bacon and quarmby
Help us hit the Top 40
30 December 2009
The single “Come With Me”, which we wrote at the end of last year for the Josh’s Band ad campaign, is being released on Universal Records on Monday 11 January.
If we sell enough copies, we might even make it into the Top 40. Watch this space for details of how to download your copy!
CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE MUSIC VIDEO.
The track was produced by Bacon & Quarmby (David Bowie, Ian Brown, Finley Quaye) at London’s Rak Studios and, alongside Josh’s Band – which features Chris and George from The Lightyears – includes many of the performers who joined us on the tour, not least our very own Tony Lightyear and his awesome percussion collective Drum Club.
The music video for “Come With Me” is out on Monday 4 January in anticipation of the single release. Keep an eye on this website for updates…
Our Top 20 Moments Of 2009
16 December 2009
Christmas Time is here again and there’s enormous excitement in the air. There’s an outside chance that Rage Against The Machine will beat the X Factor to Number One on Sunday and the weather-man says that snow’s a-coming. Things literally couldn’t be any better.
We thought we’d add to the general feeling of goodwill and festivity by recounting our favourite and most memorable experiences from the past year. Most of them – whether in London, Cape Town or the USA – involved the support of our fans and we’d like to personally thank everyone who has helped us make 2009 one of our best years yet. You guys rule.
So here, in no particular order, are The Lightyears’ Top 20 Moments Of 2009:
1. Stepping out onstage at Wembley Stadium for the first time in front of 45,000 people
2. Winning over an audience of leather-clad Norwegian bikers at the Speedway Cafe in Cape Town
3. Performing a barbershop medley of British seaside tunes in front of the British Ambassador in Seoul
4. Writing a song for a national ad campaign (“Come With Me” is released on Universal Records in January)
5. Spotting our faces in train stations and on the side of buses
6. Performing for a full-house of fans, friends and family at The Lightyears’ Christmas Party
7. Playing to a crowd of thousands on a hot summer’s evening in Union Square, Manhattan
8. Working with top producers Bacon & Quarmby (David Bowie, Finley Quaye, Sugababes) on the studio release of “Come With Me”
9. Watching South Africa’s foremost FHM model Roxy Louw stage-dive into a crowd of boogying revelers at our Cape Town Tens gig
10. Being invited back to Wembley Stadium
11. Drinking Pina Coladas by the pool at the Table Bay Hotel, Cape Town
12. Seeing ourselves on TV (click here)
13. Touring the country with Josh’s Band
14. Finding out we’ve been immortalised on canvas!
15. Spotting The Lightyears in the New York Post
16. Dressing up as intergalactic space rockstars for a Forbidden Planet tribute gig
17. Selling out our latest album London, England on the US Tour
18. Celebrating the end of the Korean Tour with a Lightyears night on the tiles
19. Appearing on the same bill as Diversity, winners of Britain’s Got Talent
20. Partying with the LYs American Fan Club in Riverton, New Jersey!