Splendour: Future Sound of Nottingham Champion Revealed

 

The search for the Notts’ best unsigned music talent to open this year’s Splendour (23 July at Wollaton Park) came to an epic close on Sunday as hundreds packed-out Rock City to watch the Future Sound of Nottingham final.

 

Super Furniture, a four piece indie rock band consisting of Herbie Elton-Rowley, Jonathon Parrish, Will Coupland and Josh Boam, were crowned overall champions with their performance in front of a panel of judges made up of industry professionals, including Nottingham Post Entertainments editor Simon Wilson, Geeta Pendse of BBC East Midlands and DHP Family’s director Anton Lockwood.

 

Buzzing from their winning set, Super Furniture said: “FSN was the most amazing experience we have had as a band so far. It was incredible to play the Rock City main stage and we can’t wait for Splendour!”

 

Now in its eighth year, and organised by community project NUSIC and supported by Nottingham Music Hub and Nottinghamshire Music Hub, voting by the judging panel and the thunderous audience saw Super Furniture take the crown with raw female punk band Babe Punch taking second place and the reggae sound of Lisa Hendricks & The Project-Us Band coming in third. A special guest performance from Nottingham duo April Towers was an added bonus on the night.

 

Sam Nahirny, NUSIC, said: “This year’s FSN was an awesome showcase for Nottingham’s vibrant, diverse music scene. Six different acts, spanning across the genres, genders and ages all taking to the most famous stage in the city in Nottingham. It was a great night.”

 

Super Furniture will perform the opening slot on the main stage at the festival on Saturday 23 July in front of 20,000 people. Rubbing shoulders with global superstars, they will join the Splendour stage with headliners; Grammy Award winner and pop sensation Jess Glynne and Jamie Lawson, who has just won a highly respected Ivor Novello award for the best song musically and lyrically for his song Wasn’t Expecting That plus legendary bands The Human League and UB40, as well as a debut from local rising star Ady Suleiman. Across the park, multi-million selling megaband The Darkness will headline the Confetti Stage and home-grown talent will flourish on the Acoustic Rooms stage at the summer festival.

 

Tickets for Splendour are on sale now and start at just £20. To get the latest line-up announcements and festival updates go to www.splendourfestival.com or like www.facebook.com/splendourfestivalUK or follow @splendourfest.