V (band)

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V were a UK five-piece boy band consisting of:

Antony Brant, (born 18 January 1983)
Aaron Buckingham, (born 7 July 1983)
Mark Harle, (born 8 November 1983)
Kevin McDaid, (born 7 March 1984)
Leon Pisani, (born 25 December 1985)

One of the more promising Boy Bands to appear on the UK pop scene in recent years, the record company hype could sadly not deliver the goods. Lead singer Antony Brant came up with the band name "V" because V is the Roman numeral for five and there were five members in the band. V made their debut at the same time as McFly by supporting Busted's arena tour in the spring of 2004.

Their first single, "Blood Sweat & Tears", was released in May 2004 went into the official UK singles chart at number 6. The video was shot in Miami in February 2004 and the single contained a collaboration with their friends McFly, called "Chills in the Evening" written by Tom Fletcher from McFly and James Bourne from Busted. The band's second single, released in the August 2004, was a double A-side consisting of a new song "Hip To Hip" and a cover of the Jackson Five's song "Can You Feel It" (with a memorable video consisting of the band dressed as a double glazing salesman, ice cream man, postman, milkman and paperboy) and charted at number 5 in the UK official singles chart.

The third single, "You Stood Up" made #12 in the charts after a memorable appearance on Top of The Pops, but their debut album of the same name failed to reach the Top 75 album charts. In February 2005, V announced their decision to split on their website.

In August 2005, Mark Feehily of Westlife announced that he is gay and that he is currently in a relationship with V band member Kevin McDaid. In July 2006 another band member Aaron Buckingham , also announced he is gay in a guest column in Attitude Magazine.