LYs provide soundtrack for celebrity-backed campaign

We've just written two original pieces of music to soundtrack the latest short film releases from the Body Gossip campaign. Body Gossip, run by the fantastic Ruth Rogers, aims to challenge society's unrealistic and narrow beauty ideals and has been gaining huge traction over the last few years. The videos, entitled "What Are We Protecting Our Children From?" and "...

Double-page spread in New York Daily News

The New York Daily News published an article on the band last week after our headline show at Astoria Park on Thursday 22 July. The Astoria show was the closing date of our recent US tour and proved to be one of our most memorable gigs ever in the USA. We performed an hour and a half's set of original material (with the odd cheeky cover thrown in) on the banks of the East River whilst the sun set over the Manhattan skyline - magic! What's more, a crowd of two thousand ...

2010 USA Tour a success!

Thanks to everybody who came out to see us during our 2010 American Tour. We had an absolutely fantastic time and were blown away, as always, by the warmth and generosity of our fans in the States. Highlights included a bakingly hot return to Union Square in New York, a full house at Burlington Amphitheatre on 16 July  and a crowd of two thousand people turning up to watch us play in front of the East River in Astoria Park on the last ...

USA Tour starts this week!

Our fifth American tour starts this Thursday 15 July at Union Square in New York. Here's a full rundown of the venues we're playing: Thursday 15 July: UNION SQUARE, New York NY This will be our third year headlining at the Union Square Summer Concert Series in Manhattan. Recent years have seen crowds of thousands and, thanks to the prime location right in the centre of New York, it's the ideal way to spend a late afternoon in the Big Apple. ENTRY ...

Tickets go on sale for American Tour 2010

**UPDATE (24 June): Tickets are now on sale for LYs @ Blockley Pourhouse (Philadelphia) on Sat 17 July. CLICK HERE TO BUY YOURS! Tickets are also available for our show at The Saint in Asbury Park (New Jersey) with local act Root Glen, on Sunday 18 July. Buy yours here. All our other shows in the USA this summer are ...

LYs to headline London festival this Sunday

We will be performing at the Northcote Road Carnival in Battersea this Sunday 13 June at 8pm on the Bennerley Stage. The Northcote Road Carnival is in its second year and crowds of over 10,000 are expected throughout the day. Alongside the live music there'll be a parade, a funfair, food and flower markets and all kinds of shenanigans going on up and down the street. Entry is free. For more information, click here ...

LYs to tour East Coast USA in July

We're very excited to announce our 2010 USA Tour, which will consist of a string of dates in mid-July in the New York/Philadelphia area. This will be our fifth visit to the United States and promises to be an absolute cracker! Dates include a return to Union Square on 15 July to headline at their Summer Concert Series (where we performed to thousands last July) as well as our second performance at the Burlington Amphitheatre in New Jersey on the 16th. New venues we will be appearing at include ...

2011 South African tour confirmed

We've been asked back to headline at the 2011 Rugby Tens Tournament in Cape Town, South Africa, for the third year running. The CT Tens have a proven track record for attracting thousands of revellers to Hamiltons RFC (just round the corner from the new Green Point World Cup Stadium) every February for a thrilling sports programme and a post-match shindig to, erm, end all ...

LYs to support Right Said Fred at Wembley Stadium

That's right - our next performance at Wembley will be in support to pop legends Right Said Fred on Saturday 17 April. Our previous Wembley gigs have seen us performing to crowds of over 45,000 and a similarly epic attendance is anticipated for the 17th. We will be playing on the pitch from 4.30pm (surrounded by a carnival entourage of firebreathers, cheerleaders, knights on horseback, acrobats, stilt walkers and jugglers) and Right Said Fred will be onstage ...

Lightyears to play Seoul for fifth year running

We're excited to announce that, for the fifth year running, we will be returning to South Korea in June to headline at The Queen's Birthday Ball at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Seoul. The QBB is a major event in Seoul's ex-pat social calendar and is attended annually by upwards of 500 guests, including The British Ambassador. We've performed there every year since 2006 and are thrilled to have been invited back again to make it five-in-a-row. To those of you reading this from Seoul - we look forward ...

