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Two Door Cinema Club

Alex Trimble, Irish singer

Born
October 3, 1989
Age in 2026
37
Zodiac sign
Libra
Birth year
1989

About Two Door Cinema Club

Two Door Cinema Club are a Northern Irish rock band formed in Bangor, County Down, in 2007. The band consists of Alex Trimble (vocals, rhythm guitar, beats, synths), Sam Halliday (lead guitar, backing vocals), and Kevin Baird (bass, synths, backing vocals). The band's debut album, Tourist History, was released on 1 March 2010 by French independent record label Kitsuné Musique. In the United States, where the band are signed to Glassnote Records, the album was released on 27 April 2010. Tourist History was selected for the Choice Music Prize for Irish Album of the Year (2010) the following year. The band's second album, Beacon, was released on 3 September 2012, debuted at number one on the Irish Albums Chart and reached number two in the UK Albums Chart. The band's third album, Gameshow, was released on 14 October 2016. The first single, "Are We Ready? (Wreck)", was released on 14 June 2016 and was debuted on Annie Mac's Hottest Record on BBC Radio 1. Two more singles, "Bad Decisions" and the title track, "Gameshow", were released prior to the album and are also included on the track list. Their fourth album, False Alarm, was released on 21 June 2019 and featured the singles "Satellite" and "Talk". In the following years, they have played regular slots at festivals such as Reading and Leeds Festival and Glastonbury. Their fifth album, Keep On Smiling, was released on 2 September 2022 on Lower Third, their first album on an independent label. It featured the singles "Wonderful Life", "Lucky" and "Everybody's Cool".

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Two Door Cinema Club timeline

  1. The band's debut album, Tourist History, was released on 1 March 2010 by French independent record label Kitsuné Musique.
  2. The first single, "Are We Ready? (Wreck)", was released on 14 June 2016 and was debuted on Annie Mac's Hottest Record on BBC Radio 1.

The world when Two Door Cinema Club was born

Two Door Cinema Club was born in 1989. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1989

  • #1 song"Look Away" – Chicago
  • Top movieDriving Miss Daisy
  • Top TV showRoseanne
  • Best-selling bookThe Joy Luck Club – Amy Tan

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentSan Francisco earthquake interrupts the World Series
  • Top headlineFall of the Berlin Wall signals end of the Cold War
  • Technology milestoneWorld Wide Web invented by Tim Berners-Lee
  • Defining fadGame Boy
  • Notable inventionGame Boy
  • World population5.19 billion

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderGeorge H.W. Bush
  • Sports championOakland Athletics (World Series)
  • Also wonDetroit Pistons (NBA)
  • U.S. population246.8M

1989 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Two Door Cinema Club's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19892026
Gas$1.02$3.45/gal
Average home$93,100$435,000
Average income$34,213$67,500
Minimum wage$3.35$7.25/hr (federal)
Movie ticket$3.97$11.95
Postage stamp$0.25$0.73
Population246.8M341 million

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