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Infobox musical artist| name = Mikey Graham| image = Mikey Graham and Ronan Keating.jpg| caption = Mikey Graham (right) with Ronan Keating (left)| landscape = yes| background = solo_singer| birth_name = Michael Christopher Charles Graham| birth_date = Birth date and age|df=y|1972|8|15| birth_place = Raheny , County Dublin , Republic of Ireland|Ireland | death_date =| death_place =| occupation = Musician, singer-songwriter, actor, music producer| genre = Pop music|Pop | years_active = 1993–present Michael Graham (born Michael Christopher Charles Graham , 15 August 1972) - also known as Mikey Graham http://www.independent.ie/national-news/that-day-i-cried-and-cried-like-never-before-and-i-couldnt-stop-1713466.html 'That day, I cried and cried like never before and I couldn't stop' - is an Irish people|Irish singer - songwriter , actor and music Record producer|producer , best known as a member of pop music|pop group Boyzone , and in 2010 he was a contestant on Dancing on Ice .
Early life
The youngest of seven children, Graham was born to housewife Sheila and carpenter William, and raised on the Northside Dublin|Northside of Dublin with five older sisters and one older brother. http://musicmoz.org/Bands_and_Artists/B/Boyzone/Members/Graham,_Mikey/ bio He attended Billie Barry Stage School in Dublin http://www.billiebarrystageschool.ie/ Billie Barry and started his life in the public eye at an early age, appearing in television adverts for Mikado biscuits and the Irish Electricity Board, T-Mobile. Like his bandmate Shane Lynch , Graham had worked as a mechanic before finding fame as a singer; http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv-entertainment/dancing-on-ice/2010/01/12/mikey-graham-profile-10-things-you-need-to-know-about-the-dancing-on-ice-star-115875-21962505/ Mikey Graham profile: 10 things you need to know about the Dancing On Ice star Lynch has stated in an interview that during the early days of Boyzone, he and Graham had a heated argument over exhaust pipe s and did not speak to each other for fifteen years. http://www.nowmagazine.co.uk/celebrity-news/439072/shane-lynch-i-had-15-year-rift-with-mikey-over-exhaust/1/ Shane Lynch: I had 15 year rift with Mikey over exhaust
Boyzone
Main|BoyzoneIn 1993, Graham - who had previously been a member of the band Ivory - http://www.mikey-graham.co.uk/mikey/biography.htm Mikey Graham Website auditioned to be a member of a new boyband which would later be known as Boyzone, where he sang Meat Loaf 's " Two Out of Three Ain't Bad ". Although he was not chosen as part of the final line-up, manager Louis Walsh changed his mind after firing two members for their lack of commitment. http://aditimukherjee.tripod.com/tthistory.htm BOYZONE HISTORY
Graham gained a reputation as 'the quiet one' in the band. However, despite their success, he felt that Boyzone's pop-styles did not give him a chance to expand his own musical taste which included Rock music|rock and Folk music|folk . ("Creatively and musically, what I wanted to do personally wasn't what was required for the band's product, so that suppression of what I wanted led to low self-esteem.") http://www.walesonline.co.uk/showbiz-and-lifestyle/music-in-wales/2009/05/29/boyzone-s-mikey-graham-on-his-battle-with-depression-91466-23737809/ Boyzone's Mikey Graham on his battle with depression Following Boyzone's split in 2000, he sank into depression, but gradually recovered. During his break from Boyzone, he trained as an actor in America, and studied Music Technology and Sound Production after his solo career as a singer failed. http://www.thisiscroydontoday.co.uk/news/Star-Interview-Mikey-Graham-Boyzone-chats/article-1172719-detail/article.html Mikey Graham from Boyzone chats to go!
In 2007, Boyzone reunited, completed a 29-date reunion tour, and released their comeback single on 29 September 2008, Love You Anyway, which was followed by a Greatest Hits album entitiled Back Again... No Matter What released on 13 October 2008
Film, Panto and Television appearances
In 1998 Graham broke into acting when he played Mikey Oprano the leader of a drugs gang in the full length Irish martial arts film Fatal Deviation , a low-budget cult film produced and set in Trim, County Meath|Meath .
Graham appeared in the 2008 low budget Irish feature film Situations Vacant written by Steve Murray and directed by Lisa Mulcahy who is best known for directing Irish Television drama The Clinic,cite web|url= http://www.sundayworld.com/showbiz/brunker-meets.php? aid=3726|title=AMANDA MEETS... FAIR CITY STAR SAM CORRY|date=|work=Sunday World|accessdate=2010-02-23 and was also among the ten Irish actors who appeared on the RTÉ reality show Hollywood Trials http://www.rte.ie/tv/hollywoodtrials/ Hollywood Trials
On the BBC TV programme Something for the Weekend (2000s BBC TV series)|Something For The Weekend , Graham's bandmate Ronan Keating let slip that Graham would be taking part in the fifth series of Dancing on Ice (UK)|Dancing on Ice , starting in January 2010. On the show he was paired with professional skater Melanie Lambert, but were voted off on March 7 in a skate-off with Daniella Westbrook and her partner Matt Gonzalez.cite web|url= http://www.people.co.uk/news/tm_headline=mikey-graham-i-m-doing-dancing-on-ice-for-my-pal-stephen-gately& method=full& objectid=21805895& siteid=93463-name_page.html|title=Mikey Graham: I'm doing Dancing on Ice for my pal Stephen Gately|date=2009-11-08|work=People.co.uk|accessdate=2010-02-23 On participating, Graham has described his training as therapy which has helped him come to terms with the death of his bandmate Stephen Gately , who had participated in the show two years earlier. http://www.mirror.co.uk/celebs/news/2010/01/04/dancing-on-ice-boyzone-s-mikey-graham-says-training-was-therapy-over-stephen-gately-s-death-115875-21942435/ Dancing On Ice: Boyzone's Mikey Graham says training was 'therapy' over Stephen Gately's death
In February 2010 it was announced that Graham would be participating in Eurosong 2010 , Ireland's final to select their Eurovision Song Contest entry. He performed the self-penned song "Baby,There's Nothing Wrong" on March 4 on RTÉ One, attempting to achieve an eighth victory for Ireland in the competition, but placed second, losing out to Eurovision 1993 winner Niamh Kavanagh .cite news|url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/8510784.stm|title=Boyzone star Mikey Graham in Eurovision glory bid |date=2010-02-11|work=BBC News|accessdate=2010-02-23|first=Conor|last=Spackman http://www.eurovision.tv/page/news? id=12203& _t=Niamh+returns+to+Eurovision+stage+for+Ireland Niamh returns to Eurovision stage for Ireland
Personal life
Graham and Karen Corradi married in August 2004 with their daughter Hannah, from a previous engagement, and Sienna Nicole (born March 2006).
Discography
:''For Mikey Graham's releases with Boyzone, see ''' Boyzone discography|Boyzone's discography
http://www.mikeygrahamfans.co.uk/ Mikey Graham Fans- Website for Michael Graham fans
http://forum.mikeygrahamfans.co.uk/ Mikey Graham Fans. The Forum - Forum for Michael Graham fans
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