I have played drums for fourteen years, three years of which were spent touring and recording as a professional drummer and backing singer for:

 

La Roux,

Jim Moray,

Pete Devereux of The Artful Dodger,

I Was a Cub Scout,

Bright Light. Bright Light.

 
I have headlined sold out world tours, and also shared the stage with some amazing acts including:

Coldplay,

Janet Jackson,

The Backstreet Boys,

Muse,

AHA,

Editors,

Panic at the Disco,
The Wombats,
Babyshambles,
Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly.

I have taken part in full production tours and am no stranger to a bunk. Saying that, I've really slummed it too! On the bigger tours, I have played some quite prestigious venues:

 

The O2 Arena, London,

The Earls Court Arena, London,

Brixton Academy, London,

The El Ray Theatre, Los Angeles, USA,

The Highline Ballroom, New York, USA,
Trafalgar Square, London, England,
Shepherds Bush Empire, London, England,
The Roundhouse, London, England,
Barrowlands, Glasgow, Scotland,
The Paradiso, Amsterdam, Netherlands,

The Enmore Theatre, Sydney, Australia,

The Palace, Melbourne, Australia,

to name a few.
 
I have spent the last few summers playing a diverse selection of festivals around the world:

Glastonbury Festival, Somerset, England,
Leeds & Reading Festival, England,
Download Festival (Monsters of Rock), Donnington, England,
South-By-South West Festival, Austin, Texas, USA,

Osheaga Festival, Montreal, Canada,

Parklife Festival, Touring Festival, Australia,

Les Eurockenees, Belfort, France,
Pukkelpop Festival, Kiewit, Belgium,
Lowlands Festival, Biddinghuizen, Holland,

Melt Festival, Bestätigungen, Germany,
Popadelica Festival, Huskvarna, Sweden,

Truck Festival, Oxford, England,
Great Escape Festival, Brighton, England,

Dot-to-Dot Festival, Nottingham, England.

I have performed on a number of the worlds biggest TV programs, some smaller, often quite bizare european TV shows, many live highlights programs, and have been playlisted on music stations:

 

USA:

MTV Total Request Live, USA,

ABC The Jimmy Kimmel Show, USA,

NBC Last Call with Carson Daly, USA,

 

BBC:

BBC1 Christmas Top of the Pops, UK,

BBC1 Glastonbury Highlights session, UK,
BBC1 Reading Festival Highlights session, UK,
BBC1 The Mercury Music Prize Awards, UK,
BBC2 Sound, UK.

 

ITV:

ITV The Brit Awards, UK

ITV iTunes Festival Highlights, UK,

ITV GMTV, UK.

 

Channel 4:

Channel 4 T4 Stars of 2009, UK

Channel 4 360 Sessions present: La Roux,
Channel 4 Alan Carr Chatty Man.

MTV UK:

MTV Spanking New session,
MTV2 playlist for I Was A Cub Scout x 4.

 

My Radio Appearances include:

Performance:

BBC Radio 1 Introducing session, UK,
BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge session, UK,

BBC Radio 2 Dermot O'Leary session, UK,
BBC 6Music Gideon Coe Live Session, UK,

BBC 6Music George Lamb Live Session, UK,
BBC 6Music Lamacq In The City Live session, UK,
Q Radio session, Toronto, Canada,

Play Radio Festival session, Munich, Germany,
XFM London Live Session, UK,
XFM Manchester Live Session, UK,
XFM Cardiff Live Session, UK,
BBC Wales Live Session, UK,

BBC Scotland Live Session, UK.

 

Non Performance:

BBC Radio 1 Edith Bowman single of the week, UK,
BBC Radio 1 5 minute introducing package for Steve Lamacq, UK,
BBC Radio 1 Co-presenting with Huw Stevens, UK,

BBC 6Music Roundtable with Steve Lamacq, UK,

BBC 6Music Playlisted,

XFM London Playlisted.

 

When not touring, I try to do as much sudio work as I can. I have worked with some amazing producers:

Hugh Padgham (Police, Genisis, Paul McCartney)
Andreas Herbig (AHA, Phil Colins, Mel C)
Paul Tipler (Placebo, iForward Russia!)
Andy Ramsay (Stereolab)


Releases include:
 
 Album. 2008 - present:
I Want You To Know There is Always Hope - I Was A Cub Scout (XL Recordings)

Singles. 2006 - present:
Hunters Daughter - IWACS (XL)

Pink Squares - IWACS (XL)

Our Smallest Adventures - IWACS (XL)
I Hate Nightclubs - IWACS (XL)

Holy Monsters 10" - Brontide (Holy Roar/Big Scary Monsters)

 

With singles come videos, which you can view by clicking the links below:

Hunters Daughter 2008
Pink Squares 2008
Our Smallest Adventures 2007
I Hate Nightclubs 2007