The Script set to wow

IRISH BAND: DON'T MISS HEARING THEIR NEW BEST-SELLING SONGS LIVE

Promoting their latest album, Freedom Child, they have sold 29 million records.

The countdown to The Script’s concert at the Sun Arena, Time Square South Africa has begun. The Script will perform in Gauteng tomorrow during their SA tour.

Promoting their latest album, Freedom Child, the band has sold over 29 million records. The Irish three-piece have scored three multi-platinum albums, all of which were number one in the UK.

The Script has also picked up a huge following in the US where they have four platinum selling singles under their belt. Renowned for their spectacular live shows, the band has sold over 1.4 million tickets across 203 headline events.

Their two tours to SA in 2011 and 2015 were also sold out.

The band members are Danny O’Donoghue (vocals), Mark Sheehan (guitar) and Glen Power (drums).

After reaching number fifteen in the charts with their 2008 debut single We Cry, their second single The Man Who Can’t Be Moved peaked at number two.

Their debut album The Script was released in 2008, and went straight to number one on iTunes in Ireland and the UK.

Freedom Child has topped the UK Official Albums Chart, seeing off competition from LCD Soundsystem and OMD.

The number one sees The Script score their fourth UK number album.

Freedom Child also topped the iTunes chart in their native Ireland, as well as a further 13 countries.

They also entered the Top 10 on iTunes in 47 markets around the globe.

Freedom Child sees the band presenting a collection of urgent, timely, future-facing anthems that speak of both real-life events and real-time sonic adventurism.

The album was recorded between London and Los Angeles and, for the first time, the band chose to work with outside writers and producers, including Toby Gad and Nasri Atweh.

The follow up to 2014’s No Sound Without Silence can be purchased http:// or streamed from smarturl.it/FreedomChild.

Rain, the first single from Freedom Child, was immediately added to playlists up and down the country and stormed straight into the Top 10 on iTunes where it still sits.

Rain is picking up a phenomenal amount of support around the world: it has been playlisted by Radio 1, Radio 2, Capital as well as 947 and 94.5 KFM in South Africa and is currently the third most played song on national radio. The concert is tomorrow. Tickets are available at Computicket