ATLANTA , Georgia ( CNN ) -- The Script did n't follow the script . The Script includes , from left to right , Glen Power , Danny O'Donoghue and Mark Sheehan . In the standard showbiz treatment , a group -- say , three plucky , working-class music-mad young men from Dublin , Ireland -- travel to the grand shores of the U.S. of A . They form a band , grab the ear of a noted producer and , with a lucky break or two , are soon opening for the stars who inspired them so many years before . If the story needs a rousing climax , they return as conquering heroes to their homeland , pick up the local paper and find that their new single has gone straight to No . 1 . Applause , joyful tears , roll credits . Well , it was n't quite like that . In the case of The Script -- vocalist/keyboardist Danny O'Donoghue , multi-instrumentalist Mark Sheehan and drummer Glen Power -- O'Donoghue and Sheehan traveled to the States and spent several years as struggling writers and producers . Drummer Power , another Dubliner , had bummed around music scenes for years ; he 'd met O'Donoghue and Sheehan not long before the pair packed it in and returned to Dublin , plying their trade and looking for breaks . Descriptions of the trio as `` an overnight success '' thus leave them skeptical . If that 's the case , said Sheehan before a concert at Piedmont Park in Atlanta , Georgia , `` It was the longest night of our lives . '' Watch an interview with The Script » . On the other hand , when success did strike , it struck hard and relatively quickly . When O'Donoghue and Sheehan returned to Dublin , they decided to form a band . They recruited Power , noting their `` great strength together '' -- in Power 's words -- after jamming together . The Script 's first single , `` We Cry , '' hit the UK Top 20 in the spring of 2008 , and the second , `` The Man Who Ca n't Be Moved , '' hit No . 1 . The group 's self-titled debut came out in August 2008 in Britain . In December 2008 , they played the Nobel Peace Prize Concert , and , in March of this year , opened for U2 . ( Their album was finally released in the U.S. that same month . ) They 've spent this summer as Paul McCartney 's opening act , which was what brought them to Piedmont Park . Touring with the former Beatle `` feels like a master class for us , '' said Sheehan . The three , all around 30 , finish each other 's sentences like the old friends they are and display a savvy about the music business . That 's only fitting , as O'Donoghue and Sheehan spent their years in America learning the trade alongside producers such as Teddy Riley and the Neptunes . Sheehan says the group is looking for the sweet spot between the `` rock climate '' they grew up in and the hip-hop and R & B sounds that dominate American popular music . `` [ With our experience , ] we 're hashing it out , and I think we 've found it , '' he said . ( Asked about their own influences , they rattle off hip-hop artists such as Missy Elliott , Jay-Z and Kanye West . ) The Script appears to have a happy ending , just as an old tale of rising stars would have it . But the three are quick to point out that aspiring musicians should , well , write their own story . `` If there 's a message to younger musicians , to me , it 's 'do n't give up , ' `` says O'Donoghue . `` Magic can happen . ''
Musicians spent August 2008 as struggling writers and producers in the Britain . They decided to form a band when they returned to Britain . The group 's self-titled debut came out in August 2008 in U.S . August 2008 , the band has been the opening act for U2 and Paul McCartney .