BRAVE RIVAL at the Black Box, Hastings - Friday 23rd June 2023 tickets

Doors: 7.30pm   

Brave Rival are the South East’s rip-roaring rock and blues Machine. Hailing from Portsmouth, the UK Blues Award Nominated band features the powerful and beautiful twin vocals of Chloe Josephine and Lindsey Bonnick. On lead guitar, providing dramatic guitar solos and crunching rock riffs is Ed “The Shred” Clarke,and holding it all together is the rhythmic backbone, the self-proclaimed engine room of Billy Dedman (bass) and Donna Peters (drums).

Drawing influence from the likes of John Mayer, Aretha Franklin, Heart, Fleetwood Mac, Led Zeppelin and Tedeschi Trucks, Brave Rival offer a style and sound that you’ve always known, and yet never heard before.

Since their inception in the summer of 2019, Brave Rival have gone from strength to strength, featuring in Raw Ramp Magazine as one of the 'Top 20 Bands To Watch In 2020' and nominated for 'Breakthrough Act 2019' by Get Ready To Rock Radio. In 2021 they were nominated for a UK Blues Award in the ‘Best Emerging Artist’ Category.

Mike Ross - Support artist

Mike Ross' new 12-track album ‘Third Eye Open’ (out April '23)

Metalplanetmusicdescribed it as"a snakehipped charmer..slinky & self assured...a new anthem that should be played loud!"

Kerrang! called Mike Ross“Burnt in Blues, Soaked in Soul!”- a description that holds true of Mike’s multiple facets: songwriting, multi-instrumental talents, gritty riff-busting, yet eloquent, guitarist & also his vocals, all of which come to the fore on his latest solo releases.

Mike has collaborated with some of the brightest lights in the UK emerging artists scene, such as Elles Bailey, Jack J Hutchinson & Troy Redfern. What’s more, he’s an international touring musician who has played live music on every continent & in most European countries.