D-Side

D-Side was an Irish boyband established in 2001, by twins Rory and Eoghan MacSweeney and they were signed to Edel Records. Edel brought in Kim Glover to manage the band after her success with New Kids on the Block, Ant & Dec (as PJ & Duncan), B*Witched and Let Loose. Glover secured their entry into Japan getting them a recording contract with Avex and worked with them until the end of 2004. They had some success in Japan, the United Kingdom, and Europe, winning 'Best New Band Award' at the Smash Hits Tour in 2002.

The band was originally made up of five members, Derek Ryan, Shane Creevey, Derek Moran, Damien Bowe and Dane Guiden, but became a threesome, however, when Bowe and Guiden both left for personal reasons. They have had three Top 10 singles in the UK, and have supported Blue, Westlife and numerous other bands on tour during 2003 and 2004, as well as being involved in Charity events such as Soccer Magic, Soccer 6, Children in Need and ChildLine. In 2006 D-Side took part in international contest "New wave" in Urmala. They released a total of three albums in Japan, as well as a greatest hits compilation. They were signed to the Japanese record label, Avex and managed by John Black at Black Gold Management. Derek Moran is now a Channel 5 TV presenter on Milkshake! and is managed by Kim Glover.

Real World

The real world is another term for reality.

Real World may also refer to:

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Real World (album)

Real World (stylised as REAL WORLD) is Kokia's 11th studio album, released on March 31, 2010. Kokia travelled to the Tunisian Sahara for inspiration for songs on the album. Because of this, much of the promotional material is themed around her trip to Tunisia, including the album booklet and the music video for "The Woman."

Background

Before the album, three digital singles were released over eight months. Dubbed the Life Trilogy (Life Trilogy ～いのちの3部作～), the three singles featured message songs for humanity."Kimi o Sagashite/Last Love Song" (君をさがして/last love song, I Search for You) was the first of these, released in August. "Kimi o Sagashite" asked the question "What is life, and why does it disappear/why does the end come?" in its lyrics. The second single was "Single Mother/Christmas no Hibiki" (single mother / クリスマスの響き, Echo of Christmas), released in December. "Single Mother" was an autobiographical story about the unreplaceable bonds Kokia has to her mother. The final, "Kodoku na Ikimono/Ano Hi no Watashi ni" (孤独な生きもの/あの日の私に, Lonely Living Things/To Me on That Day), was released in March two weeks before the album's Japanese release. The song has a message that people have the power to change sadness and loneliness with kindness.

Real World (Queensrÿche song)

"Real World" is a song co-written and performed by progressive metal band Queensrÿche and orchestral composer Michael Kamen that was contributed to the action film Last Action Hero in 1993 and was recorded during the sessions for the band's 1994 album Promised Land and would surface on the 2003 remastered CD of Promised Land. The band also released the song as part of their 2007 compilation album Sign of the Times.

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