Daniel (Dan) Haggis

Daniel "Dan" Haggis (born 17 February 1984) is an English musician, who is best known for playing drums for The Wombats.

Early life
Haggis was raised in Liverpool, he attended the Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts where he met fellow band members, Matthew Murphy and Tord Øverland-Knudsen.

Publicity and television appearances
Haggis appeared on an episode of the Australian music quiz show, Spicks and Specks in 2008 as the ending act with fellow bandmate Tord Øverland-Knudsen. They performed an original rendition of the theme song to Postman Pat in Norwegian.

Haggis, Murphy and Øverland-Knudsen also made an appearance on the popular chat show, The Ed Goldengee Show.

The Wombats
Haggis is part of the Liverpudlian trio, The Wombats alongside Matthew Murphy (vocals, guitar, keyboard) and Tord Øverland-Knudsen (bass guitar). Haggis met Murphy at the age of 19, at the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts when Murphy turned up "trolleyed" at Haggis' flat. The pair met Øverland-Knudsen and The Wombats launched in 2003 when they were given the chance to play various gigs by the Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts. They gained a huge amount of airplay in The UK with songs like: "Moving To New York" and "Backfire At The Disco", the success of those two songs led them to realise "Kill The Director" as a full length single. The bands first album, "A Guide To Love, Loss and Desperation" was released in 2007, and was described by the NME as "Completely and utterly ace, basically".

The Wombats' highly anticipated second album, entitled "This Modern Glitch" was released on 25 April 2011, and featured hit tracks such as "Tokyo (Vampires & Wolves)" and "Techno Fan".

Solo career
Haggis embarked on his solo career (while still continuing his work with The Wombats) calling himself Dan The Man, and he released his debut solo album, entitled "Dan The Man" on 25 July 2012. He wrote on his private Facebook page, "Finally my solo album is up online & available to purchase in most countries! 11 alt-folk-pop songs I recorded in Liverpool between 2009-2011. Hope you like it...Dan."