About this Event

“Fuck this puerile drivel, we’re off to see British Sea Power” – a Rolling Stone reviewer brilliantly dismisses the entirety of a Reading Festival line-up in favour of BRITISH SEA POWER.



Brilliantly idiosyncratic six-piece variously originating from Cumbria, Yorkshire, Ealing and Shropshire; currently based in East Sussex and on the Isle Of Skye.



Yan Scott Wilkinson – vocals/guitar

Neil Hamilton Wilkinson – vocals/bass/guitar

Martin Noble – guitar/keyboards

Matthew Wood – drums

Abi Fry – viola/keyboards

Phil Sumner – keyboards/cornet/guitar



The Sunday Times: “The best band in Britain.”



Guy Garvey: “Not only do British Sea Power own the best name in history, they’re fucking great.”



BSP have enjoyed a diverse array of cultural endorsement. David Bowie, Lou Reed, Jarvis Cocker, Radiohead, Bill Oddie, the National Maritime Museum, Bill Bailey, Jeremy Vine, Julian Cope, Stella Vine, Flaming Lips, Caitlin Moran, Keith Allen, Peter Capaldi, Andrew Weatherall, Grace Dent and Brian Cox have all run up the BSP colours at one time or another.



A recent poll of BBC 6Music listeners – on the most important hundred tracks of the station’s lifetime – placed the British Sea Power track Remember Me at number nine, just above Radiohead, just below Johnny Cash. It’s a placing that indicates both the band’s longevity and the deeply dedicated nature of their audience.



If you believe in music, if you believe in bands following their own muse and not fashion, if you believe in musicians that can uplift and inspire… then this is the show for you.