23 year-old Marcus is a former hairdresser from Liverpool. He came second on the 2011 X Factor losing in the final to Little Mix. In 2007 he joined the group Eton Road after they’d reached the later stages of the X factor a year earlier. His debut solo single is a cover of White Stripes top 10 song ‘Seven Nation Army’, a track that won a Grammy in 2004 and peaked at Number 7 in the UK. This new version is taken from his debut self-titled album out on 12th March. Although there are 3 cover versions on the album Marcus has also helped write some of the songs. Marcus is part of the X Factor tour that began on 25th February lasting for just over a month.