Tyrone Noonan - vocals, keyboards, guitars, songwriting, arranging, programming, production. Current Australian recording/touring band: Josh Oakes - Guitars; AJ Hall - Bass;
Rich Seymour - Drums
Influences
John Lennon, Marvin Gaye, The Beatles, The Clash, Supergrass, Ray Charles, Al Green, Bobby Marley, The Doors, Led Zeppelin, AC/DC, David Bowie, The Police, Bob Dylan, Jeff Buckley, Squeeze, Crowded House, The Specials, Radiohead, Portishead, The Go-Betweens, The Smiths, Queen etc
Sounds Like
Classic, timeless pop/rock with soul.. Has been compared to The Beatles, Stereophonics, The Police, Lenny Kravitz, Keane, Crowded House, Jeff Buckley, Supergrass, Scissor Sisters and Jamiroquai .. oh and Jellyfish apparently
Tyrone will be moving to New York to further his solo career shortly after performing at his home state's major biennial music festival, The Queensland Music Festival, on July 25 2009 at historic Jimbour House with band and full orchestra. It will be the first time his whole family have performed on stage together, and has been designed to "highlight the extraordinary contribution made by the Noonan family to Queensland’s arts and cultural landscape". http://qmf.org.au/events/view/opera-at-jimbour
He will also perform a similar family show, but with an added multi-media component, in conjunction with the The National Film and Sound Archive in Canberra, Australia's capital cirty.
Tyrone has kept himself very busy since returning to Australia in late Feb 2009, performing a variety of shows, from solo, duo and trio to full band, along with performances from his jazz/latin/soul band Palimpsest.
Highlights include the The Brisbane Burlesque Ball, The Caxton Street Seafood and Wine Festival and the Australian Federal Government Budget Dinner in Canberra's Parliament House Great Hall.
London gigs 2009
Tyrone kicked off 2009 with an unplugged performance at The Cobden Club's music lover's night Hoochie Coochie Live on Wed Jan 7, a one-off featuring two members of his Australian band who were in London at the time.
He also continued his long-running Thursday night solo residency at Zilouf's in Islington after a short break over Xmas.
Tyrone's next performance was for the opening night of live music at The Liberties Bar, 100 Camden High Street, on Fri Jan 16, a warmly-received unplugged duo gig with Ian Smith on guitar, followed by another set at The Cobden Club's Hoochie Coochie Live on Wed Feb 11.
He returned to The Liberties Bar for a special Valentine's Day gig on Sat Feb 14, and performed his London farewell gig at Zilouf's on Thur Feb 19 with special guests.
Tyrone's website is now live!
Tyrone's new website has now gone live and features some great live videos, heaps of articles and reviews from the last few years and other goodies! check it out @ http://www.tyronenoonan.com
London Gigs 2008
Tyrone Noonan wowed fans and new converts alike as the headline act at Shepherd's Bush Walkabout on September 4 2008 as part of TNT Magazine's annual Month of Music series (see also link to TNT article in blog section).
Tyrone's next major London performance was alongside alongside legendary Aussie singer/performer Jimmy Barnes at the annual Toast Festival, a huge celebration of all things Australian, at Kensington Olympia on Friday September 26. It was also the debut performance for his new, kick-arse UK band. For more info visit http://www.toastfestivals.co.uk
Tyrone then performed at the awesome Hoochie Coochie Live @ The Cobden Club (W10) on October 15, the classic 12 Bar Club in Denmark St (unplugged) on October 28, the Half Moon's respected Monday Night Unplugged on November 3 (Putney), the legendary Dublin Castle (Camden) on November 16 (full band), his first London full band headline show on November 26 at the 12 Bar Club, a blinding full band show at Camden's Purple Turtle on December 11, and finishing off with a hot trio gig at Zilouf's in Islington on New Year's Eve.
Q Song Awards
Tyrone Noonan, who co-fronted No.1-charting, double-platinum selling, ARIA
award-winning Australian band george, won a coveted Q Song Award at the annual presentation night on August 12. The Q Song Awards are the premier songwriting awards for Tyrone's home state of Queensland, Australia. Tyrone won the "Gospel/Spiritual" category for "The Family Song" from his upcoming debut solo album I Believe.
