The Reytons are back on the road! After selling out Rotherham’s 4,300 Capacity Magna in just 10 hours, the South Yorkshire four piece are throwing an additional 17 dates into the mix.

Recently dubbed as ‘a colossal live force’ by Clash, The Reytons are already infamous for their raucous live shows, with an almost football-like tribalism translating to their gig atmospheres in war chants and flares. They sold out every single show on their 2021 album tour, a feat that propelled the ‘Kids Off The Estate’ to number 11 in the Official UK Charts.

Despite little to no mainstream media backing, The Reytons have successfully made their mark on the music industry whilst becoming renowned for their DIY attitude and ability to rally a working-class nation.

The resurgence in music from the North West continues apace. Not since the heady days of Oasis, The Stone Roses, Happy Mondays and The La’s has the slice of England bookended by Liverpool and Manchester produced such a profusion of musical talent. 


Influential music blogs like Get Into This, tipsters Chris Bye and Shell Zenner and the presenters of Amazing Radio, Radio X and BBC Introducing have fuelled a scene in which Shura, Blossoms, Låpsley, Circa Waves, Spring King and Clean Cut Kid are only the tip of a talented iceberg. 



Fitting then that The Lottery Winners have been signed at Liverpool Sound City by the very same A&R legend who made Echo and The Bunnymen and The Smiths famous: Seymour Stein.
“It’s so refreshing to see a band that have both truly amazing songwriting AND a unique and exceptional live show. I expect great things from this very special bunch of musicians. I feel like it's Sire that's won the lottery with this great signing.” Weighty words from the man who also signed The Ramones, Talking Heads and Madonna. 




To mark the release of their early songs the band embarked on a sold out World Tour of Lancashire which took them from Accrington to Warrington via the famous Pheonix Nights in Farnworth. Since, to celebrate their signing to Sire/Warner Bros Records, The Lottery Winners have just completed their sixteen date tour titled The Lottery Winners' World Tour of the UK - Part One.

To add to the tour, The Lottery Winners have played extensively live, at Festivals including Kendal Calling, The Great Escape and of course, Sound City. They’ve supported the likes of Madness, Jacqui Abbott & Paul Heaton, Madness, The Charlatans, The Enemy, Scouting For Girls, James Veck-Gilodi, The Futureheads and Jamie Cullum building up a loyal family of fans in the process. The bands first single ‘Elizabeth’, an ode to misappropriated love with a nod to Her Majesty the Queen, released to coincide with the Diamond Jubilee celebrations. Described by Lauren Laverne as “Adorable”, Hooting and Howling magazine remarked “It’s the sound of Morrissey taking some happy pills and prancing stark naked through a hilly glade, singing of romance” whilst musically Tom Robinson of 6Music describes them as “somewhere on the musical spectrum between the blithe Beach Boys and the suffering Smiths”. The video featured Lancashire actor Will Travis indulging in a bit of Agalmatophilia – the attraction to dolls (or in this case mannequins) – a realisation that ‘the greatest love is often to be found right under your nose’.

The exuberance and sheer joy of a Lottery Winners’ gig is certainly something to behold. On entertainment value alone the Lancashire four piece win every time. The witty banter and total confidence brim from the stage, flooding venues with a sea of smiles.

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Introducing The Clause...

The Clause are a 4-piece alternative group from Birmingham founded by school friends Pearce Macca (front man), Niall Fennell (drummer) and Jonny Fyffe (bassist), later joined by Liam Deakin (guitarist) at the start of 2016 to complete the lineup. Described as having a 60’s swagger with an 80’s groove and a 90’s attack, they still take inspiration from the big choruses in current Indie Rock records.

With a handful of singles under their name hailing at around 500,000 hundred thousand streams across all platforms, a string of hometown sell outs including the Institute 2 to a sellout crowd of 550 fans, The Clause pride themselves on their large success, having released all songs independently, with no large radio play, festival slots, sponsors, Label, Agent or Manager.

After selling out their hometown intimate show, where 150 tickets flew out in just short of 2 days, they embarked on a debut headline tour of 4 dates, selling out in Sheffield, Manchester, Glasgow and Birmingham with the majority being self-promoted.

What people are saying about The Clause...

Counteract (Pigeon Detectives Support) “Young band The Clause kicked the evening off at a relatively early 6.30pm. There is obviously a lot of buzz around this band at the minute, with a respectable queue snaking out the O2 Institute’s door and down Digbeth High Street at 6pm.”

BBC INTRODUCING WM Jack Parker “I saw The Clause for the first time on Friday, and I was really impressed”.

Sean Myles (Reviewer / Photographer) “Listen to them for the first time at Broadcast during this gig and they were absolutely immense Live”

Birmingham Review (First act on a 5 band bill at the Castle & Falcon) “The Clause were the first band of the night, and for me they were the biggest highlight. Distinctive, original, playful”

Gigslutz “Birmingham’s brightest new band”

Counteract (o2 Institute 2 Headline) "The O2 Institute2 is a huge venture for any local band and to sell it out is a huge achievement for this lot...you see the potential for them to be sharing the stage with bigger artists, be that Miles Kane, The Sherlocks or The Courteeners"

A life of music rocks blog (Manchester, Jimmy's Headline) The lads also played as some new tracks which were even better than their current songs and showing a growth in their own (very mixed) sound. I loved it!