http://www.thelightyears.com/wordpress Glorious Technicolour Power-Pop Fri, 04 Feb 2011 19:00:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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 ... http://www.thelightyears.com/wordpress/?p=1192 http://www.thelightyears.com/wordpress/?p=1190 http://www.thelightyears.com/wordpress/?p=1186 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 ... http://www.thelightyears.com/wordpress/?p=1164 “Lightyears ahead in Astoria - Energetic British band thrills young and old” 27 July 2010 Lisa L. Colangelo, New York Daily News, USA CLICK HERE FOR ARTICLE SCAN ASTORIA PARK was treated to a burst of British pop rock last week when The Lightyears took to the stage for a free concert... The energetic ... http://www.thelightyears.com/wordpress/?p=1167 http://www.thelightyears.com/wordpress/?p=1162 http://www.thelightyears.com/wordpress/?p=1158 http://www.thelightyears.com/wordpress/?p=1154 http://www.thelightyears.com/wordpress/?p=1151 http://www.thelightyears.com/wordpress/?p=1147 “British Invasion: UK's The Lightyears performing in Philly” 15 July 2010 Erica Brooke Fajge, Only In Philadelphia, USA First, it was the Beatles – then later Oasis and Coldplay. Britain’s latest find, The Lightyears, is coming to Philadelphia this Saturday, July 17th, for a show in University City... The Lightyears, the “hottest band in ... http://www.thelightyears.com/wordpress/?p=1138 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 ... http://www.thelightyears.com/wordpress/?p=1118 When we discovered that a five-star hotel in Cape Town had erected a plaque in our honour back in January (read about it here), I think we all expected this would be the last time something like that would happen to us. Au contraire, however! After our recent gig at ... http://www.thelightyears.com/wordpress/?p=1107 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 ... http://www.thelightyears.com/wordpress/?p=1090 http://www.thelightyears.com/wordpress/?p=1083