Ryan Molloy

Ryan Molloy chats to Louisa Hannan backstage ahead of his intimate gig at the London Hippodrome on 10th September 2016. - BBC Radio London

Ryan Molloy showcased his unique music style at Battersea Park Studios formerly known as Sphere Studios. Sphere Studios have hosted a number of talented Bands including Duran Duran, Elton John & The Boomtown Rats. This very modern Studio with its optimum acoustics sound & friendly staff was the perfect venue for this intimate Gig.

Since playing the lead role as Frankie Valli in the massive hit Musical Jersey Boys for over 6 Years, had made Ryan the longest running star in a London West End Musical and also one of the few stars whom had played the role in London & Broadway.

Ryan is no stranger to playing large audiences at arenas with his time replacing Holly Johnson in Frankie Goes to Hollywood. It has been over a Year since Ryan’s last sell out Gig at the World famous London Hippodrome, this private gig was always going to be unique with fewer than 70 in the audience.

The pace of the music was fully charged & electrifying
Arriving on stage at 11pm after several talented acts showcasing their music the tension with the heat was rising. Ryan’s previous CD “Turn on the Night “was end to end with Ballads & Rock Melodies so there was a feeling on what journey we will be taken on tonight. Ryan literally hits the stage with his Band including dancing girls and his good friend Douglas Horner on Guitar.

The first song hits the audience like a rocket with a hard thumping Funk sound a totally different music direction from his previous CD & live performances. The pace of the music was fully charged & electrifying as well as the dance routines with Ryan and the dancers. The audience followed Ryan through this journey as the Band played their music set of Funk numbers, these unique sounds with Douglas heavy Guitar riffs created an amazing atmospheric night. With Ryan & the Band clearly enjoying the evening playing their soulful Funk tunes and members of the audience dancing it quickly become clear that the night showcase was a massive success.

If you had tuned in with Ryan’s career in the Musical Jersey Boys his own music style will not only surprise you but will show you some of the many talents this man has on offer. Future projects from Ryan awaiting release dates include Live at the Hippodrome DVD, Suntan CD for further information & future performances you can find through www.ryanmolloy.com & Facebook. - The Gig Review

It is surely every singer’s dream to perform alongside the legendary Barbra Streisand, so when Ryan Molloy was asked to join her on stage just hours before she was due to appear for the London leg of her European tour, he couldn’t believe his luck.
Streisand, 71, had been let down by classical trio Il Volo, who were due to sing the finale with her.
The diva’s stage manager Richard Jay-Alexander called his old friend Molloy, who for the last five years has starred as Frankie Valli in the West End hit Jersey Boys, and begged him to fill in.
‘It was totally surreal,’ Ryan, 36, tells me. ‘As soon as I got the call I asked if I could have the night off.
‘Thankfully my understudy, Jon Lee from the pop band S Club7, said he would cover me for the evening.
'I arrived at the O2 Arena and we only had one run-through with the band, then it was showtime.’
In fact, Streisand was so delighted with his performance alongside her son Jason Gould and her sister Roslyn Kind that she requested he sing with them again.
‘My heart was pumping when I walked on to the stage,’ adds Ryan.


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Pop band Frankie Goes to Hollywood have revealed their new frontman who will sing at a one-off charity concert.
Ryan Molloy, 28, beat 200 hopefuls who flocked to the open audition in Leicester Square on Sunday.

The band, whose 1983 hit Relax was banned by the BBC, are re-forming to play a one-off Prince's Trust concert at Wembley Arena in November.

But Holly Johnson, the original flamboyant frontman, decided not to take part.

Hit record

Original band members Paul Rutherford, Peter "Ped" Gill and Mark O'Toole staged the audition to find "new raw talent, girls or boys, young or old" to take Johnson's place.

Molloy, from Newcastle, will get to perform one of Frankie Goes To Hollywood's massive hit singles, which include Relax, Two Tribes or Welcome To The Pleasuredome.

The remainder of their set will be sung by an established surprise vocalist to be announced on the evening.

