Stereophonics

Rising to prominence from the dying embers of the Britpop scene in 1997, Kelly Jones's husky purr helped turn early singles Local Boy In The Photograph and Traffic into small hits and take debut album Word Gets Around (2007) to No 6 in the UK charts. Establishing themselves as a hard-working, keenly-followed, indie-rock staple, they have gone on to release the chart-topping albums Just Enough Education To Perform (2001), You Gotta Go There to Come Back (2003), Language. Sex. Violence. Other? (2005) and Pull The Pin (2007). A steady flow of hits included Bartender And The Thief, Mr Writer and Have a Nice Day while Dakota gave them their first UK No 1 single in 2005. Headlining slots at the Reading/Leeds Festivals (2000), Isle of White Festival (2004 and 2009) and V Festival (2002) were topped by a sold-out Christmas show at Cardiff's Millennium Stadium in 2004.