Daniel Powter Thought He’d End Up A Lounge Act

Daniel Powter struggled in the music business for a long time. At age 35, he’s coming to his pop career late. In fact, he had given up on having a major music career several years ago. “I thought maybe I would just play for 40 people every night in clubs,” he explained to Jim Farber of the New York Daily News.

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Daniel Powter Q&A

‘Top Of The Pops’ caught up with Daniel Powter in a Q&A and asked the ‘Bad Day’ singer what’s the most embarrassing injury he’s ever had. “The most embarrassing injury? Probably this one right here, on the back of my head. [Lifts his hat to reveal a big scar.] Which was a, er, bad cut, a deep cut,” he explained. “I don’t like to talk about that because it’s kind of psychological, I feel like I’m on the couch, but… embarrassing injury. That, and… and, this is a true story, because I think I talked about this last time. I was actually, when I was very foolish and young, on a bet, I had to go and run around with all my clothes off in Vancouver. So we all had go to one bar naked - it was kind of like a university thing - while I was running through it, this is a true story, I sprained my ankle. So I was naked with a sprained ankle, and I am not kidding. You can phone Brian and Mark and ask them. So I came limping - not streaking out, running out - It was very awful.” Read more.

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On TV: Lisa Tucker, Shakira, Daniel Powter

Pop acts on television this week include ‘American Idol’ castoff Lisa Tucker, who visits ‘Live with Regis and Kelly’ on Monday; Shakira, who performs with Wyclef Jean on ‘The Ellen DeGeneres Show’ on Monday and ‘The Early Show’ on Tuesday; Pink, who performs on ‘Today’ on Monday and visits ‘Total Request Live’ on Wednesday; Daniel Powter, who is featured on ‘TRL’ on Thursday; and Fiona Apple, who performs on ‘Late Night with Conan O’Brien’ on Friday.

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Daniel Powter Visits Z100

Daniel Powter visited the Z100 studio in New York City to talk with Shelley Wade about growing up with music, how playing the violin won’t get you any girls, his love of New York, and more. Download and listen to the interview here.

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Daniel Powter Performs In Manchester

Daniel Powter performed in concert on Tuesday (December 20) at Manchester Academy in Manchester, England. Check out pictures from WireImage.

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Daniel Powter Performs In London

Daniel Powter performed in concert at Islington Carling Academy in London, England on Monday (December 19). Check out pictures from FilmMagic and GettyImages.

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Daniel Powter Paris Concert Pictures

Daniel Powter performed in concert at the Trabendo in Paris, France on Tuesday (December 6). Check out pictures from RexFeatures.

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Daniel Powter Performs ‘Free Loop’ On ‘Top Of The Pops’

Daniel Powter performed his new single ‘Free Loop’ on ‘Top Of The Pops’ aired Sunday (November 13). Watch a 30-second clip from the performance at BBC.co.uk.

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Daniel Powter ‘Free Loop’ Video

Daniel Powter is out with the music video to his new single ‘Free Loop’. Watch it via Yahoo! Music below.

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Daniel Powter ‘Jimmy Gets High’ Video

Daniel Powter is out with the music video to his new single ‘Jimmy Gets High’. Watch it online below.

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