Lilygreen & Maguire | |
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| 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 |
Lilygreen & Maguire are a Welshpop rock duo formed in 2011.Jon Lilygreen andJon 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]
Before forming Lilygreen & Maguire both members were heavily involved in music. Lilygreen was Cyprus' 2010 entry to theEurovision Song Contest inOslo[3] and Jon Maguire was producing music and a former member ofPop 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 inNewport.[6]
In 2012 Lilygreen & Maguire have supportedOlly Murs andWestlife on their UK arena tours.[7] The duo also did an open-air busking tour of Wales, stopping atBangor,Wrexham,Aberystwyth,Carmarthen,Swansea,Barry,Caerleon,Caerphilly,Cardiff andNewport.[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 albumHave a Good Time All the Time on 4 November 2013, including previous singles, B-Sides and brand new songs.
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'.
As songwriters the duo have worked alongside writers such asGregg Alexander,Roy Stride,Peter Vettese,Ricky Ross andKaren Poole.[11]
| Title | Album details |
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| Have a Good Time All the Time |
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| Title | Album details |
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| Roll On |
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| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Album | |||||||||||||
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| 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. | ||||||||||||||||
