NEW YORK – April 25, 2025 – PRLog — Ton-Up Records is pleased to announce the release of Philip
Paul Kelly‘s new single, Only the Lonely. Kelly brings his vocal talent, described as Neil Diamond meets
The Phantom of the Opera, to the Roy Orbison classic and the single’s B-side, Come Close, a ballad written
by composer Paul Castrataro (The Picture of Dorian Gray, Fags & Cellphones, Rockquem For A
Wrestler). Eddie Star (Eddie Star & The Zero Effect, JoyBox) signed Kelly to his label Ton-Up Records in
2022 and released his first single, Savior.

Kelly made his theater debut at 14 and has gone on to star and co-star in national tours of some of
Broadway’s biggest shows, including Titanic and Camelot. He has appeared in regional productions of Elf
The Musical, 1776, A Christmas Carol, The Full Monty, Jekyll & Hyde, Peter Pan, Beauty and the
Beast, and La Cage Aux Folles. Other notable performances include the workshop and concert of Ragtime
on Ellis Island as Admiral Peary with Brian Stokes Mitchell, Georgia Engel, Brandon Victor Dixon,
Michael Park, and Laura Michelle Kelly.

Listen: https://philippaulkelly.lnk.to/OnlytheLonely

Ton-Up Records & Music Publishing is an independent record label and music publishing company formed
in 2009 by musician Eddie Star (Eddie Star & The Zero Effect, JoyBox). In addition to Star’s music, its
roster includes the legendary Punk & Western band Blood on the Saddle, Greg Davis, Philip Paul Kelly,
Toy Machine Gun, and the solo catalog of 1960s legend Dean Ford of The Marmalade fame