Howard New

Howard David New (1966[1] – 3 September 2009) was an English singer-songwriter mainly of the blues and soul genres.

[2] New's music career started in Warrington in the early 1980s with a group called "Macabre Day".

Playing at venues across the North West and a few notable stints at the famous Orange venue in Knightsbridge - the band played live at Parr Hall in Warrington which claimed them the battle of the bands winners.

Subsequently Howard then got signed..[3] As time went on New had worked with many different well-known artists such as Beverley Knight, Louise Redknapp, Lucie Silvas, Rachel Stevens (formally of S Club fame), Robert Plant of Led Zeppelin, Mikey Graham from Boyzone and Gary Barlow from Take That.

[4] Jools Holland once commented that with his own piano skills and New's voice, they could be Ray Charles[4] He was killed in a car crash aged 42 near his home in Manchester.