JOSH TAYLOR is an 18-year-old Pop/Rock Singer/Songwriter with commercial appeal. Now the lead singer and front man for THE HARA a 3 piece band established on the 29th July 2017 he is currently touring the UK. Describing himself as the male version of Lady Gaga and a modern day Freddie Mercury/Robbie Williams he demonstrates the same charisma and showmanship that these incredibly iconic artists have. Somewhere on spectrum from One Direction, 5 Seconds of Summer, Twenty One Pilots to The 1975 they have their own youthful unique Pop Rock band sound.
Leaving full-time education in 2016 Josh continues to build a loyal fan base as a touring artist. In 2016 alone he completed six tours, including a 12-date tour with The Tide (Prestige Management) and two headline tours. Now with the band they have already hit the road touring and kicked off their UK headline tour, ONLY YOUNG (Oct 2017) having just established.
Selling tickets through social media marketing, Josh attracted hundreds of fans to each of his headline shows across the UK & Ireland (2016) selling out London, Birmingham and his hometown, Manchester. Earlier this year Josh joined Jessarae on his UK tour (Island Records UK/Modest Management).
Not only has Josh Taylor been extremely active and already very successful on the upcoming music scene, he managed to fit in two years of full-time education at different music colleges. From 2014/15 he studied a diploma course, Songwriting at the British Institute of Modern Music (BIMM) then went on to study at Access To Music on a first year university course (Level 4 Diploma) in Artist Development (2015/16). Both completed with a high-level Distinction.
Josh Taylor is also an accomplished Actor. Training with the Manchester School of Acting, (MSA) he has already achieved notable TV Credits including; Doctors (2014), and From Darkness – a British 4-part drama (2015) both for BBC1, and in 2016 he was commissioning by Coca Cola to front a new global Fanta campaign which was launched worldwide on TV, the Internet and other media. His latest commission with Coca Cola to continue with the Fanta brand has resulted in more filming in 2017.
Being a singer and an actor means that Josh Taylor is able to express himself and tell a story in a very unique and passionate way, both through his songwriting and presence on stage. He engages with his audience and he puts on a fantastic show, which his fans (new and old) always enjoy, praise him for and return to watch him again and again. The JT show and production just gets bigger and bigger! Currently, in the studio writing new material, 2017 is going to be an exciting year.