Mark Shaw is one of the most popular and richest Songwriter who was born on June 10, 1961 in Chesterfield, Chesterfield, United Kingdom. In January 1994, Shaw made his acting debut as Johnny in the London production of Bad Boy Johnny and the Prophets of Doom by Daniel Abineri.
On 10 June 2012, Vintage TV aired a show hosted by Shaw. It aired another show hosted by him on 3 October 2012.
On 12 December 2012, via the official Then Jerico website, Shaw announced details of a 2013 “Reprise” tour consisting of 13 dates around the United Kingdom, culminating in a show at the Clapham Grand in London. The tour commenced on 7 May 2013, featuring the original line-up of the band, made up of Mark Shaw, guitarists Rob Downes and Scott Taylor, bass player Jasper Stainthorpe and drummer Steve Wren.
A live album, Alive & Exposed, recorded in the summer of 1992 at The Grand Theatre, Clapham, London was released by Murder Records in 2000 under the ‘Mark Shaw Etc., Then Jerico’ banner featuring new song “Step into the Light”.
After the original Then Jerico line-up split in early 1990, Mark Shaw went solo releasing his only studio album, Almost for EMI in 1991.
In 2003, Shaw appeared in the Reborn in the USA reality television series, but abruptly quit the show after just one day of filming. Shaw was interviewed by Channel 5 about his “brief but memorable” appearance on Reborn in the USA and the numerous reasons why he walked out of the show on their Most Shocking Talent Show Moments programme which aired in April 2011. He also briefly appeared on Channel 5’s Most Shocking Reality TV Moments clip show in September 2014, but was not interviewed.
