Dhani Harrison
Dhani Harrison (born 1 August 1978) is an English and American musician, composer and singer-songwriter. He is the son of George Harrison, lead guitarist of the Beatles, and Olivia Harrison. Dhani debuted as a professional musician assisting in recording his father's final album, Brainwashed, and completing it with the assistance of Jeff Lynne after his father's death in November 2001.
Dhani Harrison

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- Name
- Dhani Harrison
- Born
- 1 August 1978
- Birthplace
- Windsor, Berkshire, England
- Occupation
- * Singer-songwriter
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Fields
- rock music · alternative rock
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Dhani Harrison (born 1 August 1978) is an English and American musician, composer and singer-songwriter. He is the son of George Harrison, lead guitarist of the Beatles, and Olivia Harrison. Dhani debuted as a professional musician assisting in recording his father's final album, Brainwashed, and completing it with the assistance of Jeff Lynne after his father's death in November 2001.
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Biography
Biography
Harrison formed his own band, thenewno2, in 2006, and has performed at festivals, including Coachella, where Spin magazine called their performance one of the "best debut performances of the festival." The band also played Lollapalooza three times, with Harrison joining the festival's founder Perry Farrell on a cover of The Velvet Underground's "Sweet Jane" at 2010's event. In 2017, Harrison released his debut solo album In Parallel. The 2019 film In /Paralive, showcases the live version of his debut solo album and was recorded in the round at Henson Studios in Los Angeles. Harrison's 2019 single, "Motorways (Erase It)", was described by Rolling Stone as "a psychedelic track with a robust beat". In 2013, Harrison launched his career as a composer. Alongside his writing partner Paul Hicks, Harrison scored the Warner Bros. Movie Beautiful Creatures. Harrison has gone on to score the music for the TV show Good Girls Revolt, AMC's The Divide, Seattle Road, Learning to Drive, and for the Paul Giamatti–produced show Outsiders. In 2018, Harrison and his writing partner Hicks received a nomination for 'Best Music Score' at the International Documentary Association Awards for their work on the Sundance Film Festival Award Winning documentary Matangi/Maya/M.I.A. Most recently, Harrison wrote and recorded the title song for the Netflix original series Dogs and, along with Paul Hicks, scored the four-part HBO documentary series The Case Against Adnan Syed, the Bill Gates Netflix docuseries Inside Bill's Brain: Decoding Bill Gates, and the 2020 RZA movie Cut Throat City. Harrison's music collaborations span a diverse range of genres that have seen him tour with Eric Clapton, appear on the Wu-Tang Clan track "The Heart Gently Weeps", and join Pearl Jam live on stage several times over the years. One of Harrison's notable collaborations was in 2004 at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, where he appeared alongside Tom Petty, Jeff Lynne, and Prince on "While My Guitar Gently Weeps", which was performed to mark the posthumous induction of his father. Harrison united with his long-time family friend Jeff Lynne when he opened for Lynne's band ELO on the band's sold out 2019 North American summer tour.

Dhani Harrison performing in Seattle, Washington on 9 November, 2010
Susan Beals

Dhani Harrison performing in Seattle, Washington on 9 November, 2010
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Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Dhani Harrison • Landscape — yes • Alias — Ayrton Wilbury • Born — 1 August 1978 • Birthplace — Windsor, Berkshire, England • Origin — London, England • Instrument — * Guitar • vocals • Genre — * Rock • alternative rock • Occupation — * Singer-songwriter • composer • record producer • Years Active — 2001–present • Label — * Dark Horse • EMI • HOT Records • Current Member Of — * thenewno2 • Fistful of Mercy
Early life
Early life
Harrison was born on 1 August 1978 at HRH Princess Christian's Hospital in Windsor, Berkshire. Harrison is named after the sixth and seventh notes of the Indian music scale, dha and ni. Dhani is also a raga in North Indian classical music. He grew up with his parents in Henley-on-Thames, in Friar Park, the estate on which his father had lived since 1970. His mother, Olivia Harrison, is an American of Mexican descent. One of Harrison's earliest memories, from the age of six, is receiving a drumming lesson from his father's friend and bandmate, "Uncle" Ringo Starr. He recalled that before the lesson, he had been an avid drummer. However, when Starr began to play, the loud noise frightened him so much that he ran out of the room screaming. Harrison attended Dolphin School near Twyford, a Montessori method school, followed by Badgemore Primary School, Henley-on-Thames. He later attended Shiplake College, also near Henley, where he enrolled in the Combined Cadet Force, and showed a keen interest in rowing which continued into his later years. Harrison is an alumnus of Brown University, Rhode Island, where he studied industrial design and physics, earning a bachelor's degree. Harrison pursued a career as a car designer at McLaren Automotive before deciding to follow in his father's footsteps as a professional musician.
