Artur Gadowski [ˈartur ɡaˈdɔfski] (born 1 June 1967) is a Polish musician, vocalist of a rock band IRA.
Then in 1986 he co-founded another band, Landrynki dla dziewczynki, in which Gadowski initially played the guitar but he later replaced the vocalist of the group who had been called up.
During the band's performance in a club in Radom, Gadowski along with his group were spotted by Kuba Płucisz who was seeking a vocalist for his new music project.
After one of those concerts, IRA were invited to take part in the National Festival of Polish Song in Opole, in which they presented themselves to the public in 1988.
In 1997, Gadowski recorded a song Szczęśliwego Nowego Jorku (Happy New York) together with Marek Kościkiewicz of De Mono.
The following month brought his second album G.A.D.. All of the lyrics were written by Krzysztof Jaryczewski, whereas the very songs were composed by a Swedish producer Mark Tysper.
He also sang (with Ryszard Rynkowski and Grzegorz Markowski) a song titled Najlepszy z najlepszych (The best of the best) which was the official hymn of the Polish Olympic team in 2000.
A deteriorating financial situation, however, forced him to go to America with Piotr Sujka and Wojciech Owczarek of IRA, to work on a building site.
At the end of 2004, Artur Gadowski started to have problems with his voice and was operated on on 18 October because of ineffectiveness of the treatment he had undergone with use of medicines.
Apart from other appearances, he took part in an annual charity concert organized by Anna Dymna on the Main Market Square in Cracow.