CONGRATULATIONS are in order for home grown talent The Stow, who have won a nationwide competition to support critically acclaimed soul diva VV Brown on her 12-date UK tour.
Judged by an expert panel from Island Records and the Metro, along with audiences at the regional heats, the unsigned Walthamstow band, who mix reggae, pop, indie and jazz, saw off more than 500 hopefuls to make it onto the final shortlist of five bands who went head-to-head in an online vote.
Singer/songwriter Haydn Corrodus gleefully tells me: “It’s an amazing feeling, for the first time I am lost for words!”
The tour kicks off in Manchester on November 4 and ends in London, at the University of London Union, Malet Street, London on Monday, November 23.
Tickets: www.seetickets.com
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