{"id":8317,"date":"2011-04-13T05:04:39","date_gmt":"2011-04-13T05:04:39","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2011-04-13T05:04:39","modified_gmt":"2011-04-13T05:04:39","slug":"Scripting-Their-Way-to-Success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/?p=8317","title":{"rendered":"Scripting Their Way to Success"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>For Glen Power of The Script, having no goal as a musician is like going into the forest with a bow and arrow blindfolded trying to hit trees.  &#8220;You need to take the blindfold off, see the tree and go, &#8216;I want that&#8217;, and then climb over everything to get there&#8221; said the drummer.  Clearly, The Script knew their script, making a name for themselves some three years after getting together.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The three-piece band with Danny O&#8217;Donoghue (vocals and keyboard), Glen Power (drummer) and Mark Sheehan (guitar) started out at little clubs as the band slowly made their way to the top.  <strong>They have even been asked to be the opening acts for performers such as &#8216;Take That&#8217;, Paul McCartney and &#8216;U2&#8217; (the other famous Irish band that rose from Dublin) on top of having their own tours.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>The Script &#8211; Breakeven<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"480\" height=\"390\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/A6lR6YmgSY0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>The Script &#8220;For The First Time&#8221;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"480\" height=\"390\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uf-tGXJtCps\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>The band, with around 2 million worldwide sales of their debut album, decided to make a stop at &#8220;hot and sticky&#8221; Singapore, playing at Fort Canning Park on Tuesday.  Constantly in touch with fans online, the lads later tweeted that Singapore had &#8220;the loudest crowds (they\u2019ve) played to in a long time\u2026 you made us so proud&#8221;.  &#8220;Yes, we are very much in touch with our online activity with our Twitter, MySpace and all that stuff and we saw a lot of activity online from Singapore, all our fans asked us to come here\u201d said Power, of the group\u2019s decision to include Asia after touring Ireland, England and Australia.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>THE SCRIPT &#8211; WE CRY<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"480\" height=\"390\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zoe00rmEAQA\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.channelnewsasia.com\/stories\/entertainmentfeatures\/view\/1122559\/1\/.html\" title=\"SOURCE\">SOURCE<\/a><br \/>\n<!--break--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For Glen Power of The Script, having no goal as a 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