{"id":202540,"date":"2025-10-10T11:35:16","date_gmt":"2025-10-10T11:35:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/202540\/"},"modified":"2025-10-10T11:35:16","modified_gmt":"2025-10-10T11:35:16","slug":"kodaline-split-irish-rock-band-to-disband-after-two-decades","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/202540\/","title":{"rendered":"Kodaline split: Irish rock band to disband after two decades"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Irish rock band Kodaline, best known for the hit 2013 melodic ballad \u201cAll I Want\u201d, have split after more than a decade together.<\/p>\n

The group, whose other hits included \u201cBrother\u201d and \u201cHigh Hopes\u201d, said they will record a fifth and final album<\/a> before parting ways.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe know this might come as a surprise and it’s definitely bittersweet for us too,\u201d the group said in a video shared to Instagram.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat we’ve shared with you has changed our lives forever.\u201d<\/p>\n

The quartet\u2013 comprised of Steve Garrigan, Vincent May, Mark Prendergast, and Jason Boland \u2013 originally formed in 2005 under the name 21 Demands, but adopted their current name to mark a shift in their music in 2012. That year, their bass guitarist, Conor Linnane, left the group and was replaced by Boland.<\/p>\n

In 2013, they landed a nomination for the MTV Brand New award and were shortlisted for BBC’s Sound of 2013. Their first album as Kodaline, A Perfect World, went to number three in the UK charts and number one in Ireland.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll I Want\u201d, their biggest hit from A Perfect World, was famed for its chorus: \u201cIf you loved me \/ Why\u2019d you leave me \/ Take my body…\u201d<\/p>\n

Subsequent albums, including 2015’s Coming Up For Air and 2018’s Politics Of Living, both went to number one in the Irish album charts. Their fourth album, One Day At A Time, reached number two in 2020. They performed at Glastonbury twice, in 2014 and 2017.<\/p>\n

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Steve Garrigan, Jason Boland, Vinny May and Mark Prendergast of Kodaline photographed in 2014 (Getty Images)<\/p>\n

Garrigan and May both grew up in Swords, County Dublin, and have known each other since they were children. They formed the band in 2005 with Prendergast and Linnane.<\/p>\n

As 21 Demands, the band rose to prominence in November 2006, when they were runners-up in the fifth series of RT\u00c9 talent show You’re a Star.<\/p>\n

In their announcement video on Thursday, the group said: \u201cFrom busking on the streets of Dublin, to playing shows across the world, it really has been the stuff that dreams are made of.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe want it to end on a high, so before we say goodbye we’re heading into the studio one last time to record our fifth and final album as Kodaline.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Lead singer of Kodaline, Steve Garrigan performs with Kodaline at Glastonbury in 2014 (BBC)<\/p>\n

The group said they will be \u201cforever grateful for the love and support\u201d from their fans.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt’s been a journey that we’ll never forget and we hope the music stays with you long after we’re gone,\u201d they added.<\/p>\n

Fans shared their upset online, with one person writing: \u201cOne of my dreams was to see Kodaline live, can’t believe that chance is gone now. Goodbye to the band that made us feel everything. Kodaline, thank you for the songs, the comfort, the emotions \u2014 you\u2019ll always be special.\u201d<\/p>\n

Another person begged for \u201cone last tour\u201d, saying: \u201cI\u2019ve been listening to your songs since I was 16 (I\u2019m almost 28 now). Kodaline means so much to me, so many of your songs are a part of my life and my story, and I never had the chance to see you guys performing.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is my biggest heartbreak for the year,\u201d added another.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":202541,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[49,48,75,341],"class_list":{"0":"post-202540","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-music"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202540","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=202540"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202540\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/202541"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=202540"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=202540"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=202540"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}