About Matt Johnson - Uk Wedding Singer Being a musician and a performer is all I have ever known. I found out at a very early age that music would be my sole passion in life. Booking someone to perform at your wedding or event is a big decision. Hopefully by reading a little bit more about me you will believe that your special day will be in safe hands. My career started when I was 11 years old. My first love was musical theatre. I auditioned for a local amateur production of Oliver Twist. From that first moment on stage I was hooked. Quickly developing a thirst for performing I enrolled in a local drama group and started attending open auditions for stage productions both local and national. Musical theatre was a fantastic foundation for me as a performer and gave me the chance to craft my skills on stage. Musical highlights were playing The Artful Dodger alongside Russ Abbot & Gary Wilmot in the London Palladium production of Oliver Twist. I performed a principal role in the West End production of Les Miserables. I had the chance to perform a national tour in the West End production of ‘The Famous Five’, other shows included Scrooge, Blood Brothers and Peter Pan. Preforming for Queen Elizabeth was also a great honour I will not forget. When I reached 16 years old I decided to audition for the TV talent show ‘Popstars The Rivals’ on ITV1. I auditioned alongside 100,000 other applicants. After 6 months on Saturday night television I won a place in Pete Waterman’s boyband One True Voice. Just turning 17 years old I found myself on the same record label as Britney Spears & Justin Timberlake. The group went onto achieve three top ten hits in the UK including a number 2 and also achieved two further top ten hits in Ireland. I also managed to get my first UK Gold disc for achieving over half a million UK single sales. After a short run of success and time together, the band disbanded due to a member leaving. I went onto sign to BMG/SONY records. Over the past 10 years I have been lucky enough to have support slots and performed alongside or with ‘The Who’ ‘Westlife’ ‘Lulu’ ‘Keane’ ‘Madness’ ‘Mcfly’ to name a few. I have performed more than 2500 shows since I was 16. Performing at weddings and corporate functions is a dream job for me; I get the chance to interact with people as well as to earn a living for something I love doing and I am passionate about. _______ FOLLOW LIPSapp Classic Radio _______ FB: r-js/1vz7Pcz / TW: r-js/1kHd2Qt / Listen to LIPSapp Classic Radio r-js/1dOIQ18 #classicrock #rollingstones #ledzeppelin #santana #eagles #zztop #thewho #beatles #elvis #jimihendrix #dylan #acdc #michaeljackson #pinkfloyd #madonna #u2
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