News
2010 USA Tour a success!
29 July 2010
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 night of the tour whilst the sun set over the Manhattan skyline…! Unforgettable.
Loads of you have uploaded your photos to our Fan Pics page on Flickr – click here to check them out (or add your own).
Our spies on the East Coast tell us we had a double-page spread in the New York Daily News (which apparently has a readership of two million people) on Tuesday, following our headline slot at Astoria Park. More details to come. For more USA press on the tour, see below:
“…for The Lightyears, making themselves a household name in America won’t be hard to do, what with the band being made up of three cute guys with English accents, including a heartthrob for a lead singer…”
Erica Brooke Fajge, Only In Philadelphia (read full article here)
“Gorgeous harmonies, three hot guys and that quirky English humor. What more could a girl want…?”
MetroGirl, New York
Here’s to next year’s tour…!
USA Tour starts this week!
30 June 2010
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 IS FREE!
Friday 16 July: BURLINGTON AMPHITHEATRE, Mount Holly NJ
We’re very excited to return to Burlington for the second year running. Burlington has an impressive amphitheatre and promises to host a fine evening of entertainment. Never fear – if it rains, the show will go on (it’ll be moved to an indoor theatre next door). ENTRY IS FREE!
Saturday 17 July: BLOCKLEY POURHOUSE, Philadelphia PA. BUY TICKETS HERE!
**THIS SHOW IS NOW ALL AGES!!** Our big Saturday night headline gig (and our only appearance in Philadelphia this summer) is at the awesome Blockley Pourhouse on Chestnut Street. The Blockley is a brand-new, state-of-the-art venue built on the site of an old asylum. Which is pretty wacky. Get your tickets here – just $7 advance!
Sunday 18 July: THE SAINT, Asbury Park NJ. BUY TICKETS HERE!
We’ll be seeing out the weekend at The Saint on Main Street, Asbury Park. Previous performers at this venue include Ben Folds Five, Lost Prophets, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club and The Dandy Warhols. Tickets on sale here! Also performing are local band Root Glen + special guests.
Thursday 22 July: ASTORIA PARK, New York NY
The tour comes to a close back in New York on 22 July at Astoria Park. We’ll be playing an hour and half’s set, so plenty of time to kick back with a massive Dr Pepper from Taco Bell and maybe even a tasty picnic. ENTRY IS FREE!
Full details on the GIGS page.
To hear us on the radio in your area, request the LYs below!
– Kathy Romano on WMMR (Bala Cynwyd, PA): REQUEST THE LYs HERE
– Bonnie Hart on WBZC “The Pulse” (Pemberton, NJ): REQUEST THE LYs HERE
– WKDU 97.1FM (Philadelphia, PA): REQUEST THE LYs HERE
Tickets go on sale for American Tour 2010
17 June 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 FREE ENTRY. Woo-hoo! Here’s a full list of the dates:
Thursday 15 July: Union Square, New York NY
Friday 16 July: Burlington Amphitheatre, Mount Holly NJ
Saturday 17 July: Blockley Pourhouse, Philadelphia PA (BUY TICKETS HERE)
Sunday 18 July: The Saint, Asbury Park NJ (BUY TICKETS HERE)
Thursday 22 July: Astoria Park, New York NY
Full details on the GIGS page.
LYs to headline London festival this Sunday
9 June 2010
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 to visit the official website.
Expect a set of old Lightyears favourites, a new song or two and a not-to-be-missed showstopper we recently added to our repertoire…
Full details on the gigs page. See you there!
LYs to tour East Coast USA in July
20 May 2010
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 the Blockley Pourhouse in Pennsylvania on 17 July and the Astoria Park Summer Concert Series in New York (22 July).
We’re looking forward to catching up with some old friends and hopefully making a bunch of new fans whilst we’re there! Equally, I have no doubt that George will once again attempt to eat himself to death on Philly Cheese Steaks. I mean, that’s just how he rolls (for the fully story, click here to read my 2009 USA Tour Diary).
For a full list of dates, click here to visit the GIGS page.
2011 South African tour confirmed
20 April 2010
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 other shindigs.
Click here to read my 2010 Cape Town Tour Diary.
And to anybody reading this from CT… we look forward to seeing you again next year!
LYs to support Right Said Fred at Wembley Stadium
12 March 2010
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 at 5pm. The live music will be followed by a rugby match between Saracens RFC and Harlequins. Tickets are available here at the extraordinarily reasonable price of £10 (or £5 for under-16s).
So… if you happen to be into The Lightyears, Right Said Fred, medieval circus entertainment and premiership rugby, then by Jove you’re in for a fine day.
Hope to see you there!
Lightyears to play Seoul for fifth year running
15 February 2010
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 to seeing you again in June!
Click here to read my past Tour Diaries from the Korea trips.
Lightyears to return to Cape Town
27 January 2010
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.
Click here to read press on our 2009 SA tour.
Click here to read my 2009 Cape Town Tour Diary.
And to those of you in Cape Town right now… looking forward to seeing lots of you there! Woop woop!
Lightyears to appear on Channel 4
11 January 2010
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 midnight on Saturday to maximise first-week sales and optimise our chances of chart success!
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CLICK HERE TO BUY THE SINGLE ON AMAZON.
CLICK HERE TO BUY THE SINGLE ON PLAY.COM.
Thanks, as always, for your support!
ps. You can watch the music video for “Come With Me” by clicking here.
