Vega4

Infobox musical artist
Name = Vega4


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Origin = flagicon|ENG London, England
Genre = Rock Alternative rock Britpop
Years_active = 1999–2008
Label = Sony Records Universal Records Taste Media
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URL = [http://www.vega4.com Official website]
Past_members = Johnny McDaid - Vocals and Guitar Bryan McLellan - Drums Bruce Gainsford - Guitar Gavin Fox - Bass Simon Walker - Bass

Vega4 were a four-piece band formed in London. Johnny McDaid was the band's lead vocalist and was joined on guitar by Bruce Gainsford. Gavin Fox was the band's bassist while Bryan McLellan played the drums.

McDaid and Fox are from Ireland, McLellan is from Canada and Gainsford is from New Zealand. Vega4 was signed to Columbia Records in the UK, Epic Records in the USA, and produced one album, "You and Others" produced by Jacknife Lee (U2, Snow Patrol, Bloc Party). The band played at the 2006 SXSW festival.

Gavin Fox, formerly of the band Idlewild, joined Vega4 in December 2006 when bassist Simon Walker left.

Vega4 premiered in the US when its single "Life is Beautiful" was featured on the November 2, 2006 episode of Grey's Anatomy.

"Life Is Beautiful" was also recently featured on Episode 416, 'Prom Night At Hater High', of One Tree Hill.

"Life Is Beautiful" is also currently heard in the trailers for the new ABC dramedy Pushing Daisies.

"Life is Beautiful" was also heard in the second half of Season 2 premiere in Kyle XY's episode To C.I.R. with Love

"Life is Beautiful" was also heard in the pilot episode of the TNT drama Raising the Bar (TV series)

Vega4's song "You and Me", when it was used by RTÉ 2fm to re-launch the station's new look and lineup. The band completed its first U.S. tour on April 14, 2007 in San Diego, California. Vega4 had been touring with Augustana for the previous several weeks. The band is receiving much media attention in the U.S. with major radio support for "Life Is Beautiful" and the rumors of Gainsford's on-again, off-again romance with Scarlett Johansson.

Recent Developments

The band continued to tour and support other bands throughout 2007. In February 2008 they announced that the band was ending via their myspace blog. [For the Vega4 breakup announcement, visit their myspace page at [http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=2145727&blogID=357470057] ]

Discography

Albums

*"Satellites" (2001)
*"You & Others" (2006)

ingles

*"Sing" (2001)
*"Radio Song" (2001)
*"Love Breaks Down EP" (2002)
*"Drifting Away Violently EP" (2002)
*"Better Life EP" (2002)
*"You & Me" (2006)
*"Traffic Jam" (2006)
*"Life is Beautiful" (2007)
*"Tearing Me Apart" (radio only) (2007)

References

External links

* [http://www.vega4.com/ Official Site]
* [http://www.myspace.com/vega4 Vega4's MySpace site]
* [http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2007/01/22/vega4/ Vega4 performing at The Current]
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