Rally round Ryan and co (From Evesham Journal)
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Rally round Ryan and co
10:30am Thursday 3rd May 2012 in Music
THE NEXT STAGE: Evesham band I Am Ryan have progressed to the regional finals of Live and Unsigned. The five-piece group now hope to rally local support as they bid to reach the national finals of the competition at London’s O2 Arena.
A FIVE-piece rock outfit from Evesham is making strides at a national level.
I Am Ryan have progressed to the area finals of Live and Unsigned – the UK’s largest competition for original and unsigned artists – on Sunday, May 13, at The Corn Exchange in Bedford.
Local support could be crucial for Ryan Corbett (vocals), Nigel Timperley (guitar), Rich Mead (bass), Mark Sefton (drums) and Scott Wallace (guitar), so the band are offering to put on transport for those wanting to make the journey as they hope to secure a place on the line-up of Live Fest at The O2 arena in London.
To get to this stage, the band impressed judges by mixing their own track Pulled Apart with Sweet Dreams by the Eurythmics.
Scott said: “It was a great experience for us to play in front of a crowd that size and to our peers from different areas within the music industry. For us to have reached this stage is a great achievement for us as a band and a culmination of all the hard work all five of us have put in.”
They have also been announced for the Stamford Festival in Lincolnshire and Wychwood Festival at Cheltenham Racecourse from Friday to Sunday, June 8-10.
For more information go to iamryan.co.uk or e-mail the band’s manager Lee Marks at dmmanagement@live.co.uk.
