Mytown

Mytown was an Irish boy band established in 1996 by members Danny O'Donoghue, Mark Sheehan, Terry Daly and Paul Walker. They released one album, the epomynous Mytown and had a number of singles before splitting up in 2001. Two of the prominent members of the band, namely Danny O’Donoghue and Mark Sheehan went on to form the pop rock band The Script alongside Glen Power. Their debut album was co-written by the band members.

Background

The band was first established in 1996, when Tony Dunne quit a successful boxing career. Tony was friends with Louis Walsh who put him in touch with Paul Walker. After a few meetings Tony and Paul recruited Mark Sheehan, who at the time was teaching hip-hop dancing at the now defunct Digges Lane performing arts school in Dublin. Sheehan introduced his friend Terry Daly, they decided that he would be perfect for the band. After touring around Ireland and England, they were played a showcase in the Mobius TV Studios, owned by Eamonn Maguire who was an old friend of Sheehan's. Maguire started to manage the band and after a short time had mortgaged his house, left his position as C.E.O. of The Mobius Group and started managing the band full-time. Maguire secured a coveted showcase at the EAT'M Conference in Las Vegas and in May 1998 the band flew out and successfully showcased at the MGM Grand there. Their lawyer, the most influential lawyer in music, Ken Hertz along with Maguire started negotiating one of the biggest deals in pop history for a new band. After the showcase in Vegas the band flew back to Dublin where immediately Tony Dunne left the band and Sheehan introduced a friend of his, Danny O'Donoghue, to Maguire. Within a week of this meeting O'Donoghue had joined the band and they flew to New York for their second showcase where they played for the famous Doug Morris, who turned to Maguire halfway through the first song and said "Welcome to the Universal Family". This was the start of the recording career of Mytown.

Mytown (organization)

Mytown, an acronym for Multicultural Youth Tour of What's Now, is a youth organization based in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, engaging young people in learning about and teaching others about the local history of their urban neighborhood.

History and mission

Mytown was founded in 1995 by Karilyn Crockett, with a mission to "use the process of sharing local history to empower young people and build appreciation of urban neighborhoods. Mytown believes that young people and communities can realize the power local history has in increasing youth activism and decreasing the stereotypes that stigmatize urban neighborhoods."

Since the organization's founding, mytown has trained nearly 300 low and moderate-income Boston teenagers in learning the history of their neighborhood, community and city. Once trained, members lead historical walking tours of Boston's neighborhoods to almost 10,000 Boston residents and visitors annually.

Founding idea

Founder Karilyn Crockett, as a young African American girl, felt disconnected from Boston, the city in which she was raised. She went on a walking tour of Roxbury and the South End, learning about the history of the Pullman Porters, Tent City Settlement, and about the many migrants and immigrants from around the world that had built and transformed Boston over 350 years. Crockett's tour was transformative; for the first time she felt that Boston was a place that she could call "my town."

Mytown (album)

Mytown is the 2000 eponymous debut studio album released by Irish boy band Mytown. The debut album was the only album released by the band before their break-up in 2001, with two of its members later going on to form the alternative rock band The Script. Four singles were released from the album: "Do It Like This", which was only released in Ireland, "Body Bumpin'", which was only released in the United States, "Now That I Found You", which was only released in the United States and Australia, and "Party All Night". Only the latter of these reached the UK Singles chart, peaking at No.22. Although the album was planned for release internationally, both the British and Irish releases never saw the light of day; and the album was only released in the United States and Australia. Both contain the same content, but carry different covers.

Track listing

Singles

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