Indie band The Lathums have announced that they will play a show live from Blackpool tomorrow (28/10/2020) that’ll be live-streamed in the Blackpool Tower circus ring. The band went from playing sold-out shows and support bands across the country when Covid-19 hit and stopped them in their tracks, postponing their plains and forcing them to take a break. However, the Lathums are back with a new show with a twist and clowns to boot.
Roll up, roll up! We’re delighted to announce our special performance ‘Live From The Blackpool Tower’ will be broadcasted on Oct 28th. Featuring brand new tracks off our EP ‘Ghosts’. Register below and join us for a night of live music and plenty of fun xhttps://t.co/n2V4MrKEYR pic.twitter.com/vEFSjuDDyd
— THE LATHUMS (@TheLathums) October 16, 2020
The Lathums are an Indie/Alternative band featuring Alex Moore on lead vocals and rhythm guitar, Scott Concepcion as the lead guitarist, Johnny Cunliffe playing the bass guitar, and Ryan Durrans on the drums. The four of them rose to success through some not very conventional methods, rather than releasing an album The Lathums released s number of EP’s and singles over the course of a couple of years yet still managed to gain a cult following and amassing over millions of streams on Spotify.
Like most artists, over the course of the Covid-19 pandemic, The Lathums found it very hard to adjust to the new norm. Going from ‘Wigans Heros‘ and playing sold-out gigs, to postponing tours and settling into lockdowns, The Lathums took the time to reflect and grow “we had time to reflect and focus and see what we needed to do and have a bit of time to write“. This paid off with the release of their latest single ‘I See Your Ghost’ gaining almost 100,000 streams on Spotify despite being released earlier this October (2020).
It hasn’t been a full halt for the 4 young men, like with the release of their new single, they also managed to showcase the new song on Later…With Jools Holland. This certainly added to the band’s notoriety and expanded their fan base but the news from them didn’t stop there. The band announced their new EP ‘Ghosts’ that’ll be releasing later this October (30/10/2020).
The chance to perform at the Blackpool Tower circus ring is not something that happens very often. They are the first band to perform there since the 1990s after Madness played there last. It isn’t a surprise the Lathums chose Blackpool for their venue, Alex Moore told the BBC that they’re all very nostalgic, liking to listen to older music and form their music around nostalgia and older bands like Madness “I have always liked older music – 40s, 50s, 60s”
The Lathams are one of the more popular up and coming bands of the last few years with a bright future and great music. The live stream will take place tomorrow (28/10/2020) at 8:00 PM, you can sign up for it here
