Catfish and The Bottlemen play loud, explosive, sexy rock and roll songs – full of guitars and energy. The 4 piece from Llandudno, who met at school, have honed their amazing live show over the last 18 months, which sees vocalist and guitarist Van McCann climbing the walls and playing as though his life depends on it, whilst Billy Bibby (lead guitar), Benji Blakeway (bass) and Bob Hall (drums) keep up the action their end with powerful, thrilling tunes. After an appearance at Berlin Music Week, the boys are back in town for a headline show.
When they bumped into Carl Barat in Germany he invited them to play his weekly club Jubilee in London, they dragged The Vaccines to see them whilst they were hanging about backstage at an Arctic Monkeys gig and they’ve also played Chris Hawkins’ (6 Music) club in Islington. By now, the band has created quote a buzz in the UK and it won’t be long before they’ll be the next big thing over here. Here’s your chance at catching them in a small club before they get get. The band are currently in full on festival mode, playing over 50 dates in the UK and overseas, before heading out on their biggest UK headline tour yet in November. Their biggest show to date, at Koko in London, already sold out 4 months in advance.
Their debut album The Balcony was released in September this year. The album features singles Rango, Homesick, Kathleen and Fallout, all previous Hottest Records in the World on Zane Lowe’s Radio 1 show.
Thanks to the wonderful people of fkpScorpio, Blitzgigs is giving away 2×2 tickets to the show! To grab your free tickets, just email us at winwinwin@blitzgigs.de with your full name and the answer to the following easy question:
Where are Catfish and The Bottlemen from?
Competition closes 12:00, Friday November 21st. Good luck!
