Luke Pritchard
Background information
Born	March 2, 1985 (1985-03-02) (age 22)
Origin	Worthing, West Sussex
Genre(s)	Indie
Instrument(s)	Vocals & Rhythm Guitar

Luke Pritchard (born March 2, 1985) is an English musician. He is currently the lead vocalist and second guitarist of the indie band The Kooks.

Pritchard was born in Lewisham, London and grew up in Clapham, London. His father, musician Bob Pritchard, died when Luke was 3 years old. He attended Bedales School, the Brit School of Performing Arts and Technology, and Brighton Institute of Modern Music where The Kooks formed in 2003 with bandmates Max Rafferty, Hugh Harris and Paul Garred.

Relationships

He has previously dated musician Katie Melua, with whom he studied at college, as well as the TV presenter Fearne Cotton.

Trivia

• Luke Pritchard announced in an interview on a French TV show that he went to school with singer Lily Allen. This was confirmed in a Bedalian newsletter stating that they both went there for a time.
• Luke Pritchard and Razorlight frontman Johnny Borrell are infamously enemies, due to comments by both, most notably, Borrell referring to The Kooks as being "...bending down, with their arses in the air, waiting to be fucked by radio 1", to which Luke retaliated "Yeah, he's a twat".
• Pritchard wrote The Kooks' hit song 'Naïve' at the age of sixteen.

References

1. Eva Simpson & Caroline Hedley (29th May, 2006). Fearne Slings Her Kook. Daily Mirror. Retrieved on 2007-02-25.