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The Pierces are an American pop rock duo consisting of sisters Allison and Catherine Pierce.
On August 10, 2004, their second album Light of the Moon was released through Universal. The album was produced by Brian Sperber and featured 11 tracks that the Pierce sisters either wrote or co-wrote. The original version of the song "Save Me" appeared in the television series Roswell and The Pierces re-recorded a new version of the song for Light of the Moon.
On December 5, 2007, The Pierces appeared on The CW television series Gossip Girl, in the episode "Hi, Society", playing their songs "Secret" and "Three Wishes". They also featured songs such as "Boy In a Rock and Roll Band" in season 2, and "We Are Stars" and “Space & Time” in season 4.
On August 21, 2008, "Secret" by The Pierces appeared in a promo for Showtime show Dexter. In May 2009, Dutch TV channel NET 5 used "Secret" in a promo for their fantasy shows Charmed and Ghost Whisperer. "Secret" was also played over the closing credits in the movie ExTerminators.
"Secret" also serves as the theme song of the Freeform TV series Pretty Little Liars, based on the series of books by Sara Shepard. It was suggested by one of the stars of the show, Ashley Benson, after she heard from Gossip Girl. In 2012, the single "Secret" was also featured in a commercial for the Australian version of the reality series Big Brother. It was used in a video to promote the novel "Three Can Keep a Secret" by Archer Mayor.
On May 30, 2011, their fourth album You & I was released featuring their new singles "Love You More", "You'll Be Mine", "Glorious" and "It Will Not Be Forgotten" produced by darktones and released by Polydor Records. However, The Pierces only have a label currently in the UK and are therefore focusing on widening their popularity there, later working on their homeland the US.
They went on their first official tour through June 2011, with Delta Maid and Alice Gold as support:
The Pierces played at the Glastonbury Festival in June 2011.
The Pierces supported Coldplay at the iTunes Festival in July 2011, which happened to be on Allison's 36th birthday. A second, much larger UK tour took place through October 2011, with Marcus Foster as support. On September 11, 2011, the duo announced via Twitter that their next UK single from You & I will be "Kissing You Goodbye", which was released on October 23. The Pierces supported Coldplay once again for their North American tour in April–May 2012. They appeared at the Edmonton, Calgary, Vancouver, Portland, Seattle, San Jose and Los Angeles shows, as well as supporting them in their Australian tour.
A single, "Sneak into My Room", spent several weeks in rotation and on the playlist of BBC Radio 6 Music and was featured as Q Magazine's "Track of the Day." A music video for "Hung to Dry," directed by Steve Birnbaum, was named one of the top 50 indie music videos of 2012.
Catherine Pierce revealed on August 27, 2013, via Twitter to a fan that a new album would be released in early 2014. Their song "We Are Stars" was featured on The CW's Beauty & the Beast in the episode "Any Means Possible".
On January 31, 2014, the band confirmed via Twitter that the album would be called Creation, and shared a video for its first single, "Kings". "Believe in Me" was released as the second single in late March. On April 12, 2014, the song peaked at #66 in the UK Top 100. On May 22, 2014, the official video for "Kings" was premiered on Vevo. The album was released on September 1, 2014.
In January 2017, Catherine released the solo single "You Belong to Me", under the name Cat Pierce. The track is the first single off of her debut solo album, which was expected later in 2017. Two follow-up singles have been released since then; "Hard to Be a Woman" and "Weapon of War" and other singles (thirteen in all), between 2017 and 2019. In May 2017, Allison Pierce released her debut solo album Year of the Rabbit. In 2020, they re-recorded the song "Secret", considered their most famous one, and filmed a full acoustic concert in Silver Lake, Los Angeles, released online in August.
In February 2023, Allison released a song with Patrick Avalon called "The Spinners". In May 2023, Catherine released a single called "Little One" under the name as Cat Pierce. On April 26, 2024, she also released a single called "Solid Gold", featuring Patrick Avalon.
In June 2023, it was announced on Instagram that Allison was expected to give birth to her first child in July 2023. She gave birth on July 2, 2023.
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