Mark Stanway

January 8, 2024
Keyboardist

Quick Facts

Mark Stanway
Full Name Mark Stanway
Occupation Keyboardist
Date Of Birth Jul 27, 1954(1954-07-27)
Age 70
Birthplace Sutton Coldfield
Country United Kingdom
Birth City England
Horoscope Cancer

Mark Stanway Biography

Name Mark Stanway
Birthday Jul 27
Birth Year 1954
Place Of Birth Sutton Coldfield
Home Town England
Birth Country United Kingdom
Birth Sign Cancer

Mark Stanway is one of the most popular and richest Keyboardist who was born on July 27, 1954 in Sutton Coldfield, England, United Kingdom. Mark Stanway (born 27 July 1954) is an English musician from England. He was the keyboardist for Magnum, an English Prog Rock band Magnum from 1980 until the close of 2016.

On December 9, 2016 Mark announced that he’s quit Magnum halfway through their five-date Divine Lies Winter Tour. He cited “irrevocable circumstances”. . After Mark’s break-up from Magnum he has been performing in The Sweden Rock Symphony Orchestra in 2017 and has been performing the series of “An Intimate Night With shows. In the year 2018 Mark created a new group called ‘Kingdom of Madness that will perform Magnum music from the Magnum’s Classic era of 1976 to 1994. The seven-piece group includes Stanway (Magnum from 1980 to 2016) and the former Magnum drummer Micky Barker(1985-95) and the former Magnum keyboardist and Flautist Richard Bailey (1973-74, 1976-80) along with singer and drummer Mo Birch (UB40, Culture Club and numerous others) Mo has also toured and recorded with Magnum as well as guitarist Laurence Archer (Stampede, Grandslam & UFO) Laurence also played along with Magnum during

  1. as did bassist Neil Murray (Whitesnake, Black Sabbath among many others) along with vocalist Chris Ohusey (Heartland and Snakecharmer) In July 2019, Neil Murray was amicably replaced by Brian Badhams (Ex Rainmaker, Steve Gibbons Band, Alaska and still performs alongside Ellie Brooks) Archer has left and his replacement has yet to be made public.

Mark was a keyboardist on Magnum’s wildly successful On a Storyteller’s Night album. The band’s success continued into the next season with Roger Taylor produced Vigilante in 1986, and the top 5 album Wings of Heaven in 1988 and The Keith Olsen produced Goodnight L.A. which peaked at the top spot at No. 9 on the UK chart in the year 1990. The Magnum era of peaking is considered by many to be”the” Classic Magnum Era.

Mark Stanway Net Worth

Net Worth $5 Million
Source Of Income Keyboardist
House Living in own house.

Mark Stanway is one of the richest Keyboardist from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Mark Stanway 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Mark first made an appearance with Magnum on the album of Chase the Dragon (released in 1982) Mark provided keyboards on every studio album released from 1980 until his retirement from the band in 2016. (some 19 studio album)

In 1984, Mark created Grand Slam with Phil Lynott following the completion of a Phil Lynott solo tour in Sweden in the summer of 1983. This group consisted of Phil Bass, Mark on keyboards, John Sykes on guitar, Brian Downey on drums and Doish Nagle on rhythm guitar. This band eventually evolved to become Grand Slam, Sykes later quit for Whitesnake but was replaced later by Laurence Archer upon Mark’s recommendation. In 2016, Mark returned to Grand Slam for a Sweden Rock Festival performance featuring Micky Barker (ex Magnum) on drums, Neil Murray on bass, Laurence Archer on guitar and Stefan Berggren on vocals. Through his time, Mark was recorded or performed with a variety of notable artists, such as Robert Plant, Roy Wood, M3 Classic Whitesnake, with the original Whitesnake musicians Moody, Marsden and Murray, Swiss Star Bastian Baker Jimmy Copley Manfred Mann’s Earthband, The Quireboys, The Dogs D’amour, Mississippi blues singer Lisa Mills, Karl Wayne, Junior Giscombe, Spike Gray, Simon Kirke, Luke Morley, The Sweden Rock Symphony Orchestra and many others.

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Facts & Trivia

Mark Ranked on the list of most popular Keyboardist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Mark Stanway celebrates birthday on July 27 of every year.

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