BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.1.1//EN TZID:Europe/London X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/London BEGIN:VEVENT UID:2831@xyzbrighton.com DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20190418T193000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20190418T230000 DTSTAMP:20191122T030134Z URL:https://xyzbrighton.com/events/cc-smugglers-at-the-hope-ruin/ SUMMARY:CC Smugglers at The Hope &\; Ruin DESCRIPTION:CC Smugglers started off as young British street performers. Ho wever over the years their infamously engaging live performances and innov ative brand of self promotion saw them take the show on to stages and audi ences across the world.\n \;\nFormed by a young busker\; frontman Rich ie Prynne in his early twenties. He soon recruited his childhood friends D an Edwards\, Ryan Thomas and Sam Barrett who spent years honing their craf t on the streets of London\, Cambridge and Bedford England. In later years Manchester based pianist and front man in his own right Tom Seals and Jaz z trained drummer Felix Weldon joined the motley crew and so the dream-tea m as it is now known was complete.\nFrom early on ‘Guerrilla busking’ had become absolutely fundamental to CC Smugglers innovative brand promoti on. They would pop up and play to queuing crowds waiting to go in to shows of artists they saw as relevant. The long list of targets included the fa ns of SeaSick Steve\, Old Crow Medicine Show\, The Devil Makes Three\, Joo ls Holland and more.\n \;\nIn 2013 their journey took a drastic turn a s they designed a bid to create a career as touring stage performers. In t heir usual innovative way they used their well rehearsed approach of ‘Gu errilla Busking’ to create a media splash and reach bigger number of fan s than ever before.\nCue their most daring ‘Guerrilla Busking’ mission to date. The eventual success of which would elevate them to national rec ognition. The stunt was picked up and reported by The Sunday Times – htt ps://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/chancing-in-the-street-crlnwh0q03d) and tr iggered a series of events that saw them eventually touring their stage-sh ow across the world.\n \;\nThe aim of that mission was simple. Busk th eir way on stage with two-time Grammy award winning Nashville band ‘Old Crow Medicine Show’.\n \;\nHow? Follow them to every date of their U K tour busking to their audiences on the streets\, sleeping in a small van in the freezing depths of British winter\, in the hopes of earning the ba nds respect and eventually getting invited on stage.\nTheir debut album 'H ow High' is out now.\n \; ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://xyzbrighton.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/ 04/pic2.jpg CATEGORIES:Live Music LOCATION:\, \, X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=\, ;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TI TLE=:geo:0,0 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20190331T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR