As the band's primary songwriter, Neil Finn was under pressure to create a second album to match their debut and the band joked that one potential title for the new release was Mediocre Follow-Up.

His debut novel, Heart-Shaped Box, was published in 2007 and will be adapted into a feature film by director Neil Jordan.

Not long after the band's debut performance, Neil was invited to London to join Split Enz, the band formed by his elder brother Tim.

In April 2012, DeVito made his West End acting debut in a revival of the Neil Simon play The Sunshine Boys-alongside Olivier Award-winning actor Richard Griffiths.

Neil Turbin had contributed song ideas, lyrics, titles and arrangements to some of the songs on the debut album.

The group toured extensively in support of their debut, performing dates in Europe and Mexico, supporting such acts as Neil Young and Lenny Kravitz late in 1993.

The Pet Shop Boys ' Neil Tennant collaborated on a number of tracks on their debut eponymous album, providing vocals.

The 5th team has been captained by the irrepressible Neil Dutton since its debut in 2005.

In 1984, she made her theatrical debut on Broadway in Neil Simon's Brighton Beach Memoirs and afterward, worked in a number of ensemble companies, including The New York Shakespeare Festival and the Steppenwolf Theater.

Since its 1934 debut at the Neil Simon Theatre ( at the time known as the Alvin ) on Broadway, the musical has been revived several times in the United States and Britain and has been filmed twice.

Cuccurullo released the debut album from his collaborative effort with vocalist Neil Carlill, Chicanery, on May 11, 2010.

On Monday, July 12, 1993, Davey Allison boarded his newly acquired Hughes 369HS helicopter to fly to Talladega Superspeedway to watch family friend Neil Bonnett and his son, David test a car for David's Busch Series debut.

When Felicity ended, Russell moved to New York City and made her off-Broadway stage debut in 2004, appearing opposite Jeremy Piven, Andrew McCarthy, and Ashlie Atkinson in Neil LaBute's Fat Pig.

In 2009, Perabo made her Broadway debut in the Neil LaBute play Reasons to Be Pretty.

" Irons made his debut with the band at Neil Young's 1994 Bridge School Benefit, but he was not officially announced as the band's new drummer until its 1995 Self-Pollution satellite radio broadcast, a four-and-a-half hour long pirate broadcast out of Seattle, Washington which was available to any radio stations that wanted to carry it.

" This was one of two television series based on Neil Simon plays to debut on the network that month, the other being The Odd Couple.

A. Robertson, and for the band's self-titled debut album he enlisted the services of producer Christopher Neil.

Ruck made his Broadway debut in 1985 in Neil Simon's Biloxi Blues with Matthew Broderick.

In 2007, he made his Broadway debut with a starring role as Wilbur Turnblad in the Tony winning best musical " Hairspray " at the Neil Simon Theater.

A number of young actors had their major debut as supporting cast in the show, including Matt Bardock, Ben Daniels, Neil Stuke, Nathaniel Parker, Mark Letheren, Colin Buchanan, Jason Maza and Marc Warren.

The album marked the 30th anniversary of the release of Rush's debut album though the current lineup of Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson and Neil Peart was established just following the first album's release.

A Feast for Crows was the first novel in the sequence to debut at number one on The New York Times Best Seller list, a feat among fantasy writers only previously achieved by Robert Jordan and Neil Gaiman.

Tony Pulis gave O ' Neil his Portsmouth debut as a 16-year-old on 29 January 2000 at home to Barnsley in the First Division, but kept him out of the spotlight for the rest of the season.

On 6 February 2011, O ' Neil made his Premier League debut for the Hammers against Birmingham City in a 1 – 0 defeat at Upton Park and also completed the full 90 minutes.

Neil Finn had decided to end the band to concentrate on his solo career and the Finn Brothers project with Tim.

Neil Finn released two solo studio albums, Try Whistling This ( 1998 ) and One Nil ( 2001 ), as well as two live albums, Sessions at West 54th ( 2000 ) and 7 Worlds Collide ( 2001 ).

Tim Finn had resumed his solo career after leaving the group in 1992 and he also worked with Neil on a second Finn Brothers album, Everyone Is Here, which was released in 2004.

Matt Sherrod, Dublin, 2007. In 2006 Neil Finn asked Nick Seymour to play bass on his third solo album.

As the recording sessions progressed it was decided that the album would be issued under the Crowded House band name, rather than as a Neil Finn solo album.

My Favorite Headache, Lee's first solo album, was released on November 14, 2000 while Rush was on a hiatus due to tragedies in drummer Neil Peart's life.

In 1999, Lee put his role in the band on hold to pursue a solo career due to increasing tension with frontman Neil.

Neil continued touring on an annual basis as a solo artist, singing mostly Mötley Crüe songs.

A staple of Rush's concerts is a Neil Peart drum solo.

Following the breakup of Crowded House, Neil went solo.

Neil played solo at New Zealand WOMAD 2008 festival, filling in at short notice for another performer who had become unwell.

This discography relates to solo releases by Neil Finn only.

Neil Young did not appear onstage with them but did perform as a solo artist.

And most recently in May 2010, 38 minutes of unreleased solo piano music on acetate was purchased by Neil Kempfer Stocker from the estate of his late step-daughter Dushka Howarth.

Tim Finn had just released the very successful solo album Escapade, while younger brother Neil Finn had a child on the way.

His life was commemorated at the 2005 Aria Awards, with Neil Finn singing the staple Crowded House anthem solo " Better Be Home Soon " along with a mini-biography and footage from his life and achievements.

Stardust ( 1998 ) is the first solo prose novel by Neil Gaiman.

Regarding " Didacts and Narpets " ( which consists mostly of a drum solo ), in the October 1991 news release from the Rush Backstage Club, Neil Peart said: " Okay, I may have answered this before, but if not, the shouted words in that song represent an argument between Our Hero and the Didacts and Narpets-teachers and parents.

Gene Krupa is tributed during a drum solo by Neil Peart on Rush's " Snakes and Arrows " live DVD.

Songs like " Bastille Day " and " Anthem " are similar to their studio versions with the addition of Neil Peart's drum solo during " Working Man ".

After the tour, from March to May 1978, Tim, Neil and Eddie returned a favour and contributed to Phil Manzanera's solo album, K-Scope.

* Neil Peart's drum solo " Moto perpetuo " on Rush's 2011 album Time Machine 2011: Live in Cleveland

* " Addicted ", by Crowded House's frontman Neil Finn from his solo album, Try Whistling This

* Neil Murray ( Australian musician ), Australian singer / songwriter who has worked solo and as a member of the Warumpi Band