Fresh from enjoying their recent chart success with ‘The
Living Tree’ a song Shirley Bassey took into the charts, and an appearance
at the Glastonbury Festival, at which Shirley introduced them to crowd (and
TV) powerful rockers Never The Bride return to the live circuit for a debut
Boom Boom Club show.
Never the Bride are incredible vocalist Nikki Lamborn and keyboard
playing composer Catherine Feeney, also known as The
Been. They first met on stage on the London jam scene and quickly formed
a creative song writing collaboration.
NTB’s reputation quickly grew alongside big support slots
with The Who, ZZ TOP and The Pretenders.
After successfully supporting The Who, a personal call from Roger Daltrey
led to Nikki and Been joining Daltrey, Alice Cooper,
Paul Rodgers, Peter Frampton and a few more
rock gods on The British Rock Symphony Tour. The band toured
the UK, Europe and Australia with the Orchestra, making a huge impression with
their interpretation of Led Zeppelin's Kashmir and Stairway to Heaven.
At the The Royal Albert Hall show, Roger held up both their arms and said to
the audience who were going crazy, "What d'ya reckon then?
Nikki Lamborn has the best female rock voice since Janis Joplin and I know what
I'm talking about, I knew Janis."
After The Rock Symphony Tour ended, they stayed over in Australia to write their
latest album “Surprise!"
Nikki's powerful presence and strong vocals has been described
as Tina Turner and Robert Plant rolled into
one. Her incredible voice came under the spotlight while coaching a Cambridge
choir girl in the ways of rock for Channel 4's Faking It series.
Been, keyboard player and occasional guitarist, is the main
composer behind the songs that together with Nikki's voice, make Never The Bride
unique.
Other band members include Murray Gould on guitar who has played
with Elton John, Dido and Faithless, and David Levy on bass,
who has backed Rory Gallagher and Bonnie Tyler amongst others. Drummer Richie
Newman's previous gigs have included Steve Marriott, Rory Gallagher,
Alvin Lee and Sam Brown.
As a response to their growing fan base worldwide, the band have recorded a
DVD rockumentary entitled For Richer For Poorer, highlighting life for a rock
band on the road both at home and abroad.