ARTIST · POP / ROCK

The Script

Earnest Irish brogue over piano-stomp rises—three-minute interventions for cracked screens everywhere.

Pop rock
Alternative rock

Updated 27 October 2026

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Biography

The Man Who Can’t Be Moved turned street-corner loyalty metaphor into global slow-dance.

Science & Faith widened lyrical scope while keeping radio lift.

Dublin work ethic shows in polished productions and relentless touring.

High-bitrate streams reveal sidechain pulses, acoustic strum layer, and vocal doubles.

Danny O’Donoghue and Mark Sheehan met in Dublin and worked as songwriters and producers in the US before forming The Script with Glen Power. The Script (2008) included The Man Who Can’t Be Moved and Breakeven, which became hits in the UK and US.

Science & Faith (2010), #3 (2012), and No Sound Without Silence (2014) followed. O’Donoghue was a coach on The Voice UK. Mark Sheehan died in April 2023.

The Script: recent news, 2020–2026

2023 Guitarist and co-founder Mark Sheehan died in April at the age of 46.

Interesting facts about The Script

01 Irish rock band formed in Dublin in 2001; Danny O’Donoghue is lead vocalist.
02 The Script (2008) included We Cry and The Man Who Can’t Be Moved.
03 Breakthrough single The Man Who Can’t Be Moved reached high UK and US Adult Pop chart positions.
04 Danny O’Donoghue was a coach on The Voice UK.
05 Mark Sheehan died in 2023.