The Coronas

This article is about the Irish band. For the Eurodance band, see Corona (band). For other topics, see Corona (disambiguation).

The Coronas
The Coronas performing in 2016
The Coronas performing in 2016
Background information
OriginTerenure, Dublin, Ireland
GenresRock
Indie
Alternative
Years active2003–present
Labels3ú Records, Island Records[1][2]
MembersDanny O'Reilly
Conor Egan
Graham Knox
Past membersDave McPhillips
Websitewww.thecoronas.net

The Coronas are an Irish rock band that originated in Dublin. They release their music by their own independent record label, 3ú Records, and are based between Dublin and London. They have released seven studio albums, Heroes or Ghosts (2007), Tony Was an Ex-Con (2009), Closer to You (2011) The Long Way (2014), Trust The Wire (2017), True Love Waits (2020) Time Stopped (2022).

Three of the band's members - Danny O'Reilly, Graham Knox and Conor Egan - met at Terenure College where they formed a band called Kiros with a friend. The band split and then reformed as Corona, later changing the name to The Coronas to avoid any confusion with the Italian dance outfit. The first album brought them widespread popular acclaim with songs such as, Heroes or Ghosts and San Diego Song. Tony Was an Ex-Con received Best Irish Album at the 2010 Meteor Awards, beating Snow Patrol's Up To Now and U2's No Line on the Horizon among others. Closer to You was released in 2011, and was the band's first UK release, later in 2012. In November 2014, the band's debut album with Island Records, The Long Way was released.[5]

  1. ^ "Home". Island Records. Retrieved 5 April 2017.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference IrishmanAbroad was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Danny & Mammy But No Whitmore..." ShowBiz Ireland. 10 November 2011. Retrieved 10 November 2011.
  4. ^ "Coronas star misses own party for a night with mum". Evening Herald. 25 July 2011. Archived from the original on 12 September 2012. Retrieved 25 July 2011.
  5. ^ Dixon, Carl (21 May 2012). "College boy with success in his sights". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 5 April 2017.