1. Daniel Merriweather is in a relationship with lawyer Coleen Mensa from 2017.
28 Facts About Daniel Merriweather
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Daniel Paul Merriweather was born the eldest of three boys to teacher parents, and grew up in the Melbourne suburb of Sassafras in the Dandenong Ranges.
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Daniel Merriweather's maternal grandfather, Ted Ellis, was an Australian rules footballer for North Melbourne and Footscray, while Daniel is an Essendon supporter.
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Daniel Merriweather attended Billanook College, Blackburn High School, and Swinburne Senior Secondary College and left school when he was aged 17.
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Daniel Merriweather spent much of his time between New York and London, and as from 2009 resided in East Harlem.
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Since the age of 18, Daniel Merriweather has had a tattoo on his inside-right forearm bearing the Latin phrase for "love or money".
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Daniel Merriweather's first commercially released recording was a guest appearance on the track "All I Want" for Australian dance act Disco Montego's self-titled album in September 2002.
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Daniel Merriweather signed with the local label, Marlin Records, which led to work with Mark Ronson, a United Kingdom DJ and guitarist, on the latter's debut album, Here Comes the Fuzz, in September 2003.
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Daniel Merriweather signed with Ronson's label, Allido Records, and worked on his debut solo single, "City Rules", as a revised version of "NYC Rules".
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Daniel Merriweather received an ARIA Award nomination for "City Rules" in the Best Urban Release category at the 2004 ceremony.
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In March 2006, Undercover News reported that Daniel Merriweather was recording his debut album, The Fifth Season, with Ronson producing.
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Daniel Merriweather was featured on Australian hip-hop artist Urthboy's single, "Naive Bravado", in 2012.
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In that same year, Daniel Merriweather featured on hip-hop outfit Diafrix's single, "Simple Man".
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Daniel Merriweather appeared with DJ Mark Ronson in Glastonbury 2015 singing an earlier hit "Stop Me".
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Daniel Merriweather cites Stevie Wonder, Prince, Jeff Buckley and Herbie Hancock as his major influences.
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Daniel Merriweather played a couple of sold out London gigs too.
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In January 2004, Daniel Merriweather headlined the City Rules Tour of Australia with Mark Ronson, Scribe and P-Money.
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In March 2006, Daniel Merriweather supported Kanye West on his Australian tour.
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Daniel Merriweather opened for Biz Markie in Brooklyn and Justin Timberlake in London; Daniel Merriweather has performed live on various radio and television programs, including Late Night with Conan O'Brien, Triple J's Hip Hop Show, Radio 1's Live Lounge show, and Australian TV show, Sunrise.
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Daniel Merriweather has performed at various festivals and events including the Montreux Jazz Festival, the 2004 St Kilda Festival and 2004 Melbourne World AIDS Day Concert.
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Daniel Merriweather performed with Ronson and the BBC Concert Orchestra at the 2007 BBC Electric Proms.
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Daniel Merriweather performed at the MTV Video Music Awards on 9 September 2007 alongside Ronson who acted as the official DJ for the proceedings.
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Daniel Merriweather played at the 2008 Brit Awards alongside Ronson.
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Daniel Merriweather performed in Australia for the first time since 2006 at the Global Gathering shows in November 2008 with Mark Ronson's Version Players.
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At the 2009 O2 Wireless Festival in Hyde Park London, Daniel Merriweather headlined the second stage where Ronson supported him for half a set on guitar.
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Daniel Merriweather has appeared on television programmes such as The Justin Lee Collins Show and Britain's Got More Talent.
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Daniel Merriweather performed his single "Red" on T4 on the Beach 2009 in Weston-super-Mare.
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Daniel Merriweather appeared as the musical guest on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon on 14 July 2009, performing "Change", and Letterman on 18 February 2010 when he performed "Red".