DLUGOKECKI + SUPPORT

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Dlugokecki return to The Talking Heads, after 4 sell-out Christmas shows!

'Dlugokecki' is a musical project fronted by Ben Dlugokecki (pronounced-Der-loo-go-ken-ski) - An extraordinarily talented 28 year old prolific singer/songwriter based in Southampton, England. He is joined by Andy Wild (Keys, vocals), Boyd (Drums), Tim Jackson (Guitars), Roxanne Johns (Backing Vocals) & Aidan Hampson (Bass). Their music has been compared to the likes of David Gray, Paul Simon, Elbow and Damian Rice.

Five of their biggest shows to date were supporting million-selling artists 'David Gray', 'Snow Patrol', 'Corinne-Bailey Rae', 'The Proclaimers' and 'Lu Lu' on their world tours, playing to thousands of people.

In 2009 they played the South by Southwest Festival in Austin, Texas also playing 2 shows in New York to great acclaim. In 2010, they released a 34 track double album spanning the 10 years of Dlugokecki and performed a sell-out 3 hour show in their hometown of Southampton.

They have also played alongside 'Starsailor', 'British Sea Power', ‘Badly Drawn Boy’, 'Mouldy Peaches', Brit-award nominees 'Beth Rowley' and 'Nerina Pallot', 'The Webb Sisters', 'Ben's Brother' , 'Longview', 'Sandi Thom' , 'Paddy Casey', 'The Bluetones', 'Chris Difford (Squeeze)', 'Goodbooks', 'The Drifters', 'John Power (CAST/The La's)', 'Nizlopi', ‘Howard Jones’ and the mighty 'Chesney Hawkes'.

Some other highlights over the last 5 years include reaching the final 8 of the 'Sennheiser Best Unsigned Artist 2006' out of 2000 entries, playing the 2008 ASCAP showcase at the London Barfly, having their music in the i-tunes music store, being named artist of the month on the 'Musician's Channel' on Sky and the debut music video ‘Set in Stone’ played daily. They recently won 3 regional awards for live performance at 'The Mag Awards'.

Their music has been used on the soundtrack of Channel 4 hit show Ny-Lon, they have recorded in Metropolis Studio, London and have had a twelve-day session in Ibiza and have had five tracks heavily featured in episodes of Channel 4's "Hollyoaks".

In 2006, Dlugokecki released a collection of Studio Recordings called 'Before The Storm'. In 2007’s 'How Do You Do?' tour was a massive success - with Dlugokecki performances at the top of the Spinnaker Tower, Old Trafford, Stonehenge, Blackpool Pleasure Beach, The Ferry across the Mersey and at 3,200ft at the top of Mount Snowdon in Wales. The tour resulted in a mass media exposure - including segments on BBC Radio and BBC One News. In 2008 the band finished their mini-album 'Let this be Right' which sold 1000 copies in it's first week! In 2010 they signed their first USA publishing deal in LA.

This year Dlugokecki celebrate their '10 years anniversary' and released a Double-disc CD to commemorate this event. Ben Dlugokecki and the band will also complete writing and release their debut album. With over 30 superb songs to choose from it's going to be an enjoyable task and a great future for the band.