Editing Ricky Gervais (section)

===Music===
For six months in 1983,<ref>{{cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?si=c-4O-OLSHo99FPfG&t=1345&v=99mDleOf46I&feature=youtu.be |title=Ricky Gervais: Comedy, Football and Brotherly Bonds With Roy Keane {{!}} Stick to Football 59 |date=27 November 2024 |last=The Overlap |access-date=2 December 2024 |via=YouTube}}</ref> during his final year as a student at UCL, Gervais and his best friend Bill Macrae formed the [[New wave music|new wave]] pop duo [[Seona Dancing]]. They were signed by [[London Records]], which released two of their singles—"[[More to Lose]]" and "[[Bitter Heart]]". The songs failed to make an impact on the [[UK Singles Chart]].<ref>{{cite book |editor-first=David |editor-last=Roberts |title=British Hit Singles and Albums|year=2006|publisher=Guinness World Records Limited|isbn=978-1904994107}}</ref> Despite not being successful in the UK, Seona Dancing did manage to score a hit in the [[Philippines]] with "More to Lose".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.salon.com/2011/01/26/ricky_gervais_pop_band/|title=Ricky Gervais' career as an 80's glam-pop star|work=Salon|access-date=25 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150126045322/http://www.salon.com/2011/01/26/ricky_gervais_pop_band/|archive-date=26 January 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> Gervais also worked as the manager for [[Suede (band)|Suede]] before they became successful in the 1990s.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/showbiz/news/a321491/brett-anderson-praises-ex-manager-ricky-gervais.html#~p2t6TtO7XcwBvE|title=Brent Anderson Praises Ex-manager Ricky Gervais|website=Digital Spy|first=Tom|last=Eames|date=25 May 2011|access-date=25 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151016221915/http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/showbiz/news/a321491/brett-anderson-praises-ex-manager-ricky-gervais.html#~p2t6TtO7XcwBvE|archive-date=16 October 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2013, Gervais performed a live tour as [[David Brent]] along with his band [[Foregone Conclusion]], Brent's fictional band in ''The Office''.<ref>{{cite news|date=18 September 2013|title=Ricky Gervais confirms David Brent to play live gigs|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-24148385|access-date=30 December 2020}}</ref> He and the band performed songs written under the Brent character, including "Equality Street" and "[[Free Love Freeway]]".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nme.com/news/various-artists/73215 |title=Ricky Gervais plays debut David Brent show with former Razorlight star in London |work=[[NME]] |date=14 October 2013 |access-date=25 January 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150107132135/http://www.nme.com/news/various-artists/73215/ |archive-date=7 January 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref> Gervais also produced a series of YouTube videos, 'Learn Guitar with David Brent', featuring acoustic guitar versions of nine songs. In 2016, as part of the ''Life on the Road'' film promotion, Gervais published the ''David Brent Songbook''<ref>{{cite book|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01HBPUIC6/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1 |title=David Brent Songbook eBook: David Brent: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store |date=11 August 2016 |publisher=Amazon.co.uk |access-date=10 November 2017}}</ref> of 15 songs, which he also recorded for the album ''Life on the Road'' as David Brent and Foregone Conclusion.