10 Facts About Tom Hingley

Thomas William Hingley was born on 9 July 1965 and is an English singer, songwriter and guitarist, best known as the frontman of Inspiral Carpets.

Tom Hingley was born in Abingdon, Berkshire and grew up in nearby Frilford.

Tom Hingley is the seventh child of the Russian scholar Ronald Hingley, translator of Chekhov for Oxford University Press.

Tom Hingley attended Larkmead School before moving to Manchester in 1984 to study English at Manchester Polytechnic.

Tom Hingley formed a band called Too Much Texas, and got a job collecting glasses at The Hacienda nightclub in Manchester.

Tom Hingley joined Inspiral Carpets as lead vocalist in 1989.

Inspiral Carpets broke up in 1995 and Tom Hingley started a career as a solo artist, releasing Keep Britain Untidy and Soulfire, on his label Newmemorabilia Records.

Tom Hingley finally parted company with Inspiral Carpets in February 2011, the band returned to performing and writing with their original pre-1989 singer Stephen Holt who remains their frontman to date.

In 2001, Tom Hingley formed the band The Lovers with Steve and Paul Hanley, Jason Brown, and Kelly Wood.

In 2009, Tom Hingley released a new solo acoustic record on Newmemorabilia Records called Thames Valley Delta Blues, a kind of follow up to the earlier, much-acclaimed Keep Britain Untidy.