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Lilygreen & Maguire

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Lilygreen & Maguire
OriginNewport / Blackwood
GenresPop Rock
Years active2011–January 2014
LabelsWarner Bros. Records / Warner Music Group (2011-2013)
MembersJon Lilygreen
Jon Maguire
Websitelilygreenandmaguire.com

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]

Music career

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2011: Formation

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Before 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

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In 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

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Lilygreen 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

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As songwriters the duo have worked alongside writers such as Gregg Alexander, Roy Stride, Peter Vettese, Ricky Ross and Karen Poole.[11]

Discography

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Studio albums

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Title Album details
Have a Good Time All the Time
  • Released: 4 November 2013
  • Label: Self-released
  • Formats: Digital download, CD

Extended plays

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Title Album details
Roll On
  • Released: 4 March 2013
  • Label: Self-released
  • Formats: Digital download

Singles

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Year Title Peak chart positions Album
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

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  1. ^ "Lilygreen & Maguire : Artists". Warner Bros. Records UK. Archived from the original on 1 June 2012.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ "Wales-based musicians sing for Cyprus in Eurovision". BBC News. 10 February 2010.
  4. ^ "Lilygreen and Maguire: Singer-songwriter pays a nostalgic visit to Barry Island". Barry and District News.
  5. ^ "The Story So Far on Myspace".
  6. ^ "Acoustic duo Lilygreen and Maguire come home for big busk". Wales Online.
  7. ^ "Newport duo to sing at Tredegar House". South Wales Argus.
  8. ^ "Home gig for busking tour musicians". South Wales Argus.
  9. ^ "Lilygreen & Maguire Join Forces With DearPhotograph.com". Entertainment Focus.[permanent dead link]
  10. ^ "Newport music duo Lilygreen and Maguire split up". South Wales Argus. 2 January 2014.
  11. ^ "Lilygreen & Maguire NapsterLive".
  12. ^ Lilygreen & Maguire > UK Charts. Official Charts Company
  13. ^ "Zobbel - Chart Log UK".