Barns Courtney
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
- 2017: The Attractions of Youth ( Virgin EMI , Universal )
- 2019: 404 ( Virgin EMI , Universal )
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
- ↑ Steve Holden: Barns Courtney: People underestimate the power of failure - BBC Newsbeat. In: BBC Newsbeat. September 29, 2017. Retrieved June 26, 2018 (UK English).
- ↑ SleeperCell's future's bright - but not orange. BBC , accessed June 26, 2018 (UK English).
- ↑ Download Festival 2012. In: Clashfinder.com. Retrieved June 26, 2018 .
- ↑ Steve Holden: Barns Courtney: People underestimate the power of failure. In: BBC Newsbeat. September 29, 2017. Retrieved June 26, 2018 (UK English).
- ^ Barns Courtney: The Best of What's Next . In: pastemagazine.com . ( pastemagazine.com [accessed June 26, 2018]).
- ↑ in conversation // Barns Courtney. In: slatethedisco.com. Retrieved June 26, 2018 (American English).
- ↑ How Bradley Cooper, Harvey Weinstein Helped Ignite Singer Barns Courtney's Rising Star on the Burnt Soundtrack. In: People.com. Retrieved June 26, 2018 .
- ↑ Barns Courtney SXSW 2016 Event Schedule. Retrieved June 26, 2018 .
- ^ Philip Kreikenbohm: WWE Extreme Rules 2017. In: cagematch.net Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved June 26, 2018 .
- ^ Matt Fowler: Netflix's Safe: Pilot Episode Review. In: IGN. May 11, 2018. Retrieved June 26, 2018 (American English).
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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 |