Videos Happy 50th Birthday to the cheekiest and most backflippin’ member of 911…. The one and only SPIKE 🎂🥳🍻 Welcome to the 50’s club, it only gets better from here! It’s been a fun weekend of gigs and celebration 🎉 🍾 We love ya Spikey, keep being you ❤️ August 5, 2024
Photos HAPPY 50th BIRTHDAY to my bestie Potty aka Stuart 🥳 An absolute gem of a human who I’ve known since we were 4 years old! Few facts about Stuart: 🎉 Gets drunk on 2 shandy’s 🍻 🎉 Loves Kylie, Erasure, NKOTB & all things cheesy pop 🥳 🎉 Supports Liverpool (booo 👎🏻) 🎉 Likes to dress up as Superman 🎉 Knows 911 dance routines 🎉 Loves a Dad dance Potty is a kind soul, not a bad bone in his body, has a heart of gold and he’s like a brother, we’ve got each others back ❤️ Enjoy your 50th Potty 🎉🎂🎁🎈x July 20, 2024
Photos 29 years ago today 911 was officially launched at the Pagoda nightclub in Carlisle. No record deal, no money, no big songwriters, no big agents, just a small team of driven and passionate people who believed in the project as much as we all did. When I met Steve Gilmour our manager in Feb 1995, he said, if we make it, which is a very long shot, it may last one year, two max! I said I’d quit my job at Hollywood Bowl and move to Glasgow and go for it as I was a risk taker! Spike & Jimmy were already performing as dancers around the UK on big roadshows for radio stations back then and had built up a really good fan base who loved what they could do on stage. We all moved into Steve’s house in Glasgow and we all didn’t have a clue what to do or how to get noticed. But with determination of all our team and our desire to do all of the ground work and hundreds of gigs for nothing to build our fanbase, we started to create a stir in the pop industry. Who are these 3 guys who don’t have a record deal or big money behind them but are selling out their own shows! We released two singles on our own independent record label and to the amazement of the record industry we had two UK top 40 hits, one a cover version that reached No.38 and our second single, an original song from a new Scottish writer, which reached No.21! Eventually on my birthday 27th Sept 1996, Virgin Records signed us and we released our third song but first on a major label, which reached No.10! A run of ten consecutive top 10 hits followed (the only 4 other British acts in the 90s to do that were Steps, Oasis, George Michael & Take That) I am so proud of the success we had that we are still around doing big shows and selling out our own shows 29 years later. Nothing was handed to us on a plate, we worked our arses off and had to fight for everything, we still do, we never gave up. Last year we had a huge hit with I Do, unbelievable! When you and a great team believe in the project, along with amazing fans, big things can happen! Any memories you have to share, drop them in the comments below and thanks for all your support to me, Spike & Jimmy ❤️x June 18, 2024
Videos Dressing room to arena stage 😃 We’re trying to keep up with the trends 😂 Great gigs this weekend at the arenas in Bognor & Minehead for the 90s Rewind weekenders! Thanks for being great crowds ❤️ #90s #boyband #911band #jimmyConstable #leebrennan #spikedawnbarn #lovesensation #butlinsbigweekenders #90srewind #bognor #minehead June 16, 2024
Videos It’s always so good to catch up with our brother Duc Phuc whenever we travel to Vietnam. If you didn’t know, we did a collaboration with @nguyenducphuc_ in Feb 2023 with our song I Do, which became a No.1 on Spotify, ITunes, Billboard & Apple Music over there and has had nearly 70 million YouTube views so far 🤯 It was so great to perform the song with Duc Phuc again on stage at liveshow “Retro-Giao hoa cam xuc”. We couldn’t miss the chance to do a cheeky little video before our performance ❤️ #boyband #911band #viettel #viettelmedia #jimmyConstable #leebrennan #spikedawnbarn #liveshow #ido #ducphuc #vietnam #hanoi June 15, 2024
Videos Thank you Vietnam, you’re amazing! We love you! #911boyband #leebrennan #jimmyconstable #spikedawbarn #vietnam #boyband #livemusic #liveshow #90smusic #westlife June 7, 2024
Photos Another Summer out in sunny Hanoi for# me, Spike & Jimmy 😎☀️A big thank you to the Novotel team for making us feel at home ❤️ #novotelhanoi #novotelhanoithaiha #hanoi #vietnam #911boyband #leebrennan #jimmyconstable #spikedawbarn #hotel #ido June 4, 2024
Videos Be a radio presenter they said… 😂 The joys of me trying to remember what I gotta say whilst also trying to retire my perfectionism 🤦🏻♂️😂 CRFM – Tune into The Pop Rewind tonight from 7-10pm with me for loads of bangers from the 80s, 90s & 00s! Listen here www.yourcrfm.co.uk #carlisle #crfm May 10, 2024
Photos Just announced! Can’t wait to be back in Vietnam on 4th & 5th of June as special guests of Westlife on their “The Hits Tour” See you there! Tickets on sale Monday 13th May at ticketbox.vn. #boyband #911official #westlife #hanoi #vietnam #ido #emdongy May 9, 2024
Photos Testing, testing 1,2! Join me at 7pm until 10pm for my debut as a radio presenter on 102.7 CRFM 🫣😂😎🙌🏻 I’ve always wanted to do some radio and I think it’s so important to push ourselves out of our comfort zone and challenge ourselves, even when the voice in your head is telling you that you wont be able to do it 👊🏻 Feel the fear and do it anyway! I’m really grateful and so excited to have been asked to present my own show called Pop Rewind, playing 80s, 90s & 00s pop and dance hits! It’s been an amazing week with the launch of CRFM on Monday and I really believe this local radio station will be a huge success. Thank you to all the team for welcoming me and let’s get behind our local station 🫡 You can listen by downloading the CRFM app or you can listen at www.yourcrfm.co.uk I hope you enjoy the show 🤩 be kind, it’s my first one 😘 April 19, 2024
Photos GOOD LUCK CRFM! It’s a special day for Carlisle today! After 4 years in the making, the brand new community radio station 102.7 CRFM is now LIVE! Catch my show The Pop Rewind every Friday from 7-10pm, starting this Friday 19th April. Listen now on www.yourcrfm.co.uk You can also listen on the CRFM app or on Alexa! #crfm #crfmradio #carlisle #cumbria April 15, 2024
Photos Anyone recognise this place?! Did you visit my Mam when I was away with 911 back in the day? Did you catch me when I was home? Great memories, good times 🙌🏻 ❤️ April 6, 2024