Andrew Strong

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Andrew Strong was born in November 1973 in Dublin into a musical family as his father Rob Strong was one of the most pioneering rock singers in the 70’s and is still remains active in the business today. Andrew got into the music at the age of 11 forming a band with school mates called “Perfect Stranger” in 1987. In 1989, he joined his second band “League of Nations”, again while still in school, playing mostly original material. In 1990, Andrew got a call from John Hughes (The Corr’s Manager) asking him to come in and sing for Alan Parker ….Parker liked what he heard and kept asking Andrew to come back to sing….. After a week he got a call from Casting Director John Hubbard congratulating him on getting the part of Deco Cuffe for the Commitments. 1991 The Commitments was released to critical acclaim with the sound track selling over 12 million copies. Andrew was nominated for a BAFTA AWARD For Best supporting role and also for a Grammy for his Contribution in the Commitments. Andrew has only ever performed with The Commitments after the movies premiere’s in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago & Dublin, also at a Bette Midler charity show at the Universal Amphitheater in Los Angeles, The Grammys & The David Letterman Show. Recently Andrew rejoined The Commitments to mark the 20th anniversary of the Film with 4 shows in Ireland finishing at the O2 arena to a sold out show of 13,000 people ………In total 24,000 people over 4 shows. In 1992, after the movie’s release, Andrew toured Europe, USA and Australia as there was a huge demand for in him to perform in these territories. This gave Andrew the time and experience to hone his craft as a live performer and get to see first hand how much his music and voice has touched so many people from around the world. Andrew toured…

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