Phil Ryan is an English musician, writer and entrepreneur. He has toured with The Animals and is co-founder of The Big Issue and The 12 Bar Club. Music Ryan started his musical career as a session guitarist, recording with various well known artists and headlining at festivals all across England throughout the 1980s. The early 1990s saw him touring Europe and the United States, with performances in Stockholm, San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York, Barcelona, Munich, Nuremberg and Berlin, among others. In 1992, Ryan joined The Animals as lead singer and performed with them at the 'Children of Chernobyl' benefit concert in Moscow's Red Square in front of an audience of 100,000. In 2001, he recorded his first solo album, Storm Warning, and toured European festivals, such as the Bardentreffen in Nuremberg, Germany, with it. He contributed the charity single "Thanks for loving me" to the Jack Brown Appeal. Ryan is a featured artist at Rooftop Records where he mentors aspiring musicians. He has published various novels and continued his musical career. From 2015 he was involved in the Save TPA Campaign group trying to protect the historic Musical and historical heritage soaked Denmark Street in London's West End street from complete destruction and re-development into Luxury Flats and shops. Phil is part of the team making the film 'Tin Pan Alley Tales' capturing the history of Denmark Street (now under re-development as luxury apartments and a luxury hotel) featuring the stories of the people who made it what it was. In 2017 the film started production after a successful crowdfunding campaign for release in late 2018. The Director is Henry Scott-Irvine, Phil is an Executive Producer. Phil also worked with German Film Composer Jan Willem De With (Hamburg/Zurich) to orchestrate his song 'As we grow Old', which was released in mid 2018 to support his European tour festival dates. On 1 December 2017 he released the song 'Walking Down This Lonely Street' in co-operation with The Big Issue to raise funds for Homeless People over the Christmas period and beyond. The track is available via AWAL on major download platforms. He recorded and filmed a new collection of songs which were released in 2018/19 and planned live performances across the UK and Europe in 2018/19. His website allows access to his current musical projects. In 2018, Ryan was featured on the Your London Legacy Podcast - he was chosen