Gareth Gates
This article contains wording that promotes the subject in a subjective manner without imparting real information. Please remove or replace such wording and instead of making proclamations about a subject's importance, use facts and attribution to demonstrate that importance. (March 2009) Gareth Gates Birth name Gareth Paul Gates Born (1984-07-12) 12 July 1984 (age 30) Origin Bradford, West Yorkshire, England Genres Pop Years active 2002–present Labels Sony Music Entertainment (Syco) / 19 Recordings (2002–2006) UMTV /19 Recordings (2006–2007) RCA Records (2010–present) Associated acts 5th Story Website garethgates.com Gareth Paul Gates (born 12 July 1984, Bradford, England) is an English singer-songwriter. He was the runner-up in the first series of the ITV talent show Pop Idol. Gates has sold over 3.5 million records in the UK. He is also known for having a stutter, and has talked about his speech impediment publicly. Gates used the McGuire Programme to manage the problem and is now a speech coach with the programme. In 2009, Gates moved into musical theatre, playing the title role in the West End production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat at the Adelphi Theatre. In 2009–2011, Gates completed an eighteen month stint as Marius, initially in the touring production and then in the West End production of Les Misérables. He also took the roles of Eddie in the musical Loserville, Warner in Legally Blonde in 2012 and Dean in Boogie Nights the Musical in Concert in 2013.[citation needed] He is now part of the pop group 5th Story, set up for The Big Reunion.