Promo Girl

Finishing off the night was (for the second night running, Carlisle) an act and a crowd reaction I will not forget quickly. Looking into our headliners Promo Girl before the gig, I noticed they were proudly a pop band, they had supported The Wanted and had been on Britain’s Got Talent. Now I love music from across the board but it has been a while since I kept my finger on the pulse of TV talent shows and the Top 40, but Promo Girl actually blew my mind.

I could barely be heard when I went onstage to introduce them, over screams from a crush of young girls down the front (all in homemade Promo Girl tees!), and once I welcomed them onstage from there on in the stage was theirs.

Dressed immaculately, with a fine array of haircuts and glittered face-paint, the five young lads were so comfortable in the image and music they were portraying that there’s no reason they couldn’t become (as I fairly excitedly tweeted) the new pop kings and give JLS a run for their money. - BBC