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All the Young | |
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 All the Young performing inDundee in June 2012. | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | Stoke-on-Trent,Staffordshire, England |
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| Labels | Warner Bros. |
| Members | Ryan Dooley Tom Crompton Arron Darlington Mike Davies |
| Past members | Will Heaney David Cartwright Jack Dooley |
All the Young (formerly called 'New Education') are a five-piecealternative rock band fromStoke-on-Trent, England. Founded by Ryan Dooley (singer/songwriter) & his younger brother Jack Dooley (bass/vocals/guitar).
Ryan and his brother Jack Dooley started to play at school talent shows at the age of 12 and 13 covering recent hits of the time by the likes ofOasis,Stereophonics andFeeder, before hitting the local venues under various guises. They were then picked up byWarner Brothers after recording 2 demos ‘Today’ & ‘Quiet Night In’ whilst under the name 5th Action, with producer Richard Turvey (Blossoms,Courteeners), a friend of the brothers and someone who mutually came from the Stoke music scene of the late naughties; and gave the band free studio time in order to use the demos as part of his degree at Liverpool LIPA. Recording through the night for free, after the final session the band got back to Stoke and split up as all members aside from Ryan and Jack left. The brothers decided to rename the project New Education, loaded the songs ontoMySpace and were contacted byWarner Bros to come and meet the label within 5 days. New Education cut their teeth on home soil, touring the UK for around a year before, most notably The Great Escape tour withThe Rifles in 2009 before changing the lineup again, and rebranding as All the Young when new drummer Will Heaney joined. Winning them a 6 album recording contract with14th Floor Records.
They've also played headline shows in the UK, Ireland, Holland, Switzerland, Germany, Poland, Iceland, Spain and Australia, and appeared at various major festivals such asV festival,Rockness,Hurricane Festival,The Great Escape Festival,Y Not Festival,iTunes Festival,British Summer Time (concerts) andWakestock. The band's music has also been used numerous times on television, including "Another Miracle" soundtracking Sky Sports coverage of the2010–11 Ashes series and "Welcome Home" being used on aPanorama about theYMCA in Stoke-on-Trent.
They released their debut albumWelcome Home in April 2012, which they recorded withGarth Richardson at his farm studios inVancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The album was mixed byRich Costey. It debuted at number 41 on theUK Albums Chart, peaking at number 32 during themidweek chart update, and birthed singles "The First Time" which was single of the week onRadio X on five separate occasions, "Welcome Home", "Quiet Night In", "The Horizon" and "Another Miracle".
"Quiet Night In" and "The Horizon" were both featured asZane Lowe's hottest record in the world onBBC Radio 1.Fearne Cotton also used "The Horizon" on her DIY DJ feature where a fan chooses a band and discusses them live on air.
The album was also named onXFM's 'Best Albums of 2012' list.[1]
On 25 July 2013, the band announced via their social media channels that drummer Will Heaney had left for personal reasons. Guitarist David Cartwright left shortly after.[2][3]
In December 2013, All the Young announced the single "You & I", released exclusively for theManchester United documentary filmThe Class of '92.
In March 2014, Ryan and Jack Dooley announced that they would be taking a break from All the Young for the "foreseeable future", citing their struggle to replace original members Will Heaney and David Cartwright as the main reason. Ryan went on to play as a solo artist, before forming his own band Faraday. Jack joined Big City Beach alongside Matt Bowman ofthe Pigeon Detectives.
On 14 April 2019, All the Young announced they would be playing a one off show atKeele University on 7 September of that year in memory of their late friend Jackson Cummings, with all proceeds going to North Staffs Mind charity. The show sold 1000 tickets and raised £8,000 for the charity, and after this success the band announced they had plans for gigs and new releases.
The band are now playing shows and recording their 2nd album with new producer Andy Gannon in Manchester, after the Covid pandemic had delayed their plans. It will be released in 2022 on a yet to be named new record label.
In December 2021 founding member Jack Dooley announced he was leaving All the Young.
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