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The Police were an English rock band formed in London in 1977. The core line-up consisted of Sting (lead vocals, bass, primary songwriter), Andy Summers (guitar) and Stewart Copeland (drums, percussion). Emerging from the British new wave scene, their music combined elements of punk rock, reggae and jazz. The group achieved international success from the late 1970s to the mid-1980s. Their debut album, "Outlandos d'Amour" (1978), reached number six on the UK Albums Chart and included the singles "Roxanne" and "Can't Stand Losing You". Read more on Last.fm

Maxïmo Park is an English indie rock band from Newcastle, United Kingdom. Comprising Paul Smith (vocals), Duncan Lloyd (guitar), Archis Tiku (bass guitar), Tom English (drums) and Lukas Wooller (keyboards), the band has drawn comparisons to North Eastern counterparts such as The Futureheads, as well as Franz Ferdinand, Pulp and Bloc Party for their addictive musical style and direct, edgy-yet-poppy rock sound. After releasing 300 copies of two of their songs Read more on Last.fm

Sam Fender (born Samuel Thomas Fender on 25 April 1994) is an English singer-songwriter who was named one of the BBC's Sound of 2018 alongside other emerging artists including Sigrid, Lewis Capaldi, and Khalid. He won the Brit Awards Critics’ Choice for 2019. Fender was a teenager when he began performing in pubs throughout North Shields, England. He was spotted in a pub by Ben Howard's manager, Owain Davies, who then got him to support for Willy Mason. Read more on Last.fm

Nadine Shah is a British-born vocalist/pianist from a small town called Whitburn, UK. Shah's parentage is Norwegian and Pakistani. Sites: SoundCloud, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and NadineShah.co.UK (official) Read more on Last.fm

Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs, AKA Pigs x7, is an English rock band formed in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, United Kingdom in 2012. Their debut album, Feed the Rats, was released on United Kingdom label Rocket Recordings in 2017 to critical acclaim. The Guardian listed the band as one of their "top 40 newcomers" for 2018, and in 2018 their second album King of Cowards was released, described by The Guardian as "pulverizing but accessible metal". In April 2020 Read more on Last.fm

Roxy Music are an English rock band formed in 1970 by Bryan Ferry—who became the band's lead vocalist and principal songwriter—and bassist Graham Simpson. The other longtime members are Phil Manzanera (guitar), Andy Mackay (saxophone and oboe), and Paul Thompson (drums and percussion). Other members included Brian Eno (synthesizer and "treatments") and Eddie Jobson (synthesizer and violin). Although the band took a break from group activities in 1976 and again in 1983 Read more on Last.fm

RAYE (Rachel Agatha Keen, born 24 October 1997) is a British singer-songwriter and record producer from Tooting who grew up in Croydon, South London. Raised in a musical household by a Ghanaian-Swiss mother and an English father, she learned piano as a child, attended the BRIT School briefly and began uploading music in 2014 with the R&B-tinged EP Welcome to the Winter. She established a dual profile as a solo artist and a songwriter for other performers, earning credits with artists including Beyoncé, Charli XCX, John Legend and Little Mix. Read more on Last.fm

RAYE (Rachel Agatha Keen, born 24 October 1997) is a British singer-songwriter and record producer from Tooting who grew up in Croydon, South London. Raised in a musical household by a Ghanaian-Swiss mother and an English father, she learned piano as a child, attended the BRIT School briefly and began uploading music in 2014 with the R&B-tinged EP Welcome to the Winter. She established a dual profile as a solo artist and a songwriter for other performers, earning credits with artists including Beyoncé, Charli XCX, John Legend and Little Mix. Read more on Last.fm

RAYE (Rachel Agatha Keen, born 24 October 1997) is a British singer-songwriter and record producer from Tooting who grew up in Croydon, South London. Raised in a musical household by a Ghanaian-Swiss mother and an English father, she learned piano as a child, attended the BRIT School briefly and began uploading music in 2014 with the R&B-tinged EP Welcome to the Winter. She established a dual profile as a solo artist and a songwriter for other performers, earning credits with artists including Beyoncé, Charli XCX, John Legend and Little Mix. Read more on Last.fm

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