| Avenue | |
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| Origin | London, South East, UK |
| Genres | Pop R&B |
| Years active | 2006–2009 |
| Labels | Island Records |
| Associated acts | McFly |
| Past members | |
| Max George Jonny Lloyd Scott Clarke Ross Candy Jamie Tinkler Andy Brown |
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Avenue were a boy band on the British TV show The X Factor, but were banned from participation for having been specifically formed for the competition and having professional representation.[1][2][3] They continue to proclaim their innocence.[4] After leaving The X Factor, they continued together as a musical act and had brief success with the single "Last Goodbye". After the split up, Max George went on to become a member of the successful boyband The Wanted.
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Jamie Tinkler was born in Linthorpe in 1981. He had already applied in 2003 to series 2 of Pop Idol and had reached the qualifying semi-finals but had not made it to the Final 12. Jamie Tinkler became instead a member of the band Pop! composed of Glenn Ball, Hannah Lewis, and Jade McGuire in addition to Tinkler. The group was put together in the summer of 2003 when they were signed by Pete Waterman.[5] They released three singles on the Sony/BMG record label, but disbanded in early 2005, due to poor record sales. Jamie joined Avenue after the split of Pop! applying for The X Factor.
Max George was born in 1988 grew up with his family in Manchester [6] Before music, he had been a football player with Preston North End and on the verge of signing a two-year deal with them.[7] But because of an accident he had dropped his sport dreams to join Avenue and apply for auditions in The X Factor. Ater the unfortunate break up of the band he joined the successful chart topping boyband The Wanted. George is also now engaged to Michelle Keegan.
Avenue took part in the UK The X Factor, a reality talent show on ITV Network, produced by Simon Cowell. The members Max George, Jonathan (Jonny) Lloyd, Scott Clarke, Ross Candy and Jamie Tinkler auditioned in 2006 to the 3rd series[8] of UK's The X Factor, singing an a cappella version of "Leave Right Now", a song by Will Young. They made it through bootcamp landing in the final 4 in Louis Walsh's category. But after Walsh discovered that Jonathan Lloyd, Jamie Tinkler, Max George, Scott Clarke and Ross Candy were already on a management deal, he disqualified them from the competition,[9] giving Eton Road a chance instead.
After disqualification from X Factor competition, Avenue were signed by Crown Music Management and won an album deal with Island Records. There was also a membership change with Jamie Tinkler leaving and being replaced by Andrew Brown, after Tinkler decided to join the indie rock band Baxter.[10]
Avenue released their debut single "Last Goodbye", which reached number 50 on the UK Singles Chart.[11] The song features on the compilation albums Floorfillers Clubmix and Dance Mania Party. During 2008, Avenue supported fellow boyband McFly on their Radio:active Tour and a February 2009 tour was planned, but later cancelled.
Their follow up single was going to be "Can You Feel It?", but a commercial release was cancelled and it was distributed free on music service 7digital. In 2008, while still a member of Avenue, Max George appeared nude on cover of British magazine AXM in support of cancer research in AXM's "Naked Issue".[12]
The band split up in April 2009 [13]
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