Amici Forever

As of 2004, the band consists of:. Gough is a self-confessed Bruce Springsteen fan. The band have agreed to perform at the Classic response Tsunami Aid concert in the Royal Albert Hall on 31 March 2005 in aid of victims of the tsunami disaster. On January 31, 2001, he bought his own hat at a charity auction, raising £1,500 for a Kosovan children's charity. The album was nominated for "Album of the Year" at the Classical Brits to held at the Royal Albert Hall on May 26, 2004 and will be performing at the Awards. One Plus One is One, his fourth album, was released in 2004. The album has also reached number 2 on the Billboard Classical Crossover and Heatseeker charts and number one on the ARIA Australian classical album chart as well as top 5 in the . He also composed the soundtrack to the movie About A Boy (starring Hugh Grant), based on the Nick Hornby book of the same name. His third album, Have You Fed The Fish?, was released in 2002.

It was released on January 13, 2004 and has reached number 74 in the Billboard 200 album charts in 2004 and reached the top 50 of the ARIA Australian album charts. His 2000 album The Hour of Bewilderbeast won a prestigious Mercury Prize. Nick Patrick, who had produced albums by the Gipsy Kings, Tina Turner and Marvin Gaye produced the bands first album The Opera Band. In 2002, Q magazine named Badly Drawn Boy in their list of the "50 Bands To See Before You Die", although this was as part of a sub-list of "5 Bands That Could Go Either Way". Amici Forever signed with Arista and started playing high profile gigs such as the FA Cup final and the English rugby union final. The first seven-inch single, EP1 was pressed about a year later to critical acclaim, although only 500 copies were made. The band features two tenors, two soprano singers and a bass-baritone singer. His friends Scott Abraham and Damon Hayhurst were having a joint exhibition of their art work on the night and Votel was djing as part of the bar's first year of opening.

Tenor Geoff Sewell, originally from New Zealand, came up with the idea of an "opera band" mixing traditional opera with contemporary pop. The Twisted Nerve empire was later spawned after a chance meeting with Andy Votel at Generation X bar in Manchester. The members of Amici Forever met when rehearsing and performing at opera venues around the world. This was then laminated and given out to friends and people at clubs in Blackburn and Manchester. The bands first album The Opera Band released in 2004 has reached number one on the Australian classical charts, number 2 on the US classical charts and top 5 in the UK classical charts. Before he thought of using this name he made some 'business cards', each one unique, with a printed picture of a drawing his nephew had done, and a small collage which Damon did. Amici Forever is a band of five classically trained singers who mix opera with pop music. He was born Damon Gough in Manchester, England. Gough chose his stage name from a cartoon character that appeared on a TV cartoon show called Jamie and his Magic Torch, which was on TV at a party in Trafford, Manchester in 1995.

All Music Guide Amici Forever article (http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&uid=UIDMISS70311071654390588&sql=Brj9fs37wa3dg/). October 2, 1970) is a British independent singer/songwriter. Amici Forever web page (http://www.amiciforever.com/). Badly Drawn Boy (b. The Opera Band (2004). 2004 - One Plus One Is One. Nick Garrett (England (bass baritone). 2002 - Have You Fed the Fish?.

David Habbin (England) (tenor). 2002 - About a Boy. Geoff Sewell (New Zealand) (tenor). 2000 - The Hour of Bewilderbeast. Tsakane Valentine (South Africa) (soprano). Jo Appleby (England) (soprano).