Jack McManus

Jack McManus is another success story from the prestigious BRIT School, and his love of '70s classic songwriters and polished acoustic pop soon saw him labeled as the new James Blunt. Born in Bromley in 1984, McManus became hooked on music at the age of seven after finding a drum kit at his dad's workplace (his father supplied pyrotechnics for live shows by rock acts, including Pink Floyd's The Wall tour). Studying during the same year as Amy Winehouse, he attended the BRIT School, where he learned to master the piano and the trumpet, an instrument that he went on to play in v...