Party: UNDERTONE presents THE PEOPLE THE POET / THE BROADCASTS / VINCE JAMES (ACOUSTIC SET)

Party: UNDERTONE presents THE PEOPLE THE POET / THE BROADCASTS / VINCE JAMES (ACOUSTIC SET)

The People The Poet

Successful tours with Straight Lines and Deaf Havana followed in 2014 which also included Summer festival appearances at Latitude Festival (handpicked by BBC Radio 1 DJ Huw Stephens), Hay Festival and Swn Festival. 2014 also saw the band get picked to become one of twelve artists to join the BBC Horizons 12 music scheme. The Narrator was nominated for the Welsh Music Prize and the year finished off with live sessions at BBC Maida Vale Studios.

In March 2015 the band were invited to perform at SXSW Festival in Austin, Texas. Whilst there BBC Radio 2 DJ Dermot O' Leary was so impressed by their set that he invited them to perform a live acoustic session for BBC Radio 2 at SXSW. This lead to another acoustic session for BBC Radio 2 when the band arrived back home on the Jeremy Vine show at Hay Festival.

The People The Poet returned to Austin, Texas for SXSW in March 2016 in support of their new EP “Paradise Closed” with singles “Matchday” & “Club 27” receiving support from BBC Radio 1, BBC Radio 2, BBC 6 Music, BBC Radio Wales, Planet Rock, Kerrang and more. The EP peaked at 19 in the iTunes alternative album chart and after playing a sold out hometown show in Pontypridd are flying back over the Atlantic ocean to perform in Toronto for Canadian Music Week.

Support comes from The Broadcasts and Vince James (acoustic set).