Vinyl Countdown To Liam Gallager’s Clothing Gig

Former Oasis frontman Liam Gallagher has picked an up-and-coming Cardiff band to play at the glitzy London launch of his new clothing label.

The Broken Vinyl Club were stunned to get the call to say the notorious Brit-pop bad boy had personally requested them to play at the club night for Pretty Green.

They took the request from Gallagher in disbelief, saying that it was weeks before reality sank in.

Band frontman Scott Howells said the four-piece, who have only been together 18 months, had been inspired by Oasis. He said: “Oasis were one of the bands that made me want to be in a band.”

They will play a set at the Relentless Garage in London on Friday in front of a celebrity crowd. “We’re working really hard because obviously we want to get it right in front of so many influential people,” Scott added.

Liam heard the band’s first single, I Want You Girl, after Merthyr-born actor and musician Jon Owen passed it on to contacts in the music industry.

Music teacher Scott, 30, said he and his colleagues, who live in Cardiff and Aberdare, were amazed to get the call.

He said: “It didn’t sink in for about a week-and-a-half, we didn’t really believe it was true.”

But now he and band mates Meirion Townsend, Justin Beynon and Jamie Taylor are preparing for their biggest show yet.

“Hopefully the nerves will pass by the end of the second song,” Scott said.

“We’ve been going for 18 months as this band but we’ve never done anything as big as this.”

Gallagher’s Pretty Green clothing label makes designer wear and was founded by the Oasis lead singer.

Source: www.walesonline.co.uk

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