Blog and pictures now online from American Tour

Last week The Lightyears returned from a week-long tour in the USA. To find out more about what the boys got up to on the East Coast, visit the BLOG page for the first instalment of Chris Lightyear's USA Tour Diary. An album of photos has also been published in the LYs Gallery.   The band were based in New York where they performed at the Time Out "Back To School ...

Two shows, two continents… one day.

A few days ago we returned from a whirlwind tour of New York. I kept a diary - and here's Part 1... SUNDAY 14 SEPTEMBER, 4.40am (Tony's house, Twyford, England): Most parts of me hurt. The sofa I slept on last night was just slightly shorter than me, and the number of hours for which I slept on it were just slightly shorter than I consider acceptable. Two, to be precise.  Roughly four hours ago I was still onstage at a gig in Southampton, UK. This afternoon I ...

At Midnight available online now [updated]

At Midnight, the new EP from The Lightyears is now available to buy. To be among the first to get a copy you can order the CD on the Shop page now. The EP features familiar tracks She’s The One and This House Will Burn along with instrumental Phoenix and new songs Brightest Star and Run. Additionally, all five tracks from the EP are exclusively available on US download store Amie Street. For more information read about The Lightyears on Amie Street.

LYs track “Single Of The Day” at Amie Street

One day after being uploaded to the site, Lightyears track Phoenix has been named "Single Of The Day" on online download store Amie Street. All five tracks from new Lightyears EP At Midnight have been made available for download from Amie Street ahead of the record's physical release this Sunday 14 September at the Time Out "Back To School Blowout" Festival in Union Square, New York. The physical release for UK fans follows a week later on Monday 22nd. Amie Street, a social networking site as well as a ...

New Lightyears EP – out next week

At Midnight, the new 5-track EP from The Lightyears, will be released this Sunday 14 September in the USA. UK release will follow a week later. The first opportunity for fans in the States to get their hands on At Midnight will be at the Time Out "Back To School Blowout" open-air festival in Union Square, New York, this Sunday. Following The Lightyears' performance on the main stage at 3.30pm, At Midnight will be on sale in Virgin Megastore where the band will also be signing copies on request. In addition, all five ...

Lightyears in FourFourTwo

The Lightyears get a mention in this month's edition of football magazine FourFourTwo following their collaboration with Peterborough United Football Club on the charity single Posh We Are. The single, a re-working of the club's 30 year-old terrace anthem, was released in May of this year to raise money for Peterborough-based sports charity Free Kicks. The record reached #45 in the iTunes Plus Top 100 Chart.   See Page 123 of FourFourTwo's October edition (part of the "Planet Football" feature) for ...