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Meet LAWSON : The Next Great UK Band

Meet Lawson The 4 Piece Band Trying To Win Your Hearts Over With Single "When She Was Mine"



Lawson , formlery known as 'The Grove' are a four-piece pop rock band signed to Polydor Records. They are originally from Liverpool, Brighton, Nottingham and Chesterfield; Andy Brown, Adam Pitts, Joel Peat and Ryan Fletcher are now based in London.

After months of searching for a singer/songwriter, drummer Adam met Andy (formerly a member of boyband Avenue) and introduced him to bass player Ryan. They agreed to form a band and guitarist Joel was brought in to complete the line up.

Lawson have been posting acoustic performances of their original material on YouTube since early 2010. Their song "She" was featured on YouTube’s front page within days of being uploaded.





They played gigs around the UK, including Wireless Festival and Ultrasound Festival They were a support act for boyband The Wanted on their 2011 UK theatre tour, and supported The Saturdays on their 2011 tour.

On September 8, 2011, it was announced that the band had been signed to Polydor Records.

After signing to a major label, Lawson opened shows for acts such as Will Young, Avril Lavigne, and again for The Wanted on The Code tour, playing venues such as The O2 Arena. They performed their own headline tour in January 2012 and will support Westlife on the final dates of their farewell tour in Croke Park. They have also been added to the T In The Park line up for 2012.

Their first single, 'When She Was Mine', will be released on May 27, 2012.

btw Andy dated Mollie from the Saturdays



and "When She Was Mine" is about her.



Source
fyi Andy the curly haired one was in AVENUE with Max from The Wanted and Andy dated Mollie from the Saturdays
Ryan is dating a reject from American Idol
Joel and Adam continue to stay flawess.
grande_latte 24th-May-2012 11:57 pm (UTC)
yup.

they do love LA when they're not in the UK they're here
cementedwords 25th-May-2012 12:01 am (UTC)
Are you serious hahaha.I think Lawson is best fitting for them, though.
grande_latte 25th-May-2012 12:04 am (UTC)
yup

Joel and Ryan's gfs live in LA so they try to come as much as posisble.


plus me and okay_awesome are gonna go party it up with them when they come here Joel said so
cementedwords 25th-May-2012 12:07 am (UTC)
lol girl you are talking to the same girl you talk to via twitta aka skoobish. :P so i be on the same boat.
grande_latte 25th-May-2012 12:21 am (UTC)
lol my bad

i dumno for some reason i thought you were another user
cementedwords 25th-May-2012 12:22 am (UTC)
LOL it's cool. xD it happens i guess!
grande_latte 25th-May-2012 01:57 am (UTC)
now i feel bad. booooo
cementedwords 25th-May-2012 02:03 am (UTC)
Don't feel bad, get glad. :)

I thought it was funny haha.
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