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The Danny Script O’Donoghue (singer) are the hottest new Mark 2 The newest / The most famous rock band from Ireland. Sheehan pop group from Dublin is U2. (guitar Glen player) Power THE CROWN (drummer) INTERVIEW CROWN: Where did you grow up? Danny: We grew up in a poor 3 Dublin is the biggest / the smallest DUBLIN part of Dublin, near the city in Ireland. Guinness1 factory.

CROWN: What was life like? What did kids do in that part of Dublin? Danny: Most of them played CROWN: Great! What did CROWN: And now you live in football and got into trouble*. you do there? London and tour* the world? Mark: They stole cars, the usual Mark: It wasn’t very exciting! Mark: Yes, we live in London but stuff*. Our love of music saved us. We just made tea and helped in the Dublin is our home. studio. We lived in a CROWN: Did your teachers horrible house with cockroaches* THE SCRIPT encourage* you to be inside and gun fights in the Names: musicians? street outside. Danny Danny: No, they said, “You can be Danny: Then Glen came from O’Donoghue, 4 We don’t like the weather in Dublin. an electrician or a plumber*.” Ireland and joined us. He is the best Mark Sheehan and Glen Power Ireland is the wettest / the sunniest Mark: We said we wanted to be drummer! We started The Script. Come from: Dublin, Ireland country in Europe - it’s always raining. musicians. But they laughed at us. CROWN: Why did you return Songs: We Cry, The Man Who CROWN: You went to America to Ireland? Can’t Be Moved and For The 5 The Spire is the smallest / the tallest when you finished school. How Mark: My mother was ill. And a few First Time monument in Dublin. It is 120 metres high. did that happen? months later, Danny’s father died Cool moment: The Script Danny: The manager of U2 heard suddenly. designed their own level for our music. He liked it and got jobs Danny: That was a bad time. Music the new PlayStation game, ✱WORDWISE ● to get into trouble – mettersi nei guai ● the usual stuff – siamo alle solite ● to encourage – incoraggiare for us in a studio in Los Angeles. helped us in our darkest moments. LittleBigPlanet. ● plumber – idraulico ● cockroach – scarafaggio ● to tour – fare una tournée

1. Guinness is a traditional Irish drink. It is a very strong beer!