Luke Friend is returning to Exeter Phoenix for a special summer concert with Viewmygig.
Local artists will be supporting Luke in what is sure to be a fantastic evening of next generation artists showcasing their talent. Follow @viewmygig on twitter to keep up to date.
Visitors to Sandy Park are used to rubbing shoulders with famous rugby players, but an exciting event at the recently redeveloped venue in November will give guests the opportunity to mingle with a host of celebrities from the stage and screen.
The third annual Harry’s Ball, taking place on Saturday 15th November at Sandy Park, boasts a glittering celebrity line-up from cast members of popular reality shows Made in Chelsea and The Only Way is Essex, plus star of Coronation Street Kym Marsh and Hollyoaks’ Ashley Taylor Dawson.
The Harry Cunningham Trust, which raises money for Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital’s neonatal unit, is staging a glitzy celebrity ball, open to the public, in Exeter’s Sandy Park.
The trust, set up in 2012, aims to raise awareness of vasa praevia, a rare but deadly condition affecting unborn children where vital blood vessels block the birth canal, resulting in severe complications. The trust was begun after the condition led to the tragic death of Harry Cunningham, the son of trustee and founder Niki Cunnigham, at just 26 hours old.
Devon has added another success story to its books, with the announcement that Exeter girl group Wildwood Kin have won in the Open Mic UK Competition.
Open Mic UK offers entrants not only the chance to win prizes, but the opportunity to perform live to capacity audiences at some of the best venues in the country, with the Grand Final being held at The NEC in Birmingham! Huge crowds, record industry A & R and celebrity judges are there to cast their eye over the talent along the way.
Exeter girl group Wildwood Kin impressed judges at the audition stages and during a...
Local singer songwriter Charlotte Ward, who supported X Factor finalist Luke Friend and The Voice quarter finalist Adam Issac last Friday night at the Exeter Phoenix, gets her own shot at making talent show history tomorrow.
Charlotte is travelling to Birmingham National Exhibition Centre to compete in the national finals of the prestigious talent show Open Mic UK.
Described at “one of the toughest competitions in the country” it has been previously been the launch pad for artists such as Birdy, Lucy Spraggan and Hattie Keane.
Teignmouth lad Luke Friend and Scotland’s Nicholas McDonald will join forces for a one-off gig at Torquay’s Riviera Centre this Saturday 18 January.
This is the first time Luke and Nicholas, who came third and second on The X Factor respectively, will have shared the stage since the show ended in December last year. Since then, these incredibly popular teens have remained great friends and are both relishing the idea of doing a show together for their thousands of fans.
The gig will be a fantastic opportunity for the artists’ fans to see the boys perform together with the...
Devon's Luke Friend is preparing for stardom, despite failing to reach the X Factor final.
The 17-year-old from Teignmouth failed to secure enough votes to go through to last night's sing off but despite that he is still being tipped for the top.
And among those singing his praises have been a number of celebrities.
Elli Goulding, who dueted with Luke, from Teignmouth, on Saturday night tweeted: "I loved performing with @LukeFriendMusic. What an absolute legend. Goooooo Luke!!!"
And Phillip Schoefield told his 2.6m Twitter followers: "I'm gutted for @...
Devon's Luke Friend once again found himself in the bottom two of last night's X Factor - but is on his way to the final.
Luke, from Teignmouth, faced a tough sing-off against boy band Rough Copy choosing to perform Keane's Somewhere Only We Know, which was recently covered by Lily Allen and made famous by the new John Lewis Chistmas advert.
Commenting on both performances, judge Gary Barlow said: "It was an emotional sing off. I think you both did well. You've done amazingly well to get this far."
But Gary, as expected, put his own act (Rough Copy) through....
