Lauren Harris

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Lauren Harris
Lauren Harris performing live in Mumbai, India
Background information
Born	July 6, 1984 (1984-07-06) (age 23)
Genre(s)	Hard rock
Occupation(s)	Musician, Vocalist
Years active	2005—Present
Label(s)	Demolition DR2 Records
Associated acts	Iron Maiden
Website	www.myspace.com/laurenharrisuk

Not to be confused with Lawren Harris the Canadian painter or Lauren Harries the child celebrity.

Lauren Harris (born 6 July 1984) is a British singer and daughter of Iron Maiden bassist and founder Steve Harris. She was discovered in a pub by Russ Ballard, who was unaware of who she was.^[1]

Lauren and her band toured extensively in 2006 including appearances at the Download Festival at both Donington and Dublin, and the German Rock im Park and Rock am Ring festivals. In late 2006/early 2007, they supported Iron Maiden on their European tour and in Dubai and India in March 2007.^[2]

She also supported Within Temptation and The Answer on their European tours in early to mid 2007^[3]. In the summer of 2007 Lauren and her band continued to tour with Iron Maiden and also played the majority of the major European festivals including Download festival, Graspop, Heineken Jammin' Festival, as well as others. She and her band supported Iron Maiden on their Somewhere Back In Time World Tour in India, Australia, Japan, South America and North America. They will again perform at this year's Download festival and at the Super Bock Super Rock festival in Portugal, as well as the Gods of Metal in Italy and the Graspop Metal Meeting in Belgium.

Lauren's debut album Calm Before the Storm was made available for download on May 19, 2008. The full CD version will be released worldwide by Demolition DR2 Records on June 23. The CD was produced by Tom McWilliams for Monstro Visionary Entertainment^[4]