Singer-guitarist Mike Scott of the Waterboys in Los Angeles, while the band was touring in support of a new album, 'Life, Death and Dennis Hopper.' (Credit: Steve Appleford) Mike Scott of the ...

The Waterboys’ most famous song was the response to a challenge. In New York City in early 1985, Mike Scott was walking back towards the Gramercy Park Hotel with then-girlfriend Krista King, when she ...

The Waterboys have recruited Fiona Apple as the narrator of their latest single “Letter From an Unknown Girlfriend.” The record, written by Mike Scott and performed by Apple, will appear on the ...

The Waterboys were one of the biggest bands of the 80s but almost four decades on from their commercial heyday, leader Mike Scott remains a thrilling creative livewire. Over the past few years, the ...

THE WATERBOYS: (Singing) I saw the crescent. You saw the whole of the moon, the whole of the moon. SIMON: The Waterboys have been making music since the 1980s, and their latest album was sparked by a ...

The Waterboys have joined forces with Fiona Apple, Bruce Springsteen, Steve Earle, and other artists to make a concept album about the late, great actor Dennis Hopper. Life, Death and Dennis Hopper is ...

15 years on from his death at the age of 74, actor Dennis Hopper will have his legacy further immortalized thanks to a new concept album from Scottish rock band The Waterboys. Interestingly, The ...

Over four decades ago, when Mike Scott started The Waterboys, the very first song they released saluted the art of somebody else. “A Girl Named Johnny”, issued in 1983, swooned over the androgynous ...

Mike Scott of the Waterboys doesn’t like to use the word “obsession” to describe his particular affliction. When it comes to the creative artists who have moved him over the decades, he prefers to ...