{{short description|Northern Irish singer|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{Use Hiberno-English|date=May 2014}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2026}} {{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject Musicians --> | name = Noel Burke | image = | caption = | background = solo_singer | birth_name = Noel Andrew Burke | alias = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1962|11|29}} | birth_place = Belfast, Northern Ireland | origin = | death_date = | death_place = | genre = | occupation = | instrument = vocals, guitar | years_active = 1987–present | label = | associated_acts = St. Vitus Dance, Echo & the Bunnymen | website = }}
'''Noel Andrew Burke''' (born 29 November 1962 in Belfast) is an Irish singer, who is best known for replacing Ian McCulloch as the lead singer with Echo & the Bunnymen from 1989 to 1993.<ref>[http://www.mersey-gateway.org/server.php?show=ConWebDoc.1356 Port Cities: – Echo and the Bunnymen] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071013103312/http://www.mersey-gateway.org/server.php?show=ConWebDoc.1356 |date=13 October 2007 }}. Mersey-gateway.org. Retrieved on 5 August 2011.</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20131119054507/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/artists/echo-the-bunnymen/biography Echo and the Bunnymen: Biography : Rolling Stone]</ref>
Burke's first band was St. Vitus Dance, who released the album ''Love Me, Love My Dogma''<ref>''[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r215112|pure_url=yes}} Love Me Love My Dogma]'' at Allmusic</ref> in 1987. The band split and Burke was contacted by Will Sergeant, who invited him to join Echo & the Bunnymen as lead vocalist.<ref>[http://www.villiersterrace.com/burke.htm The Ultimate Echo and the Bunnymen Discography]. Villiers Terrace.com. Retrieved on 5 August 2011.</ref> The band released ''Reverberation'' (1990) to mostly negative reviews,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.nudeasthenews.com/reviews/401 |title=Nude as the News: Echo And The Bunnymen: Reverberation<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=4 April 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080513060828/http://www.nudeasthenews.com/reviews/401 |archive-date=13 May 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20011215085415/http://www.ijamming.net/Music/Echo1.html iJamming! Music: Echo & The Bunnymen's Flowers take roots]}}. Ijamming.net (23 October 2001). Retrieved on 5 August 2011.</ref><ref>[http://www.enotes.com/contemporary-musicians/echo-and-bunnymen-biography Echo and the Bunnymen Biography: Contemporary Musicians] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110527074723/http://www.enotes.com/contemporary-musicians/echo-and-bunnymen-biography |date=27 May 2011 }}. Enotes.com. Retrieved on 5 August 2011.</ref> though the album has subsequently garnered some acclaim.<ref>[http://uk.music.yahoo.com/read/review/14174554 Echo & The Bunnymen Reviews on Yahoo! Music] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718134304/http://uk.music.yahoo.com/read/review/14174554 |date=18 July 2011 }}. Uk.music.yahoo.com (13 July 2005). Retrieved on 5 August 2011.</ref> The Bunnymen formally announced their disbandment in 1993, later reforming with McCulloch back on vocals.
In 2005, Burke reformed St. Vitus Dance for some live shows. An album of new material, ''Glyphotheque'', was released in 2008.
==Album discography== ===With St. Vitus Dance=== *''Love Me Love My Dogma'' (1987) *''Glyphotheque'' (2008) *''Bystanders ''(2012)
===With Echo & the Bunnymen=== *''Reverberation'' (1990)
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