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BRISTOL-BASED Coasts will follow the release of their cur- rent single Modern Love with a ‘Coastal’ tour of seaside towns and river cities. Currently embarking upon a month-long North American headline tour, the band will follow the ‘Coastal’ tour which includes a date at Cardiff’s Clwb Ifor Bach with their big- gest London headline show so far at London’s Koko on June 20 as well as major festival dates at Isle of Wight, T in the Park, Lollapalooza, Reading and Leeds. Produced by Mike Spencer


(Rudimental), is available as a single-track download as well as an EP which features remixes by RAC, Friction and Lost Kings. Influenced by artists such


as Foals and The Cure, Coasts have earned comparisons with the likes of The 1975, Bastille and Two Door Cinema Club. Last year saw Coasts sell more than 10,000 tickets in the UK, receive over four million plays on Spotify and sell over 100,000 tracks on iTunes before any mainstream exposure. 2014 also saw A Rush of Blood voted into the top 100 XFM and Zane Lowe tracks of the year as well as the top 10 listeners’ choice on Sirius XM Alt Na- tion. Coasts have also hit fes- tivals including Radio 1’s Big Weekend and Future Festival, as well as The Great Escape. Coasts are currently working


on their debut album which will be released later this year. Tickets for their show at


Clwb Ifor Bach on June 7 are available from www.coasts- band.com and http://coasts. seetickets.com. l Tickets from Ticketweb. co.uk / 0844 477 2000


Fun and dancing at this great show


THE iconic sound of Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons will be recreated on the stage of Big Girls Don’t Cry at Black- wood Miners Institute later this month. Four phenomenal singers and a fantastic live band. Lots of fun and dancing in the aisles encouraged! Valli & the Seasons had a string of hits beginning with the classic number one, Sher- ry in 1962. After a further run of hits, My Eyes Adored You hit number 1 on Billboard’s Hot 100 in 1975 followed by the theme song from the 1978 film Grease, which also went to number one. This show is guaranteed to


have you dancing in the aisles, featuringmanyhits from both sides of the Atlantic: Sherry, Grease Is The Word, Bye Bye Baby, Stay, Silence is Golden,


VALLI TRIBUTE: Big Girls Don’t Cry


Working My Way Back to You Babe, Oh What a Night, plus many, many more. Tickets for the Blackwood Miners Insti- tute show taking place on Sat- urday June 13 are available by calling 01495 227206 or visiting /your.caerphilly.gov.uk/bmi/ whatson/eventlist/4#Big Girls Don’t Cry


COASTS: New single and tour Will set for city gig


WILL Young will play Cardiff’s St Da- vid’s Hall as part of a UK nationwide tour during October and November. The tour announcement comes as


Will’s new album 85% Proof goes straight into Number One on the offi- cial UK album chart. 85% Proof follows up Will’s No 1 al-


bum Echoes released in 2011 which has sold over half a million copies. In the intervening years Will moved back to theatre starring in Cabaret (for which he was nominated for an Olivier Award); presented an ITV documen- tary on surrealist artist Magritte; fil- tered his passion for politics via blogs for the likes of Huffington Post; wrote a best-selling biography and fronted a campaign for Stonewall. He also started teaching and mentoring other singer-songwriters. Produced by previous collaborator


Jim Eliot (Mikky Ekko, Ellie Gould- ing), 85% Proof is a creative reflection of Will’s extracurricular activities post-Echoes and his most personal/ honest songwriting to date. Writing and recording for the new record also coincided with a move to a brand new


BACK ON TOUR: Will Young


label, Island Records. He will perform songs from 85% Proof


on his Love Revolution Tour which comes to Cardiff’s St David’s Hall on No- vember 18. Tickets will be available at 9am today from livenation.co.uk/artist/ will-young-tickets.


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