Barns Courtney

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Barns Courtney at the Haldern Pop Festival 2019

Barnaby George "Barns" Courtney (born November 17, 1990 in Ipswich ) is a British singer-songwriter and musician.

Life

Barns Courtney moved to Seattle with his family at the age of four and returned to the UK at 15. He first made a name for himself as the singer of the indie rock band SleeperCell, who took part in the Orange unsignedAct show on Channel 4 . He then joined Dive Bella Dive, who were signed to Island Records and played at the 2012 Download Festival . The band recorded material in Los Angeles for their first album, which was never released. Instead, Island Records released the band from their contract.

Barns Courtney then attempted a solo career, but the termination of his contract meant that he was homeless for a while. He survived in London as a cigarette seller and employee at PC World and was living with friends and acquaintances at that time.

In 2015 he was finally able to gain a foothold in the music industry. Glitter & Gold , his first single, was on BBC Introducing and played by Phil Taggert on BBC Radio 1 . In 2016 he was allowed to appear on BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend. The song also reached chart positions on Spotify and iTunes .

In 2015 Harvey Weinstein also decided to use his song Fire in John Wells' film Im Rausch der Sterne . The song reached chart positions in various Billboard special charts .

Courtney performed at the South by Southwest Music Festival in Austin, Texas in 2016 and was allowed to appear with Fire on Conan O'Brien's talk show Conan . He then opened for bands and artists as diverse as The Libertines , The Who , Ed Sheeran , Tom Odell and Fitz and the Tantrums . In 2016 his first extended play The Dull Drums was released . In 2017, the song Hellfire was used as the official theme song for the WWE Extreme Rules event .

Barn Courtney's debut album The Attractions of Youth was released on September 29, 2017 via Virgin EMI and Universal Records . In May 2018, Glitter & Gold was used as the theme song for the Netflix series Safe .

In 2018, various videos by Barns Courtney were put online together with LookMumNoComputer.

Discography

Albums

EPs

  • 2016: The Dull Drums (EMI)

Singles

  • 2015: Glitter & Gold
  • 2015: Fire
  • 2017: Golden Dandelions
  • 2017: Never Let You Down
  • 2017: kicks
  • 2018: Champion
  • 2019: 404

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Steve Holden: Barns Courtney: People underestimate the power of failure - BBC Newsbeat. In: BBC Newsbeat. September 29, 2017. Retrieved June 26, 2018 (UK English).
  2. ↑ SleeperCell's future's bright - but not orange. BBC , accessed June 26, 2018 (UK English).
  3. ↑ Download Festival 2012. In: Clashfinder.com. Retrieved June 26, 2018 .
  4. ↑ Steve Holden: Barns Courtney: People underestimate the power of failure. In: BBC Newsbeat. September 29, 2017. Retrieved June 26, 2018 (UK English).
  5. ^ Barns Courtney: The Best of What's Next . In: pastemagazine.com . ( pastemagazine.com [accessed June 26, 2018]).
  6. ↑ in conversation // Barns Courtney. In: slatethedisco.com. Retrieved June 26, 2018 (American English).
  7. ↑ How Bradley Cooper, Harvey Weinstein Helped Ignite Singer Barns Courtney's Rising Star on the Burnt Soundtrack. In: People.com. Retrieved June 26, 2018 .
  8. ↑ Barns Courtney SXSW 2016 Event Schedule. Retrieved June 26, 2018 .
  9. ^ Philip Kreikenbohm: WWE Extreme Rules 2017. In: cagematch.net Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved June 26, 2018 .
  10. ^ Matt Fowler: Netflix's Safe: Pilot Episode Review. In: IGN. May 11, 2018. Retrieved June 26, 2018 (American English).
personal data
SURNAME Courtney, Barns
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Courtney, Barnaby George
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British singer-songwriter and musician
DATE OF BIRTH 17th November 1990
PLACE OF BIRTH Ipswich