Happy 10th Birthday LYs…!

As we were walking out onstage at Wembley Stadium a couple of weeks ago, Tony reminded me that we played our first gig together almost exactly ten years previously, on 29 April 2000, in a tiny venue in Oxford called The Jam Factory. I can't be certain how many people were there but it definitely wasn't 50,000. Probably more like 20. Either way, this makes today The Lightyears' official 10th birthday. Although The Lightyears per se didn't officially come into ...

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 ...