LONDON: 100 Club

Saturday 10th March, 2012

7:30pm

Event information

All ticket sales to be donated to the mental health
charities MIND and RETHINK.

The Jude are a London-based rock ‘n’ roll band. ‘Les Filles Francaises’ was the follow up single to their debut release ‘Ha Ha Goodbye’. This first self-release earned them great success and recognition in April 2011, charting in iTunes at #75 and the iTunes Alternative Chart at #8. The chart positions carried radio strength with XFM playlisting and XFM’s John Kennedy, 6 Music’s Steve Lamacq and BBC Radio London’s Gary Crowley, all championing the track with frequent airplay. Their second release also received airplay from XFM and 6 Music, as well as from Huw Stephens on BBC Radio 1. It was Huw Stephen's 'Tip of the Week' on Tom Robinson's BBC Introducing show. The song was made Record of the Day on the day of release, and the music video was played on NME TV.

Christina Novelli was born in Southampton, England and is an up and coming name in the world of pop rock! She is of French and Italian descent from her father’s side (Jean-Christophe Novelli) and of English descent from her mothers side. She has amazed crowds all over the world with her powerful infectious voice and has an amazing ability to engage the crowd she is performing for. Christina has played countless venues in and around London (where she is based), including Barfly Camden, KoKo Camden and The Proud Galleries, to name a few. She has also sung at various venues in the USA, Whiskey a go go (Hollywood) and The House of Blues (California).

Toy Horses' early demos became a word-of-mouth and internet viral success in 2010, gaining national (BBC Radio 1, BBC Wales, BBC 6music etc) and international radio play. Picked as a live highlight of the SXSW Festival by Nic Harcourt (Music Editor, LA Times) and Steve Lamacq (BBC Radio 2, BBC 6music). Their début album 'Toy Horses' (2011) was recorded in Nashville, TN and was produced by Ken Coomer (Wilco). The album also features members of Counting Crows, Wilco and Taylor Swift's band. 'Toy Horses' was among the early favourites for the 2011 Mercury Prize. Stephen Fry proclaimed Toy Horses his "new favourite indie band" to his 2.7m followers on Twitter, and Adam and Tom are currently writing songs for the forthcoming Jason Derulo, Drake and Sean Kingston albums.