Tony Henry

Education

Henry moved to London when he attended the Central School of Ballet, but later moved to Inverness, Scotland.

Career

Outside of ballet, Henry started doing stunt work which included work on The Bill. Henry later realized that he "wasn't a very good stunt man" and later changed to a performance of Starlight Express in the West End of London. During a performance of Carmen Jones, professional opera singers encouraged Henry to focus on opera because "he had a voice to die for".

He later appeared in Madam Butterfly at the Royal Albert Hall and Sarastro. While at Sarastro, producers from Warner Music UK signed him for their label. They also encouraged Henry to perform opera combined with hip hop.

He was compared as a combination of Luciano Pavarotti and Puff Daddy. Football Henry has also performed before association football matches. Arsenal fans were impressed with his performance and nicknamed him the "Voice of Arsenal".

In 2007, Henry sang the Croatian national anthem, "Lijepa naša domovino" before Croatia's match against the England national football team at Wembley Stadium. During the performance, Henry made a mistake with the lyrics. Henry was supposed to sing "Mila kuda si planina" ("My dear, how we love your mountains"), instead he sang "Mila kura si planina" ("My dear, my penis is a mountain").

Henry apologized for the mistake, however Croatian fans considered him a lucky omen as they felt that his mistake helped the players relax as they were seen laughing after it. They also petitioned the Croatian Football Federation to hire Henry as an official mascot and for him to sing at their games at UEFA Euro 2008. However, in 2006, it reached 37 in the Belgian s Chart.

Achievements

• It was not before March 1979 that Henry got an extended run in the side with the team had been struggling in the bottom half of the league table though progress had been made in the UEFA Cup where a 5–2 aggregate third round victory over AC Milan had set up a tie with Borussia Mönchengladbach. The style of football Malcolm Allison wanted to play suited Henry's ability as a utility player, being able to play across the midfield and also at full-back if need be, and his first goals for Manchester City soon followed as he scored both in a 2–1 League Cup replay win at home to Sheffield Wednesday in early September. Two months later he got his first league goal for the club when he opened the scoring in a 2–0 derby match win over Manchester United, the goal for which he is best-remembered for by the supporters.
  
  Three wins out of the last four games saw them finish in seventeenth place, Henry scoring in a 2–1 win on the last day against Ipswich to bring his tally to 4 goals from 32 appearances.

• In 2003 he performed "Abide With Me" before the 2003 FA Cup Final at the Millennium Stadium.