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rish trio The Script have enjoyed one hell of a musical apprenticeship. A few years ago, they arrived in LA armed only with some tentative connections and shedloads of burning ambition. They followed up their multi-platinum, eponymous debut album with Science & Faith. The band hit The O2 in March on their first ever arena tour. We chatted with drummer and multi-instrumentalist from the band, Glen Power. What are you doing now? We were shooting a video today and I had some free time this afternoon, so I went to the gym. I’ve only just started going, but playing more and more on stage takes it toll, and you have to prepare yourself for the physical challenge of going out there and playing every night. It’s not like when we first started, we’d go on the road without any preparation.
How are you feeling about your upcoming UK arena tour? We can’t wait, it’s going to be phenomenal. We’ve learnt so much touring the world and we’ve been lucky enough to go to some amazing places, like Australia and New Zealand. After being a support act for so long, it’s great to finally have our own live show. We’ve earned it and want our fans to experience it. They won’t be disappointed!
The Performance will be held at the o2 on 26 March Tickets are available via telephone on 0844 856 0202 or visit www.theo2.co.uk/venue
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recording. We’re lucky because Danny, Mark and I still have a really strong creative chemistry. Songs come quite easily for us, but Science & Faith is really an argument for love conquering all in the face of doubt. Is it fair to say that a lot of your songs are about relationship angst? Yeah, our music’s a snapshot of our lives and we went through a lot of crap while writing it. Our songs definitely reflect that. Obviously sometimes we pretend, though! Through all the songs on the album there’s a strong message of hope. Do you get many fans writing in to say they’ve experienced the same? It’s mad, the bulk of the people who approach us on the street or in a restaurant have got a story about what one of our songs meant to them. It’s quite hard to get used to. One guy told us he’d just got back from the Gulf and our song Before The Worst meant so much to him, because his wife had cheated with his best mate when he was away. It was a terrible story and you think, what do I say?
Were you pleased to have sold out The O2 Dublin in less than 40 minutes? That was unbelievable. It was the moment I realised how things had changed for us and how far we’d come. To have that support from Irish fans especially, in our home town – it was just incredible.
During your time in LA, you managed to work with many of the top R&B producers. How did you end up meeting them? We just pursued our heroes and a lot of it was the gift of the gab. I swear to God it was the Irish charm! We’d find out which parties they were going to, work out if we had a friend in common, and talk ourselves into that situation so we could meet them. Hustling was a huge part of our growth as artists – it played as big a part as the time we spent in the studio.
Was working on second album Science & Faith a challenge after the 1.8 million selling self-titled global smash of a début? To be honest, we just got on with the writing and
What can fans expect from your show at The O2? We’ve developed the live show so much in terms of production, and we’re all training hard for a really amazing night! n