A number of people have been asking when we will be announcing the bands playing on the BBC introducing stage. The good news is you won’t have to wait much longer. The judging panel consisting of BBC 6Music’s Tom Robinson, BBC Radio 1’s Bethan Elfin, The Independent newspaper’s music critic Elisa Bray and Wychwood’s Festival Director Graeme Merifield have been busy listening to the bands and have nearly made their decisions.
The panel will pick the final line-up of 28 bands from the 70 submitted. Here’s a reminder of the 70 bands broken down by BBC region:
BBC Hereford & Worcester Introducing
Zang Tang, Barbarix, Da Vinci, Dastards, Frantik, Rhondda, Roundstone, The Transcendence Experience, We Killed Rasputin, Wes Dance
BBC Coventry & Warwickshire Introducing
Castillo, Century Man, Czech Cheque Checkers, Echo Empire, Garfield Mayor, Les Cadets, Lloyds McGrath, Shakletons, Thom Kirkpatrick, Voodoo Kings
BBC Bristol Introducing
The Fairies, Adelaide’s Cape, Cat Green Bike, Daisy Chapman, Deadlegs, Kill It Kid, Out Like A Lion, Phantom Limb, Severn Sleepers, The Bronze Medal
BBC Gloucestershire Introducing
Jim Lockey & the Solemn Sun, Lounge Fly, Roving Crows, The Echoes, Young Vinyls, Zen Elephant, Aspen Sails, Charlie Baxter, Divine Secret, Elliot Withers
BBC Wiltshire Introducing
Zoe Mead, Matthew Kilford, Napolean In Rags, One Two Three and In, Sailors, DJ Para, The Colorado, The Costellos, The Dacoits, The Jon Trowbridge Band
BBC Wales Introducing
The School, Cate Le Bon, Cuba Cuba, Islet, Ivan Moult, Lucky Delucci, Man Without Country, Mechanical Owl, Oui Messy, Race Horses
BBC Oxford Introducing
We Aeronauts, Charley Coombs & The New Breed, Dead Jerichos, Family Machine, Fixers, Mr. Fogg, Spring Offensive, The Evenings, The Scholars, Ute