Musical career
Musical career
Harrison assisted his father in home recording sessions which eventually became part of the Brainwashed album project. In this process, he gained experience in performing and production techniques. After his father's death in 2001, Harrison, in collaboration with Jeff Lynne, completed his father's final album, Brainwashed, which was released in 2002 and went on to win a Grammy for Best Pop Instrumental Performance, in "Marwa Blues", at the 46th Annual Grammy Awards in 2004. Harrison participated in the Concert for George on the first anniversary of his father's death. The concert was organized by Eric Clapton and featured some of his father's friends and collaborators, including former Beatles bandmates Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr as well as Clapton, Billy Preston, Ravi Shankar, Jeff Lynne, Tom Petty, Jim Keltner, and Joe Brown. Harrison played backup acoustic guitar for most of the concert. Before the finale, Paul McCartney relayed to the audience, "Olivia said that with Dhani up on stage, it looks like George stayed young and we all got old", referencing the physical similarities between father and son. In 2004, Harrison appeared onstage with Tom Petty, Steve Winwood, Jeff Lynne, Prince and others for a performance of "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" during his father's induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. In March 2006, Harrison made a guest appearance on Liam Lynch's Podcast Video Variety Show, Lynchland. They performed a duet that will appear on a Lynch album. He collaborated with Jakob Dylan on the John Lennon song "Gimme Some Truth" for the Lennon tribute album Instant Karma: The Amnesty International Campaign to Save Darfur, which was released on 12 June 2007. • Illustration — Harrison at the 2009 Coachella Festival. In April 2006, it was announced that Harrison's band, thenewno2, had begun recording. The band released a music video, "Choose What You're Watching", on its website. thenewno2 features Harrison on lead guitar, synthesiser and vocals and Oli Hecks on drums and synths. He was involved in a re-working of the Beatles' "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" entitled "The Heart Gently Weeps", which was the first single on the Wu-Tang Clan's album 8 Diagrams, released in December 2007. Thenewno2's debut album, You Are Here, was released online on 11 August 2008 and in stores on 31 March 2009. The song "Yomp" was featured as a downloadable song for the Rock Band series, and "Crazy Tuesday" was featured as one of the 20 free songs that were downloadable with the purchase of Rock Band 2. In August 2010, Dhani Harrison, Ben Harper and Joseph Arthur joined to form Fistful of Mercy. In 2013, Harrison was the face of Gap's fall global campaign, entitled "Back To Blue." • Illustration — Harrison performing in Seattle, 2010 Harrison's dedication to his father's musical legacy resulted in a week long run of shows on Conan in September 2014, dedicated to George Harrison, which culminated in a sold out George Fest event at The Fonda Theatre in Los Angeles, which was later released as an album and documentary. He participated in The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute to The Beatles the same year. Harrison produced George Fest, a live album and concert DVD package documenting The George Fest tribute concert in honor of his father. The tribute was held at the Fonda Theatre in Los Angeles on 28 September 2014. The album and documentary were released on 26 February 2016. In 2017 Harrison played his first-ever solo show at the Panorama Festival in New York City. Harrison released his first solo album, In Parallel, in October 2017. In 2019, he toured as the opening act for Jeff Lynne's ELO, and typically performed with the group singing the vocals for the Traveling Wilburys song "Handle with Care." Following two live performances in Omeara, London, on 18 and 19 October 2023, Harrison's second solo album, Innerstanding, was released on 20 October 2023. Harrison formed the band Dragonflies, with Nigel Godrich after he contacted Godrich for some advice of Innerstanding. The band features Harrison on vocals and guitar, Godrich on production, Joey Waronker on percussion and string arrangements by David Campbell.
