Danny O’Donoghue

Short bio of the singer, songwriter, musician, one-time chancer, front man of The Script.

Some facts

Born in Dublin, the youngest of 6 children Danny grew up with music. His father, Shay O’Donoghue played in a band ‘The Dreams’ and was a successful session musician. His mother Aisling was a dancer and the whole family played various instruments at some point:

“I grew up in a house full of musicians and it wasn’t so much you were fighting for attention, more you were singing for attention. It was a very natural thing for me.” (The Voice UK Q&A, 2012 March)

Edit by Melinda (The Script Quotes)

Opinions

“Super nice guy” (Niall Horan, One Direction)

“He’s very passionate, absolutely music mad. He lives, eats, breathes and sleeps music. You could see that in the recording studio.” (Andrea Begley, Winner of The Voice UK, 2013)

“Like he understands production and song writing like…… I didn’t know that …” (Will i am)

“Danny is a very natural chap …” (Tom Jones)

“He’s very much about the song writing and the singing …” (Jessie J)

The different faces of Danny

On stage storm