‘, ’Heroes or Ghosts’ and especially ‘San Diego Song’ which was in the Irish Singles Chart for 24 weeks and became an anthem in clubs and radio stations all across the country. ‘Heroes or Ghosts’ was described by ‘Hot Press’ as "walking a soulful line between Jeff Buckley and the Libertines” and stayed in the Irish album charts for a total of 26 weeks. The Dublin quartet quickly followed its’ release with sell-out shows nationwide, two meteor award nominations, one was in the Best Irish Pop Act category which was won by Westlife, and a spellbinding set on the main stage at Oxegen. All this along with tours in the U.S., UK and Asia, has enabled the Coronas to establish themselves as one of Irelands’ biggest new bands. “We’ve worked really hard for the last two years but taking a break never really occurred to us”, says lead singer Danny O’Reilly (son of Irish vocalist Mary Black). “We wanted to continue to build on what we had going and we knew the only way to do that was to go into the studio and record an album that we felt blew Heroes (or Ghosts) out of the water”. Indeed anyone who has become accustomed to The Coronas own brand of pop-rock tunes will have plenty of reason to cheer when it comes to their new album, ‘Tony Was An Ex-Con’, recorded over 6 weeks in the prestigious Sawmills studio in Cornwall. This time round the guys teamed up with esteemed producer John Cornfield (Muse, Razorlight, Oasis). “Working with John in the mill (Sawmills) was an amazing experience”, says bassist Knoxy. “We thought that, with his resume, he’d be telling us exactly what to do but he was really cool and just let us do our thing. It was a really chilled-out, productive atmosphere.” The title track comes from an incredible story about the lads on tour in America, involving a psychotic bus driver who left the entire entourage fearing for their lives. “It’s funny looking back at it now, but at the time it was really quite scary”, says drummer Conor Egan. McPhillips: “The song was one of the first new songs that set us off on the writing spree that led to the entire record so it felt like the right title” In ‘Tony Was An Ex-Con’, The Coronas’ fans will once again be reminded of the endearing spirit that made ‘Heroes or Ghosts’ a true word-of-mouth success, while many will be impressed by how far they’ve come musically. ‘Tony Was An Ex-Con’, the second album from The Coronas, was released in Ireland at the end of September 2009. The album went straight into the number 1 spot in the Irish i-Tunes Album chart upon its release. The following week it debuted at no. 3 in the Irish Album Chart. The first single from album was ‘Listen Dear’. Their first televised live performance featuring the first single made its debut on Irish television on RTE One on ‘The Late Late Show’. The band appeared on the front cover of ‘Hot Press’ magazine which hit newsstands in September. They are signed to Japanese record label JVC and toured Japan in March 2009. In July 2009 The Coronas played in the Donegal Music Festival. The band were the second act to appear on the main stage at Oxegen Festival in July 2009. The Coronas played the Feile festival in Derry, Northern Ireland in August. The Coronas also were the supporting act to The Script for their nine gigs in Ireland from August to September 2009. The Coronas kicked off their Irish tour in October 2009 in Roisín Dubh in Galway. Their show at the Olympia in December is sold out so they have announced three more dates in January 2010 to satisfy demand from their fans. We are very pleased to welcome The Coronas to the Manx Telecom Bay Festival. <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/mtCjhoyJuk8&hl=en_GB&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/mtCjhoyJuk8&hl=en_GB&fs=1&autostart=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>