Tyrone has now relocated to London to pursue his solo career, armed his world-class debut solo album, produced in the US with Prince protege Paul Peterson (aka St Paul) and Grammy-winning engineer Steve Hodge.
I Believe
Take the sunniest day you've ever had, rock out like you never have before
while singing the most honest truths you have ever uttered at the top of your
lungs and you're well on your way to realising the potential of the forthcoming
album from singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Tyrone Noonan.
I Believe is the name of the long-awaited and much anticipated full-length
debut from Noonan, on which he activates the potential promised on his most
recent release, Heavy Soul Part 1.
Encapsulating that timeless sound - a flawless mix of English, American
and Australian influences - I Believe is a record of international proportions
with limitless capabilities, fusing an evocative combination of rock, pop, soul,
funk and reggae.
As co-vocalist, keyboardist, guitarist and composer for george, one of Australia's
most beloved bands of recent times, it would have been easy for Noonan to rest
on his laurels - after all he does know how it feels to sit at the apex of the
Australian music industry, to win an ARIA award, to represent his country at
L.A.'s Musexpo, to play in front of a TV audience of billions (Rugby World Cup)
and of course what it takes to support international superstars like Macy Gray,
Jewel and Tori Amos.
Instead he decided to walk the path of an independent artist on his debut mini-album
Heavy Soul Part One, opening more than a door or two along the way by demonstrating
an impressive, fresh direction that earned him several accolades and a plethora
of new fans.
The fully realised craftsmanship of the songs on I Believe pick up where the
previous six tales of lost love and starting over left us, marrying artfully-created
radio-rock with deeply personal and confronting lyrics that create the dream
relationship.
The self-financed record was co-produced by Paul Peterson (Prince, Stevie Wonder,
Steve Miller, Lionel Richie, The Beach Boys etc), mixed by Steve Hodge (Grammy
winning-producer, Flyte Tyme Studios Chief Engineer 1986-2003 - Janet and Michael
Jackson, TLC, George Michael etc) and mastered by Greg Calbi (David Bowie, John
Lennon, Bruce Springsteen, Paul Simon, The Ramones etc).
In a nutshell, I Believe is a triumph! It will truly challenge the shelf-life
of anything else out there.
For further information please contact Tyrone's Ausralian manager Tony Quinn (Eligible Music
Management).
email: tony@eligiblemusic.com.au
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We have our next mini-festival at 93 Feet East on Saturday 25th July with an amazing line-up along with our usual Burlesque, performance art and Electro DJ’s.
Tickets are only £6 adv. Check out the ticket link below. See you there.
"Also hugely enjoyable, highly original AND psychically useful is the
music of Australian duo The Scrapes, whose fiery epic guitar and
abandoned Mithraic fiddle pieces evoke images of lost Keltic lands
inundated by the oceans, lost Iberian & Armorican sea peoples and
lost times from beyond the beyond." Julian Cope
Come out THURSDAY 28th MAY to 'UNPLUGGED @ THE BASEMENT' for Ryan Murphy & Band's LAST GC SHOW FOR 09...
Ryan is off to Melbourne for the rest of 09 on an amazing writing & gigging venture..WHO AGENCIES wishes Ryan all the very best and will continue to support Ryan with all the amazing ventures that are to come.
In saying this WHO AGENCIES would love to personally invite you to have the chance to come and support an amazing local musician and show him how well the GC appreciates his music.. so come to the FInal Kiss Good Bye Show @ Unplugged @ The Basement ( we will have a treat at the front door for you upon entry...)
Greetings Tyrone from America... It is a pleasure to meet you, and thank you for including me among your friends. Your Music Is Great! If you have the time, please listen to my tunes, and share your thoughts. All the best to you, Bobby Snard ♫♫♫♫♫♫
Hey Ty, its Jess here. We spoke on the phone last year re: the Melbourne Jeff Buckley tribute ? Just wanted to pop in and see how you are. How's London been? I'm sure wherever your playing you are leaving them breathless.. I'll keep an eye on your websites, and hope to catch you in person sometime. Wishing you peace and love, and all the success you deserve. Keep rockin'!! Cheers, jess :)
Hey hey good seeing ya...randomly at the bus station...ha hah! Yeah just got back from my Project Runway audition...aaarrrgghh! Hope i get in..find out this week...Hope ya well...Living in Paddo...we should catch up if ya around!
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