Editing Jim Corr

{{short description|Irish musician (born 1964)}}
{{About|the musician|the politician|Jim Corr (politician)}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| image             = The Corrs live at the NEC Arena, Birmingham 14th November 2024 (54142961922) (cropped).jpg
| name              = Jim Corr
| honorific_suffix  = {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|MBE}}
| background        = solo_singer
| caption           = Corr in 2024
| birth_name        = James Steven Ignatius Corr
| birth_date        = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1964|7|31}}
| origin            = [[Dundalk]], Louth, Ireland
| death_date        = {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}}
| instrument        = {{hlist|Guitar|keyboard|piano|[[mandolin]]|[[accordion]]|vocals}}
| genre             = {{hlist|[[Rock music|Rock]]|[[Celtic music|Celtic]]|[[Pop music|pop]]}}
| occupation        = {{hlist|Musician|singer-songwriter}}
| years_active      = 1991–present
| label             = 
| current_member_of = [[The Corrs]]
| website           =  {{URL|jimcorr.com}}
}}

'''James Steven Ignatius Corr''' (born 31 July 1964) is an Irish musician, singer, songwriter and DJ.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.showbiz.ie/news/april02/26-corrs14.shtml|title=The Corrs, Bono & Westlife Feeling the Summer Buzz...|work=ShowBiz Ireland|date=26 April 2002|access-date=26 April 2002|quote=Jim Corr from the famed Irish band will hit the decks alongside one of Ireland's top DJ's Tony Fenton.}}</ref> He is a member of the Irish folk/rock band [[the Corrs]], the other members being his three younger sisters [[Andrea Corr|Andrea]], [[Sharon Corr|Sharon]] and [[Caroline Corr|Caroline]].<ref>{{Cite journal |date=2013-06-24 |title=Jim Corr to face court hearing over €4m deposit |url=https://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0624/458577-jim-corr-acc-bank/ |journal=[[RTÉ]] |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Power |first=Ed |date=2020-09-28 |title=Jim Corr the truth-seeker: the baffling rise of an unlikely rock contrarian |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/news/jim-corr-truth-seeker-baffling-rise-unlikely-rock-contrarian/ |access-date=2024-04-08 |work=The Telegraph |language=en-GB |issn=0307-1235}}</ref>

==Musical career==
Corr first took guitar lessons in his hometown of [[Dundalk]],<ref>{{Cite web|title = Biography - The Corrs|url = http://www.rockdetector.com/artist/ireland/dundalk/the+corrs|website = www.rockdetector.com|access-date = 2015-12-16|url-status = dead|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151222150110/http://www.rockdetector.com/artist/ireland/dundalk/the+corrs|archive-date = 22 December 2015|df = dmy-all}}</ref> a large [[industrial town]] in [[County Louth]]. Corr plays acoustic and electric guitar as well as piano, keyboard, accordion and singing background vocals. He has also had an active role in the production aspects of all of The Corrs' albums to date, working with [[David Foster]] and [[Olle Romo]] on two separate albums.

==Charity work and recognition==
The Corr siblings were appointed as honorary [[Member of the Order of the British Empire|MBE]]s in 2005 by [[Queen Elizabeth II]], in recognition of their musical talents and also their charitable work which raised money for [[Freeman Hospital]] in [[Newcastle upon Tyne|Newcastle]] (where their mother was treated), victims of the [[Omagh Bombing]], [[The Prince's Trust]], and other charities.<ref>[http://www.contactmusic.com/new/xmlfeed.nsf/story/the-corrs-receive-mbe-honours "The Corrs - The Corrs Receive Mbe Honours"] Contactmusic.com. Retrieved 29 May 2011.</ref>

Jim and his sisters were also involved in the [[Live 8]] series of concerts, performing at [[Edinburgh]] in mid-2005 alongside [[Bono]] and other acts such as [[Annie Lennox]], [[Eddie Izzard]] and [[Bob Geldof]]. He also performed at [[Nelson Mandela]]'s ''[[46664 (concerts)|46664]]'' concert in South Africa, to help raise awareness of the growing AIDS epidemic in Africa.{{citation needed|date=January 2016}}

==Personal views==
Corr is a member of the [[9/11 Truth Movement]] and operates a website on which he writes about the [[New World Order (conspiracy theory)|New World Order]], including the notion that [[September 11 attacks|11 September]] 2001, was an inside job.<ref name="JimCorr.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.jimcorr.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=section&layout=blog&id=5&Itemid=72|title=JimCorr.com|access-date=28 May 2010|archive-date=2 November 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091102055111/http://www.jimcorr.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=section&layout=blog&id=5&Itemid=72|url-status=dead}}</ref> Following the [[death of Osama bin Laden]] in May 2011, Corr maintained that bin Laden had actually died in 2001.<ref>[http://www.nme.com/news/the-corrs/56463 "Jim Corr: 'Osama Bin Laden has been dead for 10 years'"] [[NME]]. Retrieved 26 May 2011.</ref> At some point in September 2015, all conspiracy related content was removed from his site and the URL began to redirect to the main Corrs website.{{citation needed|date=November 2018}}

Corr opposed lifting Ireland's constitutional ban on abortion in the [[Thirty-sixth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2018 (Ireland)|2018 Repeal the Eighth referendum]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://evoke.ie/2018/05/11/news/irish-news/jim-corr-saving-the-8th-amendment|title=Jim Corr Reveals His Stance On The 8th Amendment Ahead Of Referendum|date=2018-05-11|work=EVOKE.ie|access-date=2018-05-14|language=en-US}}</ref>

In 2020, Corr posted on social media that he had attended an anti-lockdown and anti-mask protest during the [[COVID-19 pandemic]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.irishnews.com/news/republicofirelandnews/2020/08/24/news/jedward-and-jim-corr-clash-in-online-spat-over-anti-lockdown-protest-2044623/|title=Jedward and Jim Corr clash in online spat over anti-lockdown protest|date=2020-08-24|work=irishnews.com|access-date=2024-09-21|language=en-GB}}</ref> organised by groups known as Health Freedom Ireland and [[Yellow_vests_protests|Yellow Vests Ireland]].

==Personal life==
Corr has a son with ex-fiancée [[Gayle Williamson]], a former [[Miss Northern Ireland]].<ref>[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/ireland/article6832231.ece "Profile: Jim Corr"]{{dead link|date=September 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} [[Sunday Times]]. Retrieved 26 May 2011.</ref>

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