Darren Hayes Profile

Birth name: Darren Stanley Hayes

Birth Date: May 8th, 1972

Birth Place:Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Nationality:Australian

Genre: Pop

Nickname: Daz

Height: 5' 10" (1.78 m)

Education:
Mabel Park State High School in Brisbane, Australia (Drama and music)
(University of Queensland in Australia - first journalism, before switching to education.

Parents: Father, Robert, is a merchant seaman and mother, Judy, is a nurse.

Siblings: An older sister, Tracey, and an older brother, Peter.

Name Game: The name "Savage Garden" comes from one of Ann Rice's vampire novels

Spouses:
Richard Cullen
(19 June 2006 - present)
Colby Hayes Taylor
(1994 - 2000) (divorced)

Big Break:
Answered an ad placed by Daniel Jones in a local newspaper for a singer and the pop duo "Savage Garden" was born.

Debut Solo Album: "Spin" (2002 Sony)

Did You Know:
Turned down the opportunity to pursue post-secondary drama school because his girlfriend at the time was not accepted into the programme. He went on to attend
Collects Star Wars memorabilia.
Former member of the Australian band Savage Garden
Worked as an early education teacher while waiting for Savage Garden's first album to be released.
Was a vegetarian for 7 years, but currently eats meat.
Does yoga each day while on tour and prior to shows.