{"id":597678,"date":"2026-08-19T03:20:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T03:20:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/597678\/"},"modified":"2026-08-19T03:20:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T03:20:08","slug":"andrew-garfield-reveals-his-side-project-is-a-band-called-the-shangles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/597678\/","title":{"rendered":"Andrew Garfield Reveals His Side Project Is a Band Called The Shangles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/andrew_garfield\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Andrew Garfield<\/a> is singing a surprising tune.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>After showcasing his singing abilities in 2021\u2019s tick, tick\u2026BOOM!, the Oscar nominee revealed that he is indeed keeping music close to his heart through an unexpected musical endeavor.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI do have a band, we do Bugsy Malone covers,\u201d Garfield exclusively told E! News\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/eonline.com\/news\/will_marfuggi\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Will Marfuggi<\/a>, referencing the 1976 musical. \u201cLook out for The Shangles. Look out for a group of middle-aged guys doing Bugsy Malone covers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While the 42-year-old is certainly giving a little love to the band, he noted they are still waiting to see \u201cwhat happens out there\u201d for them in the future.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have some plans. We have some big plans,\u201d he mused. \u201cBut I can&#8217;t really say it until it&#8217;s official\u2014I don&#8217;t want to jinx it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But as the Amazing Spider-Man actor said, he and The Shangles aren\u2019t in it for \u201cany kind of commercial kind of success,\u201d explaining, \u201cIt&#8217;s more of a passion project.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Andrew Garfield is singing a surprising tune.\u00a0 After showcasing his singing abilities in 2021\u2019s tick, tick\u2026BOOM!, the Oscar&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":597679,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[321,93,61,60],"class_list":["post-597678","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/597678","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=597678"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/597678\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/597679"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=597678"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=597678"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=597678"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}