The Last Night of the Leeds Fringe 2010 25th August

Here we are on the last night of the inaugural Leeds Fringe. A fabulous week of blues, rock, punk and everything in between. We arrived at the Carpe Diem in time to get an interview with a band called The Sighting who hailed from Wakefield, consisting of Marc (vocals), Carl (bass), Dave (lead guitar), Lee (piano/keyboard) and Mick the drummer.Their music has many influences shared by all the band. Since winning the Leeds Radio Aire "Battle of the Bands" in 2009 they have supported McFly and played at  Party in the Park. Their debut album "Running for Something" is already available from their website, itunes or myspace and they are now working on their second one.
The Jawline of Julianne Moore, after a hectic drive from Scarborough, arrived and went straight on stage and did their spot. A very energetic combo band playing innovative music which was much appreciated by their audience.

Before we had to leave Carpe Diem to visit another venue we were fortunate enough to catch the Huddersfield band Audit Control. These are a five-piece band who from the first note had the packed audience clapping and cheering.
 

From the Carpe Diem we went across town to the New Conservatory for their final night and their line-up included Faceless Bassist who were asked to play by Little Elvis at short notice. Bryn came hot foot  from Cornwall today to join Yeli who played the bass guitar and sang. Sebastian John played piano. This group was followed by Ryan Mitchell-Smith who sang an unusual selection of songs and played acoustic guitar until his rendition of Amazing Grace sang unaccompanied with passion and power.
Finally, bringing the week to an end, we had the extremely talented Danny Gruff who lives in Wrexham, North Wales. Danny sang mostly his own works interspersed with humorous banter rounding off this very precocious  infant fringe. Long may it continue.
Denis Heaton YGG