Frankie Goes to Hollywood split in 1987 and Johnson fell out with producer Trevor Horn, who is organising the concert to celebrate his 25 years in the music industry.

Holly Johnson
Malloy will take the place of singer Holly Johnson
The show, on 11 November, will raise money for The Prince's Trust and is being staged at Wembley Arena.

A spokesman for the event said hopefuls included familiar faces from Big Brother and some previous Pop Idol contestants.

He said: "We have heard some excellent singers. Some of them were really, really good."

Frankie Goes To Hollywood's first reunion after 17 years came in an April concert organised by music TV channel VH1.

Johnson turned up - but did not take part. Brian "Nasher" Nash is also not involved in the new concert. - BBC News

As Frankie Valli flies into London for a gig tonight – the first of two at the Royal Albert Hall – his alter ego will be ready to meet him.

Ryan Molloy, from North Shields, performs as the American legend six times a week on stage in award-winning musical The Jersey Boys and, now in his sixth year, is awaiting official confirmation that he’s set the record as the longest-ever lead in a West End show.

“We’re checking on it now,” he tells me. “Some people have been in shows longer, in ensembles and supporting roles, but I’ve done over 2,000 shows now as a lead.”

The figure is actually 212 higher than that, and climbing all the time. So you could say Ryan knows the frontman of 60s sensation The Four Seasons – whose life story is the subject of the musical – better than most and he’s looking forward to catching up with the 79-year-old singer at the concert.

“We met before, when he came to see the show for the first time, but this will be the first time hearing his voice live,” he says.

Valli’s powerful falsetto is something that Ryan, now living in the capital, has mastered, winning him an Olivier Award nomination.

He learned it first-hand in Nashville where The Four Seasons’ Bob Gaudio “told me all the old stories and put me through my paces to get that old sound. It’s not just about copying but my interpretation of it”.

Ryan knew he’d got it right when he first met the main man and received what he calls the “face touch”.

“He touched my face in the Italian way – a bit like a Mafia seal of approval! My brother got a great photo.”

But he’s still “quite nervous” about seeing him again.

“You always are when you’re meeting a living legend like that. I’ve just met my hero, Barbra Streisand, which was incredible.”

That came about earlier in the month, just hours before the London date of Streisand’s European tour when her stage manager – a friend of Ryan’s – learned that supporting singers due to join her finale could not perform.

“It was a spur of the moment thing,” Ryan said. “He called me up and said they needed a tenor to fill in at the end of the show.”

It was a Saturday and Ryan just had time to arrange for his understudy to cover for him in Jersey Boys – “When Barbra calls you’ve got to go!” he jokes – then a quick rehearsal before he found himself on stage at the O2 accompanying the star, her son and sister in singing Make Our Garden Grow from Candide, backed by an orchestra and choir.

“The beauty and sincerity of Barbra’s voice is incredible,” he says and again he got “the touch” – which can be seen in the video clip on his website ryanmolloy.com
“She touched my shoulder in the middle of the song and I’m thinking, ‘Am I in a dream world’?”

They’d shared a few words at rehearsal, too, he says, impersonating her accent: “‘Hey Ryan, thanks for doing this’. I was like, ‘Any time! Is there anything I can do? A cup of tea or coffee?’”

With a second concert to follow on the Monday and given free tickets as a thank you for helping out, he was able to arrange for his proud 75-year-old mother Winnie to come down from North Tyneside to see it. It was hugely exciting for them both.

“I was raised by my mother on a strict diet of Barbra Streisand and musicals and she’s supported me all these years.

“It was great to get her down and see me walk out on stage.

“She was sitting there in fantastic seats – a couple of chairs away from Adele and behind was Gwyneth Paltrow. She’s worked hard all her life and here she was in the elite set.”

It was his mother who gave him “her last £250 in travellers’ cheques” when at 19 he decided to join his sister who was in LA.

There he furthered his theatre and arts training.

A creative peg in a square hole, he’d left school at 16 with one O-level and recalls: “School was very difficult for me.

