1. Darren Stanley Hayes was born on 8 May 1972 and is an Australian singer, songwriter, music producer and composer.
58 Facts About Darren Hayes
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Darren Hayes was the singer of the pop duo Savage Garden from their 1993 establishment until their disbandment in 2001.
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Darren Hayes was born 8 May 1972, in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
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Darren Hayes's parents are Robert and Judy Hayes.
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Darren Hayes has an older sister named Tracey and an older brother named Peter.
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Darren Hayes has described his father as an alcoholic who regularly subjected Darren Hayes and his mother to violence.
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At school, Darren Hayes was bullied and physically and verbally abused.
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Darren Hayes's other acknowledged influences are Stevie Nicks, Madonna, Peter Gabriel, Kate Bush, Annie Lennox, Prince and Marvin Gaye, and he has cited U2's "With or Without You" as the most touching song he has ever heard.
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Darren Hayes, who was studying at university and working as a record sales assistant, joined after his audition.
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Darren Hayes became the public face of the duo, doing most of the media.
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Darren Hayes announced that Savage Garden had broken up in October 2001 during a chat with an Australian journalist.
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Darren Hayes thought the information would be saved for a later article; it was not.
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However, it appears that Jones did not believe the reporter was accurately quoting Darren Hayes and denied what he thought was yet another break-up rumour.
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Luciano Pavarotti and Darren Hayes sang "O Sole Mio" together in a concert in 2000.
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Darren Hayes recorded his first solo album, Spin, which was released in 2002.
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Darren Hayes spent two years working on his second solo album, The Tension and the Spark.
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In 2005, Darren Hayes recorded a track he wrote with Robert Conley called "So Beautiful", which was included on the Savage Garden greatest hits compilation, Truly Madly Completely: The Best of Savage Garden.
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On 9 July 2006, Darren Hayes announced that he had parted ways with Columbia Records after ten years and 24 million album sales together.
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Darren Hayes finished recording his third solo album, This Delicate Thing We've Made, in 2007.
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On 9 April 2007, Darren Hayes released the album track "Who Would Have Thought" from This Delicate Thing We've Made as a teaser track on his official website, as well as his MySpace profile.
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In June 2007, Darren Hayes embarked on a small tour of USA and Canada, stopping in New York, Toronto, Chicago, San Francisco and Los Angeles, along with the band Temposhark.
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On 30 June 2007, Darren Hayes headlined the London Gay Pride at Trafalgar Square.
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In July 2007, Darren Hayes announced The Time Machine Tour that would start out in the UK, and then move on to Darren Hayes's home country Australia.
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Darren Hayes's stage was again designed by Willie Williams and included a large bridge that could extend over the first few rows of seats.
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Darren Hayes did a mini tour in the US in November and December 2007, making appearances at Borders stores and performing two shows in New York City and Philadelphia.
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On 18 December 2007, Darren Hayes announced "The Side Two Tour".
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On 19 April 2009, Darren Hayes teased via Twitter that he was preparing another album.
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The ten-track album, with a fair amount of experimentation with both lyrics and music, was made available via a link from his MySpace page, and was made free to download to gauge acceptability of Darren Hayes's shifting musical styles.
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Darren Hayes signed to Sony ATV Music Publishing for a worldwide deal in August 2009.
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Darren Hayes recorded a song for the Finn tribute album He Will Have His Way, a cover of "Not Even Close".
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Darren Hayes released his fourth studio album in October 2011.
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Darren Hayes later confirmed, on Twitter, that this song will be the single for the UK and other international markets, while "Bloodstained Heart" would be the second single in Australia.
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Darren Hayes tweeted, on 2 March 2012, that he would be shooting another music video the week after.
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Darren Hayes later confirmed the music video was being shot for "Stupid Mistake", which was released as the album's fourth single in May 2012.
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Since 2013, Darren Hayes stopped his music career and tried to build a stand-up comedy career.
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In 2018 Darren Hayes briefly returned on stage with one-off performance of two songs, including "I Knew I Loved You".
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In 2019, Darren Hayes featured on Cub Sport's single "I Never Cried So Much in My Whole Life".
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On 26 January 2022, Darren Hayes released the single, "Let's Try Being in Love".
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On 27 January 2022, Darren Hayes announced he would be headlining the 2022 Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade and would be performing on 5 March 2022.
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In June 2022, Darren Hayes released "Poison Blood", which details his life living with depression, and others affected by it.
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Darren Hayes released the official "Poison Blood" music video on 26 June 2022, announcing UK Tour dates on the same day.
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On 18 August 2022, Darren Hayes announced that Homosexual, his fifth studio album, would be released that October.
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On 1 May 2023, Darren Hayes released an official music video for "Feels Like It's Over", directed by Andrew Huebscher.
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In November 2023, Darren Hayes competed as Grim Reaper on the fifth season of The Masked Singer Australia.
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In December 2014, Darren Hayes announced a comedy podcast "The He Said, He Said Show".
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Darren Hayes has co-hosted a comedic movie review podcast with writer and comedian Anthony Armentano called "We Paid to See This".
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On 13 March 2016, Darren Hayes announced he had been writing an original musical with writer and comedian Johnny Menke.
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Darren Hayes married his childhood sweetheart, makeup artist Colby Taylor, in 1994.
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Darren Hayes recorded Affirmation in San Francisco mid-1999 and eventually bought a house there.
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Darren Hayes started coming out as gay to friends and the head of his label, Sony, in the early 2000s.
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Darren Hayes entered into a private marriage ceremony with his boyfriend of two years, Richard Cullen, on 23 July 2005, in London.
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Darren Hayes announced the event the day prior on his official website.
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In May 2023, Darren Hayes shared a statement confirming his separation from Cullen, in which he said:.
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Darren Hayes announced via his Instagram on 16 September 2024, that his and Cullen's divorce was finalised on 29 August in London.
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Darren Hayes is a Star Wars fan, and has been since childhood.
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Darren Hayes incurred life-threatening injuries, shattering his left jaw bone and several teeth, and losing blood.
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Darren Hayes required reconstructive surgery with the use of a titanium brace.
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Darren Hayes had intended to keep the accident private, but chose to disclose it due to the extensive recovery period preventing him from working, including two months with his jaw wired shut.