About Mike

Mike has been singing as long as he can remember. In fact, he started singing at the age of 8 when he was a chorister for five years, during which time he appeared in the movie Four Weddings and a Funeral and sang on various soundtracks including The Browning Version and The Ref. He won the solo singing category at the Beckenham Festival in 1997 and the Surrey Young Male Singer competition in 2001.

Mike studied music for four years at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, where he gained a scholarship and a bachelor of music honours degree. In 2004 at the same time as graduating Mike auditioned as a quarter of the vocal group G4 on the first ever series of the hit TV show The X Factor and this was to change his life forever. Four friends studying together ended up reaching the final of the live shows from 50,000 applicants.

G4 subsequently released three albums, which sold 1.5 million in the UK. Their debut album sold over 245,000 in its first week alone and was the fastest selling album of the year in the UK. They also released a Live at The Royal Albert Hall DVD, an autobiographical book G4: Our Way and completed five sell-out tours across the UK and Ireland, including a Cathedral Tour where they sang acoustically. Other G4 highlights included collaborating with Lesley Garrett, Robin Gibb, Stephen Gately and Sir Cliff Richard, performing in the The Royal Albert Hall more than a dozen times, and having the rollercoaster ride G-Force named after them, which they opened at Drayton Manor Theme Park. After three fantastic years together as a group, they decided to disband to enable them to have more time to pursue their own individual dreams.

Over the past five years Mike has made nearly one hundred TV appearances including Through The Keyhole, Blue Peter, This Morning - twelve times, The South Bank Show and Friday Night with Jonathan Ross. Recently Mike raised over £9,000 for charity by running the London Marathon and the Great South Run for Bowel Cancer UK, a charity close to his heart.

Currently Mike is singing, teaching, composing, performing and recording his debut solo album. His debut solo single Why Not Today can now be bought from this website. As well as the pop songs he writes, Mike is writing an opera with a self-penned story and libretto inspired by a discovery he made in his family tree. Following the big success of his Showstoppers Tour across the country in April and May this year, Mike is embarking on his first ever Summer Tour in July and August, which is going to Devon, Surrey, Birmingham, London and Manchester. You can buy tickets on this website by clicking here.

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