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The Coronas 2010-02-23T09:54:59+00:00 <img src='http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0036/3062/files/thecoronas.jpg?1259091084' alt='The Coronas' /> "*S.T.O.P...P.R.E.S.S*" On Friday 19th Feb 2010 *The Coronas* won best Irish album at the 10th Anniversary Meteor Music Awards (Irish equivalent of the Brits) in Dublin. The guys were up against very stiff competition from Snow Patrol, Bell X1, The Duckworth Lewis Method and U2. The Coronas are appearing on 'Sizzling Saturday' at the Manx Telecom Bay Festival. *Now for some Irish indie magic!* In 2007 *The Coronas*, a 4 piece rock-indie band from Dublin, began to take the Irish music scene by storm with their debut single 'Decision Time' which reached no.8 in the retail charts in January '07. Another top 20 single followed entitled 'The Talk' which resulted in the band being signed to UK agency Marshall Arts, who are agents to major world artists such as Sir Paul McCartney, Sir Elton John, George Michael, Pink, Lionel Ritchie amongst others. *The Coronas* debut LP - 2007's 'Heroes or Ghosts' - achieved platinum sales in Ireland, and spawned massive singles such as 'Grace', 'Don't Wait!', 'Heroes or Ghosts' and especially 'San Diego Song' which was in the Irish Singles Chart for 24 weeks and became an anthem in clubs and radio stations all across the country. 'Heroes or Ghosts' was described by 'Hot Press' as "walking a soulful line between Jeff Buckley and the Libertines” and stayed in the Irish album charts for a total of 26 weeks. The Dublin quartet quickly followed its' release with sell-out shows nationwide, two meteor award nominations, one was in the Best Irish Pop Act category which was won by Westlife, and a spellbinding set on the main stage at Oxegen. All this along with tours in the U.S., UK and Asia, has enabled the Coronas to establish themselves as one of Irelands' biggest new bands. "We've worked really hard for the last two years but taking a break never really occurred to us", says lead singer Danny O'Reilly (son of Irish vocalist Mary Black). "We wanted to continue to build on what we had going and we knew the only way to do that was to go into the studio and record an album that we felt blew Heroes (or Ghosts) out of the water". Indeed anyone who has become accustomed to *The Coronas* own brand of pop-rock tunes will have plenty of reason to cheer when it comes to their new album, 'Tony Was An Ex-Con', recorded over 6 weeks in the prestigious Sawmills studio in Cornwall. This time round the guys teamed up with esteemed producer John Cornfield (Muse, Razorlight, Oasis). "Working with John in the mill (Sawmills) was an amazing experience", says bassist Knoxy. "We thought that, with his resume, he'd be telling us exactly what to do but he was really cool and just let us do our thing. It was a really chilled-out, productive atmosphere." The title track comes from an incredible story about the lads on tour in America, involving a psychotic bus driver who left the entire entourage fearing for their lives. "It's funny looking back at it now, but at the time it was really quite scary", says drummer Conor Egan. McPhillips: "The song was one of the first new songs that set us off on the writing spree that led to the entire record so it felt like the right title" In 'Tony Was An Ex-Con', *The Coronas'* fans will once again be reminded of the endearing spirit that made 'Heroes or Ghosts' a true word-of-mouth success, while many will be impressed by how far they've come musically. 'Tony Was An Ex-Con', the second album from *The Coronas*, was released in Ireland at the end of September 2009. The album went straight into the number 1 spot in the Irish i-Tunes Album chart upon its release. The following week it debuted at no. 3 in the Irish Album Chart. The first single from album was 'Listen Dear'. Their first televised live performance featuring the first single made its debut on Irish television on RTE One on 'The Late Late Show'. The band appeared on the front cover of ‘Hot Press’ magazine which hit newsstands in September. They are signed to Japanese record label JVC and toured Japan in March 2009. In July 2009 *The Coronas* played in the Donegal Music Festival. The band were the second act to appear on the main stage at Oxegen Festival in July 2009. *The Coronas* played the Feile festival in Derry, Northern Ireland in August. *The Coronas* also were the supporting act to The Script for their nine gigs in Ireland from August to September 2009. *The Coronas* kicked off their Irish tour in October 2009 in Roisín Dubh in Galway. Their show at the Olympia in December is sold out so they have announced three more dates in January 2010 to satisfy demand from their fans. We are very pleased to welcome *The Coronas* to the Manx Telecom Bay Festival. <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/mtCjhoyJuk8&hl=en_GB&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/mtCjhoyJuk8&hl=en_GB&fs=1&autostart=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>