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ATHLETE lit up the main stage as afternoon turned to evening on Saturday at GuilFest.

If Joel Pott was an Olympian, he'd be a middle-distance runner. The Athlete frontman and his band have been steadily churning out almost-yearly hit singles since 2002.

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Athlete lead vocalist and guitarist Joel Pott reckons you can hear whether or not a song has that edge of genuineness which shows it actually means something to its writer/performer. That's certainly the aim a ' and will certainly be the case with the band's latest album, their fourth released in August, titled Black Swan featuring songs including ...

LESS than two years after a No I UK album and an Ivor Novello Award-winning single, Athlete were without a record deal and rapidly running out of cash.

IT HAPPENS so often - you discover your favourite band are touring the UK, look up the tour dates .

Bat For Lashes will perform live at Somerset House in July. The indie singer - real name Natasha Khan - has joined acts like Grace Jones, Lily Allen, The Enemy, The Mars Volta and Super Furry Animals on the bill for the Somerset House Summer Series.

THE line-up for GuilFest 2009 continues to grow with The Wailers, Athlete, Nouvelle Vague, Imelda May and Eat Static all confirmed for the July festival.

Athlete, The Wailers, Nouvelle Vague, Imelda May and Eat Static all confirmed for Guilfest Athlete, who are confirmed to appear on the main stage at GuilFest on Saturday 11th July, came to prominence making their own brand of British Indie music in 2003 with their debut album, Vehicles and Animals, producing hugely popular singles such as "You Got ...

BIG name indie group Athlete will play at the M Club in Crewe this summer. Following the success of the Feeder show in February the High Street venue has signed up another big name group to take to its stage.

Won a third consecutive Ontario high school gold medal in the 44 kilos category.

Students at the University of Gloucestershire have launched a campaign to save their summer ball.

They've got wires, coming out. They've got wires, going in, erm, to their amps at Leicester Square tonight.