“If I’d had more art and drama in my life it would have given me more confidence to stick with things like maths and science.

“I was quite hyperactive. My energy was all over the place and it’s basically down to channeling.”

From primary school in North Shields he attended Marden Bridge Middle School where he discovered drama.

“I felt good about myself, full of enthusiasm. But when I got to high school I wasted all this energy.

“There were not that many opportunities. Or maybe there were some and they were hush-hush. It’s got to be made easy for you and available.

“You’re going out on stage and baring your soul. That has to be nurtured. The benefits are massive. It gives an outlet for surplus energy and the confidence to do all sorts of things, whether or not you want to be an actor or a singer.”

It’s something he feels so strongly about he’d like to help out in the North East.

“I come back as much as I can,” he says, “and I’m interested in coming back and going to some schools, meeting some kids, doing some talks. I’d love to.

“It would be great to give something back to my community.”

It was in South Gosforth that Ryan had his first vocal training, which stood him in good stead during periods when he struggled to find work.

Such a time came when he returned from America to take up a record deal in London.

“It lasted four years. I had a great record company and a great manager, but it just didn’t work out. I had to go back on the dole – after all that achievement.”

That’s when relying on training is vital in keeping vocally and mentally strong, he says.

“You really need to be mentally tough and believe in yourself – going back to the basics and picking up the pieces. You need those building blocks. If you haven’t got them, it’s kind of over.”

While his CV covers other hit musicals such as Jerry Springer: The Opera and Godspell, plus support singer for such names as Pussycat Dolls and Frankie Goes to Hollywood, Ryan is under no illusions.

Now 40, he says: “In this industry you get lost a lot. Nothing is an overnight success. There’s nothing like back-to- back success. You just go from job to job. After Jersey Boys, who knows what’s next?”

But that massively successful run at the Prince Edward Theatre shows no sign of letting up yet.

The role is a privilege to play, he says, but it’s intense and hard on both mind and body.

“People say it must be like being on auto-pilot now, but it’s not at all. My brain is always alive to everything.

“It’s such an unnatural thing to pretend to be somebody else for that amount of time. Daniel Day Lewis does it 24 hours a day! I’ve got to have those moments in my life when I leave at night and get back to myself. I keep my interests going – my music, my vocal training, which I do every night.

“It’s really important I remember where I’m coming from and keep my feet on the ground.”

With that in mind, Ryan would welcome a chance to use his local accent again if work comes up back home.

“There is a real passion up there for the arts,” he says. “Everyone’s experience can educate another. I could bring what I’ve got to the party and they could educate me back. That’s what art is.

“I love strong drama and Northern drama is great. I’d love an opportunity to do that and use my real accent once in a while.

“I’ve used an American accent for so many years, but I can still do it. It’s down a couple of octaves and people say how sexy it is. I feel like Sean Bean – all of a sudden I sound like a real man! – so I’d like an opportunity to do Geordie.” - The Journal

OLIVIER nominated Broadway and West End star Ryan Molloy brought the songs of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons direct from Jersey Boys to an intimate Southampton stage.

In a passionate performance, he also delivered a mixture of classic hits and songs from his own musical Che Guevara's Night Off in his first solo show outside London.

Ryan has an ability to make every song sound special and always puts his own unique touch to songs that you have probably heard 100 times on the radio.


Playing the lead role as Frankie Valli in Jersey Boys for six years has made him the longest running star in a West End musical. It shows with every number a road of discovery.

A showcase of tribute cover songs for recently deceased music icons David Bowie, Prince and George Michael was a poignant moment.

A spellbound audience were quite clear why Ryan has become one of the best loved musical stars around with the ability to engage a crowd and make them feel part of the show. He leapt off stage, handing the microphone to members of the audience to join in the chorus to George Michael hits Faith and I Want Your Sex.

Ballads written for his own musical Che Guevara's Night Off were full of emotion.

Ryan was supported by a young talented band that were enlisted especially for the show.

The might was a huge success with the audience begging for more.

Steve Miller - Southern Daily Echo