{"id":826412,"date":"2026-03-15T01:26:22","date_gmt":"2026-03-15T01:26:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/826412\/"},"modified":"2026-03-15T01:26:22","modified_gmt":"2026-03-15T01:26:22","slug":"people-think-were-a-joke-but-in-oldham-were-local-heroes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/826412\/","title":{"rendered":"People think we\u2019re a joke, but in Oldham we\u2019re local heroes"},"content":{"rendered":"

Known as The Two Connors, the boys’ dream almost didn’t happen\"Brothers<\/p>\n

Brothers Danny and Callum Connor <\/p>\n

The Connor brothers think they are on the verge of something special.<\/p>\n

Beginning their journey just three years ago, Danny and Callum would post videos of themselves singing or rapping. Initially, they would just be shared around friends and families on Facebook.<\/p>\n

Now, The Two Connors are staring success in the face – their latest single peaking at number one in the UK download charts. But despite being blood brothers, the boys say that their dream almost didn\u2019t happen. Danny told the Manchester Evening News: “I\u2019ve always liked singing and an interest in singing. Callum was making music on his own at that time.<\/p>\n

“I had a few singing videos going around on Facebook and people were asking us to get together, but we never did.”<\/p>\n

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Then, something clicked. He added: \u201cI always said I\u2019ll know when it\u2019s the right time to get on a song with my brother. He did a song called ‘Oldham Lowlife’ and I jumped on it. We went to the studio and enjoyed it and just thought we should come up with a name for ourselves and try it.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt seemed to take off, there was a lot of people backing us with it. We were well shocked.\u201d<\/p>\n

Calum added: \u201cWe\u2019ve always been close, but we\u2019ve also always been in and out of trouble.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf my life is going where I\u2019m drinking and doing this, that and the other, Danny\u2019s cleaning up and if Danny\u2019s doing it then I\u2019m cleaning. We\u2019ve just been missing each other on our little paths.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Danny<\/p>\n

Danny and Callum are gaining traction online <\/p>\n

After three years of playing in local pubs, clubs and venues, their latest single, ‘Familiar Faces’ has gained them chart success, peaking at number one of the UK downloads chart and currently sitting at 11.<\/p>\n

An ode to Oldham<\/a>, the single sees the boys wax lyrical about home town heroes and reminiscing about days well gone.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt took us by surprise,\u201d admitted Callum, \u201cbut on my bedroom wall I have manifestations and I do it every single morning without fail.<\/p>\n

\u201cI do believe that I\u2019ve got the things I want rather than want them. It sounds stupid to people who don\u2019t believe in it, but it works for us. I don\u2019t think there\u2019s a song out there that just mentions people off your local estate. I think that\u2019s what made it stand out more, because it was just so real and raw.\u201d<\/p>\n

Social media had a massive hand to play in the song’s success.<\/p>\n

The Two Connors went viral on several platforms through short videos marketing the song which have garnered thousands of views and hundreds of comments. Visuals range from depicting Danny and Callum bantering with neighbours inside their local ale house to their pair stood in the middle of the town centre or in front of a well known corner shop, singing about lads in stolen cars and pints at the Scruple’s Bar.<\/p>\n

While many comments are in support of the brothers and the song, comments such as \u201cUniversal Credit anthem\u201d or “If Ed Sheeran was a reform voter” gain just as many likes as comments proclaiming them as the next big thing.<\/p>\n

\u201cMost of the comments are from people who are jealous and that\u2019s the truth,\u201d Callum told the M.E.N. \u201cMost of the people who leave comments are musicians themselves. People have jumped to a lot of assumptions and conclusions. I\u2019ve grown up on an estate where, if you said something like that, you get put in your place very quickly.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019re probably from middle class areas and those areas haven\u2019t been like that.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s a bit of classism there as well. They accuse us of many other things, but classism is actually a disease as well.\u201d<\/p>\n

Growing up in one of the most deprived areas in the UK, the goal for the siblings now is one of inspiration.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen two people from Oldham are doing something like this, that should inspire others,” Callum added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Known as The Two Connors, the boys’ dream almost didn’t happen Brothers Danny and Callum Connor The Connor…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":826413,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8813],"tags":[748,393,600,4884,2465,696,1286,16,15,185318],"class_list":{"0":"post-826412","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-manchester","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-facebook","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-manchester","13":"tag-manchester-music","14":"tag-oldham","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom","17":"tag-unmissable"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116230592085842893","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/826412","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=826412"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/826412\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/826413"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=826412"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=826412"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=826412"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}