KIWI quintet The Naked and Famous are playing York Fibbers on March 1.

The group formed as a duo in 2008 when Thom Powers and Alisa Xayalith met at an Auckland music school and were joined by Aaron Short, David Beadle and Jesse Wood.

Young Blood became the first debut single to reach number 1 in New Zealand for 16 years and captured the interest of Radio 1 DJs Fearne Cotton and Nick Grimshaw.

The forthcoming reworking of their self-produced album Passive Me, Aggressive You is sure to cement their place in the hearts of a horde of new UK fans.