Albums
Albums
• In Parallel (2017) • Innerstanding (2023)
Albums
Albums
• You Are Here (2008) • thefearofmissingout (2012) • Beautiful Creatures (2013)
EPs
EPs
• EP001 (2006) • EP002 (2011)
Albums
Albums
• As I Call You Down (2010)
Albums
Albums
• Dragonflies (2026)
Single
Single
• "Slower"
Other collaborations
Other collaborations
• Brainwashed (2002) • Concert for George (2003) • Instant Karma: The Amnesty International Campaign to Save Darfur (2007) • 8 Diagrams (2007) • George Fest (2016) • The Road: Part I (2017) • The Road: Part II / Lost Highway (2019) • Huun-Huur-Tu / Carmen Rizzo / Dhani Harrison - Dreamers In The Field (2024) • To Save a Child: An Intimate Live Concert (Eric Clapton album w/"Give Me Love (Give Me Peace On Earth)" feat. Dhani Harrison) (2024) • Ivan Shopov, Carmen Rizzo & Dhani Harrison (feat. New Bulgarian Voices & Georgi Petkov) - Ascending Into Silence (2025)
Personal life
Personal life
Harrison married Sólveig "Sóla" Káradóttir in 2012. They announced their separation in 2016. The couple had no children. As of 2024, Harrison's partner is musician Mereki. Around April of 2025, Mereki gave birth to Dhani’s daughter, Lilou Mizu. This was confirmed by Dhani’s mother, Olivia Harrison, on Rita Wilson’s podcast in late 2025.
Video games
Video games
Harrison collaborated in the development of The Beatles: Rock Band, a music video game released on 9 September 2009 on the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and Wii gaming platforms. He was instrumental in the creation of the game and urged McCartney and Starr to participate. When asked about the game production Dhani stated, "I took the project to Apple and sort of convinced everybody to have a presentation. My job description is...being enthusiastic. We've been working on it for the past two years. This is the first one that is going to be totally, historically accurate. It's been a real headache, but it's been the most enjoyable work I've done in my life." To promote the game's release, he appeared on The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien on 8 September 2009 and at the end of the show they played "Birthday" with Dhani on drums, Conan O'Brien on bass, and Aaron Bleyaert and Mark Pender on guitar. In 2009, Harrison told the Chicago Tribune in an interview that he was "working on Rock Band 3 and making the controllers more real so people can actually learn how to play music while playing the game".
Identity
Identity
Dhani Harrison is recorded with the occupation guitarist. Classed in the genre alternative rock. Recorded as singer, guitarist, composer and pianist.
Life and career
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Dhani Harrison at The Ride Festival, Telluride Town Park, Telluride CO on 2018-07-15 (2018) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
Film composing
In between working on albums, Harrison, along with Paul Hicks, began their film composing partnership scoring the 2013 film Beautiful Creatures. In 2014, they scored the film Learning to Drive and the television series The Divide. In 2016, they composed music for the Amazon Video television series Good Girls Revolt, the film, Seattle Road, and the WGN TV series Outsiders. More recently, Harrison wrote and recorded the title song for the Netflix original series Dogs and, along with Paul Hicks, scored the four-part HBO documentary series The Case Against Adnan Syed, the 2020 RZA movie Cut Throat City and the sci-fi romance movie Futra Days in 2024.
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- 2.Chris Rogers. Perry Farrell w/ Peter DiStefano @ Lollapalooza 2010 playing Lou Reed's "Sweet Jane". YouTube cbignore. 12 August 2010.
- 3.Martoccio, Angie. Dhani Harrison Talks Stellar New Song, Touring with Jeff Lynne's ELO. Rolling Stone. 12 July 2019.
- 4.INTERVIEW: Dhani Harrison Talks About His Debut Album - IN///PARALLEL. www.xsnoize.com. 2017-10-04.
