Spike Dawbarn

Simon James "Spike" Dawbarn (born 5 August 1974) is an English singer and dancer. He was a member of the boy band 911, who were originally active between 1995 and 2000 and had ten consecutive top 10 hits before splitting up in 2000. In 2012, 911 reformed for the ITV2 documentary series The Big Reunion, along with other bands from their time including Five, B*Witched and Atomic Kitten.

Biography

Early life Spike Dawbarn was born in Warrington, Cheshire. His secondary education was at Beamont Collegiate Academy. Dawbarn went on to become a dancer on the ITV late night dance show The Hit Man and Her. In this role, he worked alongside Jimmy Constable and future Take That member Jason Orange. In 1995, Dawbarn and Constable formed a partnership and teamed up with frontman Lee Brennan to form 911. Their first hit got to number 38 on the UK Singles chart. Dawbarn choreographed a number of the band's dance routines.

PopSkool and after Since 911's split in February 2000, Dawbarn has made a career joining the other band members in reunion tours. He was also director of a pop academy youth programme, PopSkool. PopSkool started in his home town of Warrington and has spread across the UK. It taught afternoon programmes in modern dance and vocal training to children between the ages of eight and sixteen. Dawbarn provided choreographic expertise and voice coaching is provided by Brennan.

Dawbarn had several 911 reunions for touring and TV appearances, including in 2008, 2012 and 2019.

On 15 October 2009, Dawbarn appeared on Never Mind the Buzzcockss identity parade round.

Personal life Dawbarn has three sons. His niece Lexy Dawbarn performed on stage with Justin Bieber and was on ITV1's Little Big Shots.

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes 1998 Noel's House PartyHimself Episode #7.18 2005 Hit Me, Baby, One More Time Special TV show 2009 Never Mind the Buzzcocks Episode #23.3 - Mystery guest (1 episode) 2011 Celebrity Juice Special guest (1 episode)2013 The Big Reunion 9 episodes Big Brother's Bit on the Side 1 episode (4 August) The Big Reunion: On Tour 3 episodes