Virgin Soldiers are a British band from the South-East of England.  

After its premiere performances at the Assembly Hall Theatre, Tunbridge Wells, in October 2014, The Dreamers will be receiving its West End debut at the St James Theatre, London, in 2015.  

In the years that commemorate the centenary of the First World War, Virgin Soldiers and the cast of The Dreamers have performed music from the show at the West End Live Preview, the Leeds Castle Open Air Classical Concert alongside the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, the We Will Remember Them concert at St John’s Smith Square in aid of Combat Stress, Heroes at Highclere Castle (home of Downton Abbey) and the launch of military charity Never Such Innocence at Australia House.  The show has has been featured on BBC South East news, ITV Meridian News, and BBC Radio One, and continues to receive a wide amount of publicity.

Since forming in 2010, Virgin Soldiers have supported Keane, McFly, Joan Armatrading, Toploader, Steve Cradock and Jack Savoretti.  They have worked the festival circuit and played at some of the UK’s leading venues including Union Chapel, the Lees Cliff Hall in Folkestone, King’s Theatre in Portsmouth, NME’s Best Small Venue the Tunbridge Wells Forum and London venues such as The Bull & Gate, Water Rats, and The Bedford. 

In 2012 the band’s single Moon Song reached No. 3 in the Amazon Rock Chart behind Ed Sheeran and Coldplay, No. 19 in the Independent Breakers’ Chart, and No.2 in the Amazon Hot New Rock Releases Chart.  In 2014, their debut EP #LOVESTROCK entered the Itunes Singer/Songwriter Album Chart at No. 12 and received national airplay on BBC 6 Music.

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Formed in late 2009 by Mike Wilton, The Standard Lamps believe that it's about time that we took things back to basics. During the last two years, Mike has been experimenting with various musicians to produce ‘The Standard Lamps’ which consists of James Livett on bass and Matt Bennie (Goldie Reed, Billy Jupp) on drums.

Playing countless gigs in the South East, The Standard Lamps have been pleasing audiences since Early 2010. Their music can be described as a mixture of melodic tunes with a raw blues edge. With their first EP ‘Portland’ (2010) and debut album ‘Sell Everything You Own’ (2012) already under their belts, they are now planning the second album with a trilogy of singles to be released throughout Summer 2013.

The Standard Lamps believe in sounding where you come from. The Standard Lamps believe in variety. The Standard Lamps believe having fun with what you're doing. The Standard Lamps believe in giving you a good time.

Soulful, lo-fi folk from the valleys of Kent, featuring truly stunning harmonies and exceptional songwriting " Wonderfully warm harmonies.." MOJO MAGAZINE

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In 2014 the south coasts finest "Worry Dolls" are ready to take Britain by storm, huddled up in a cold south coast studio waiting for filming to commence for their debut video Emma turned to a friend and said "It's been three years in the making and now we are ready to take it to the next level",  A statement echoed by local press and media alike.

Feisty, energetic and highly talented and driven to write music that compares with their heroes, the song writing trio of Emma Baldry, Martin Sloyan and Jon Kearley are the creative heartbeat of Worry Dolls, Emma Baldry has a voice that could send a house crashing to the floor with one chorus. 

formed in April 2011 the band spent their subsequent years honing their craft, writing, tirelessly gigging and creating a debut album (The Man That Time Forgot) that can live up to the hype surrounding the Bournemouth band.

"We wanna write original music, we wanna take whats great about rock and roll, mix it with folk, blues and soul and see what happens" Emma casually explains. The result is one of the most exciting breakthrough acts of 2013 who refuse all labels and define themselves as "Campfire rock"

BUT it is as a live band "Worry Dolls" really come alive and thrive!! With bags of attitude, energy, swagger and no small helping of talent "Worry Dolls" shine on stages big or small from O2 Academy Bournemouth to China Whites London, and its these live shows they have attracted a large loyal following and captivated local media 

Band members - 
Emma Baldry - Lead Vocals - Ukulele - Harmonica 
Martin Sloyan - Backing Vocals - Bass - Guitar 
Jon Kearley    - Lead Guitar 
Russ Bayley   - Percussion 
Johanna Shaw - Violin - Cello 
Gavin Sloyan  - Piano. 

All multi-talented musicians & song writers, all playing a wide variety of instruments while possessing that great creative ingredient of being great friends.

Influences
The Pogues, Oasis and The Beatles to name a few


“WORRY DOLLS” released their debut album "The Man That Time Forgot" in October 2013 and reached number 4 in the Amazon indie download chart. 

You can now Download their new single "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds" from Amazon and ITunes and watch their new music video on youtube.   



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Formed in 2010 Kent based folk/rock artists The Breretons are set for a break through year with a string of live dates and a debut album scheduled for release in June 2015. Born from the ashes of London rock outfit The Original Sinners, brother/sister duo Marc and Charlotte decided it best to move away from Marc's hard rock & heavy metal fascinations, opting for a return to their folk roots to play heartfelt story telling songs crafted around haunting harmony vocals. 

With their timeless song writing ability being recognised in high places in 2014, the forthcoming album features a stellar line up of musicians including Paul Winter-Hart (Kula-Shaker) on drums and the acclaimed Henrik Irgens on Bass. The lead single "Love It" was Abbie McCarthy's record of the week on her BBC Introducing show this July, with the new single "Keep You Safe" set for release on December 8th. 

Expect beautiful music, a hard rock sentiment, impropriety and most of all. Entertainment.

Kent's famous four-day festival where local bands are given the opportunity to perform their music on two stages to crowds of over 10,000!

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