- 5.Dhani Harrison Jams with Pearl Jam – Gretsch Guitars Blog. 6 September 2011.
- 6.Cohen, Finn. The Day Prince's Guitar Wept the Loudest. The New York Times. 28 April 2016.
- 7.Dhani Harrison – The Only Son of The Late George Harrison. M.beatlesnumber9.com.
- 8.beatles bible. Dhani Harrison is born.
- 9.Rhino Records. Concert for George. 18 November 2003.
- 10.Corliss, Richard. Scorsese's George Harrison Doc: Within Him Without Him. Time. 5 October 2011.
- 11.Graff, Gary. Dhani Harrison Talks New Band, Beatles Game. Billboard. 11 March 2009.
- 12.Here comes the son -- Dhani Harrison.
- 13.Rosenborg • •, Rutger. Dhani Harrison Composes a Future 'In Parallel'. NBC 7 San Diego. 2017-11-20.
- 14.Radio X. New George Harrison Tracks Previewed Online.
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- 17.Amnesty International USA Artists Unite in Donating Tracks to Instant Karma: The Amnesty International Campaign to Save Darfur, to be Released by Warner Bros. Records June 12 Retrieved on 2009-03-07.
- 18.Gary Graff. Beatle progeny Dhani Harrison a reluctant musician. Reuters. 13 March 2009.
- 19.Sellers, Ben. Meet Fistful of Mercy. fredericksburg.com. 25 August 2010.
- 20.Gap Debuts "Back to Blue" Videos with Three-Screen Strategy. Gapinc.com.
- 21.CONAN Celebrates George Harrison Week. Teamcoco.com.
- 22.Rolling Stone. All-Star George Harrison Tribute Concert Coming to CD/DVD. 11 December 2015.
- 23.Panorama 2017 – Lineup. Panorama.nyc.
- 24.Wicks, Amanda. Dhani Harrison Announces Debut Solo Album IN///PARALLEL, Shares New Song: Listen. Pitchfork. 22 July 2017.
- 25.Dhani Harrison joins Jeff Lynne's ELO for Wilburys' 'Handle With Care' on tour (WATCH VIDEO). NJArts.net. 25 June 2019.
- 26.Almeida, Christina. Dhani Harrisoni's favourite songs. The Line of Best Fit. 20 October 2023.
- 27.Legaspi, Althea. Dhani Harrison, Nigel Godrich Preview New Band Dragonflies' Album With 'Slower'. Rolling Stone. 2026-07-22.
- 28.Green, Walden. Nigel Godrich and Dhani Harrison Launch New Project Dragonflies. Pitchfork. 2026-07-22.
- 29.Dhani Harrison and TheNewNo2 on Scoring 'Beautiful Creatures' and How It's Not Like 'Twilight' (Q&A). Hollywoodreporter.com. 17 February 2013.
- 30.'Learning to Drive' to Feature Music by Dhani Harrison & Paul Hicks. Filmmusicreporter.com.
- 31.Dhani Harrison & Others Score the Divide - Trafficbeat. www.mikeragogna.com.
- 32.Says, Jason. Dhani Harrison & Paul Hicks Scoring Amazon’s ‘Good Girls Revolt’ Film Music Reporter.
- 33.Dhani Harrison and Paul Hicks share 'The Sharp Knife' off latest film score. Entertainment Weekly's EW.com.
- 34.Staff, SPIN. Dhani Harrison, Nigel Godrich Soar As Dragonflies. SPIN. 2026-07-22.
- 35.Dhani Harrison to divorce wife of four years. Xposé. November 2016.
- 36.Sólveig Káradóttir að skilja við Dhani Harrison. DV. 2016-11-22.
- 37.Scancarelli, Derek. Dhani Harrison Wants To Shine His Love And Light In Everything. Forbes. 3 October 2024.
- 38.Gary Graff. Dhani Harrison Talks New Band, Beatles Video Game. Billboard. 11 March 2009.
- 39.Greg Kot. The ever-changing Thenewno2. Chicago Tribune. 6 November 2009.
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