Massachusetts five-piece offering a lo-fi personal feel together with a more polished set of dancefloor friendly tracks, mixing glitchy samples, falsetto vocals and summery, feel good tunes.

Playing clever but purposefully naïve pop in the manner of The Twilight Sad. Frightened Rabbit sound bolder than their moniker would suggest, though it suits their lively but nervous musical style.

Twice winners of the BBC Radio 2 folk award for Best Duo, John Spiers and Jon Boden have made the genre of spontaneous, punky English folk very much their own stomping ground.

Live, their music, much like contemporaries Fleet Foxes, Bright Eyes and Wilco, is a tapestry of traditional Americana though theirs, whilst always centred around folk, country, blues, jazz & pop.

WE HAVE AN EXCLUSIVE OFFER FOR YOU - 20% OFF YOUR TICKET TO SEE CIRQUE DU SOLEIL'S VAREKAI AT THE TRAFFORD CENTRE (IN THE BIG TOP) FROM THURSDAY 25TH FEBRUARY TO FRIDAY 12TH MARCH 2010. Following on from its sell out run at London's Royal Albert Hall, Cirque du Soleil will be bringing its spectacular masterpiece, Varekai to Manchester for the very first time. Appearing at the Trafford Centre under the Grand Chapiteau (Cirque's Big Top) from Thursday 25th February until Sunday 21st March 2010. This will be the only stop for Varekai outside London, and is on for a strictly limited period only. Varekai, meaing "wherever" from the Romany language, is an explosive fusion of colourful drama and awe-inspiring acrobatics. The seemingly impossible becomes possible through the stunning displays of skill and power, and set to a pulsating music score and interwoven by thrilling choreography. The Grand Chapiteau is a huge temperature-controlled temporary structure which seats over 2,500 spectactors per performance. All the seats are cushioned and circle a central stage like a Roman amphitheatre, giving everyone a fantastic view of the show. There has never been a better time to dream!

MC Sally Haywood,
Tim Clarke, Paul F Taylor
& Tommy Campbell.