TONY VINCENT WORLD

Vincent's professional singing career began in the Christian Music Industry while attending university in Nashville, Tennessee.  Here he recorded his first single, Love Falling Down which was originally released only to his hometown radio station, KLYT in Albuquerque.  When the song proved so popular that it went to number one on that station, a campaign was organized to release the single nationally.  The single was released in May 1993 and appeared for one week on the nationwide Christian radio charts in July 1993.  It was the first independently released single ever to do so.

After signing a record contract with Star Song Records, Vincent spent three more years in CCM, and produced two albums ('Tony Vincent' & 'One Deed') which steered the direction of this musical scene from one of 'happy clappy', to a style that focused on lyrically strong and passionate music.  Despite the success of these two albums, Vincent found that his kind of music did not fit with what the Christian music industry was looking for at that time, and he could not see a way to expand his career in that direction, so he packed his bags and left Nashville to pursue an all out music deal in New York City.  Vincent's plan of a recording career in New York was to be put on hold for some years however, as Broadway and the West End beckoned him and he responded to the continual call for his talents on stage in musical theatre, and in musical projects worldwide.

Within weeks of arriving in New York, Vincent landed a role in the American touring production of RENT and was packing his bags once more.  After 7 months on the road with this tour, he was cast in the Broadway production and appeared in the leading roles of Roger and Mark.  Taking a chance in 2000, he auditioned for, and secured the role of 'Simon Zealots' in the 2000 DVD release of Jesus Christ Superstar filmed at Pinewood Studios, London.  This new and fresh production led to the revival of the show on Broadway where Vincent was cast, and in a last minute change he was moved up to the lead role of 'Judas Iscariot'.

Impressed with Vincent's performance, Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber picked him to travel to Beijing and Shanghai to introduce the Andrew Lloyd Webber catalogue to the people of China in 2001. Whilst traveling back through London, Vincent was invited to audition for the lead role of 'Galileo Figaro' in Queen's musical, We Will Rock You.  The producers had been searching unsuccessfully for nearly 12 months to find the right talent to do justice to these classic songs and so opened up the casting to American actors.  Of course, Vincent blew them away, and he was offered the role.  He relocated to London within weeks, and performed to sold out audiences on the West End stage, and garnered rave reviews night after night for 18 months.  During his time with this show,  Vincent made many television appearances.  Most note worthy was his performance of Bohemian Rhapsody on stage with Queen in front of Queen Elizabeth II in June 2002 at "Party at the Palace", --an occasion celebrating the monarch's 50th year on the throne.

We Will Rock You was launched in Las Vegas during the summer of 2004 and Vincent was once again invited to again star in it.  After a year of 'rocking out' on the strip, Vincent made the decision to retire from the show and focus on his solo music, and so, surrounded by fans from around the world, he had his last performance with this production on 24th July, 2005. 

Vincent returned to New York (and to the studio) to collaborate on his next solo music project with producer, Adam Anders.  The end product was an EP to be proud of.  Entitled A BETTER WAY  this five track EP of lyrically strong and passionate music was released under his own label in 2007 and is availbale via CDbaby.com and iTunes.  Vincent continues to seek a recording deal and home for his music.  

In 2008, Vincent toured with the First US national tour of Dirty Dancing, and in 2009 he was cast in the brooding role of St. Jimmy in Green Day's "American Idiot" rock theatrical which ran from Sept 4th thru Nov 15th, at the Berkeley Repertory Theatre, California.   He will be reprising this role in the Broadway production set to mount at the St James Theatre on April 20th, 2010 (previews begin March 24th).  Check out americanidiotonbroadway.com for ticket booking and show information.