[6] O'Malley lived and worked in Georgia for four years,[7] where he became a national television star, leaving in 2008 for his new domicile, Brussels, and returning to England in 2012.

[9] He has worked with Pino Palladino, Laurence Cottle, Andy Newmark, Hamish Stuart, Alan Spenner, Jim Mullen, Gordon Haskell Adam Phillips, Jody Linscott, Ash Soan, Mel Collins, Mark Smith, Mornington Lockett, Jeremy Stacey, Ian Thomas and Neil Hubbard.

In May 2008, O'Malley was part of the reformed Kokomo, with Mel Collins, Neil Hubbard, Mark Smith, Adam Phillips, Andy Hamilton, Bernie Holland, Glen Le Fleur, Paddy McHugh, Dyan Birch and Frank Collins,[2] which also included performances by Eddy Armani and Franke Pharaoh.

O'Malley then formed a band, singing and playing Hammond organ, with Belgian musicians Frank De Ruyter (tenor sax), Patrick Deltenre (guitar), Frédéric Jacquelmin (drums), and the French bassist Thierry Fandant.

[3] The current 'Tony O'Malley Band' includes Richie Aikman on guitar, Sonny Winslow on bass and Ally McDougal on drums.