Lightyears to return to Cape Town

Our 2010 Cape Town tour kicks off next week. We will be returning to South Africa to headline at the Cape Town Tens Rugby Tournament (sponsored by Castle Lager) at Hamiltons RFC on 6 and 7 February. Last year's event was an absolute blast and the word on the street is that it's only gonna get better this time round! Click here to buy tickets to the CT Tens....

Lightyears to appear on Channel 4

The music video for "Come With Me" - the song we wrote for the Josh's Band project - is being screened in full this Friday evening on Channel 4 between 9pm and 10pm (during Celebrity Big Brother) to an estimated audience of 3 million people. Watch this space for full details of timing later in the week. If we manage to sell enough copies of the single (which is out NOW on Universal Records) we  may be able to make the UK Top 40 Chart on Sunday. It's important that you buy your copy by ...

Help us hit the Top 40

The single "Come With Me", which we wrote at the end of last year for the Josh's Band ad campaign, is being released on Universal Records on Monday 11 January. If we sell enough copies, we might even make it into the Top 40. Watch this space for details of how to download your copy! CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE MUSIC VIDEO. The track was produced by Bacon & Quarmby (David Bowie, Ian Brown, Finley Quaye) at London's Rak Studios and, ...

LYs starring in two TV ads – out now!

Over the past month, The Lightyears have been touring around the country with Josh's Band as part of a series of enormous jamming sessions in five of the UK's major cities. These gigs have been turned into two T-Mobile adverts, both of which are now airing on primetime television. After writing the song "Come With Me" - which became the soundtrack for the campaign - Chris and George joined Josh's core band on ...

Lightyears Christmas party – this Friday night

Your last chance to see The Lightyears live in 2009 is this Friday night (4 December) at The Troubadour in Earls Court. We're throwing an enormous, super-shiny Christmas party to usher in the festive season and promise to lavish all kinds of delectable rock treats upon everybody present. Tickets are selling fast so it's advisable to buy in advance by clicking here or turn up early! Doors are ...

Come and star in a TV advert – this Saturday

This Saturday The Lightyears are joining Josh Ward (from the T-Mobile ads) to try to get 200 musicians together playing "Come With Me" (the song George and Chris recently wrote for the campaign). Top record producer Jonathan Quarmby will be there recording the session for a potential full-scale release in January on a major label (we're not telling you which one..!). All musicians and singers of all abilities are welcome to join in. Click here to ...

LYs write song for T-Mobile ad campaign

Last week we were asked by T-Mobile and Josh Ward (the face of their recent "free texts for life" adverts) to write a song for their new campaign that would inspire thousands of people across the country to "Join Josh's Superband". We were up against a number of other musicians and songwriters but we're excited to announce that T-Mobile have chosen our song! The track is called "Come With Me" and a basic recording can be heard ...

LYs to appear in national ad campaign

***UPDATE: check out the T-Mobile East London Jam feat. The Lightyears! Click here*** The Lightyears are appearing in several T-Mobile adverts broadcast nationwide over the coming weeks. If you've seen any of the company's recent campaign - "What Would You Do With Free Texts For Life?" - you'll probably have noticed the one where the curly-haired chap vows to start a superband (watch it ...

Lightyears to play second gig at Wembley Stadium

We're rather excited to announce that we've just been invited back to play Wembley Stadium again on Tuesday 17 November. Following our performance in September in front of a crowd of nearly 45,000 people, we will be returning to the UK's most iconic venue to play before the greatly anticipated match between Guinness Premiership leaders Saracens and world-champions South Africa. As before, the tickets will be super-cheap - just £10 for adults and £5 for under-16s. Click here to buy ...

Buy tickets for the LYs’ Christmas Party

We're headlining The Troubadour in Earls Court on Friday 4 December and it'll be a MASSIVE Christmas party to celebrate the coming of the festive season. Tickets are now on sale. Buy yours by clicking here! Advance tickets cost £6. Tickets on the door will cost £7 before 9.30pm and £8 afterwards. Buying in advance is advisable as THIS GIG WILL SELL OUT. We were aware of a few technical/timing issues at our last Troubadour gig but we'll be ironing those out this ...

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