NEWCASTLE University band Purple Shards are celebrating a runner-up spot in the Kit Kat Battle Of The Bands final in London after winning a regional heat in Plymouth.
Frankmusik, aka Vincent Frank, led the hunt for the music industry's raw new talent with the event organisers touring Student Unions across the UK since October 2009.. Six regional heats then decided which bands would make the London final.
The line-up for the final alongside the Purple Shards was Outspoken Silence from Hull, The Moon Jets of London Metropolitan University, Last Regards from Salford ,Sharp Knees of Nottingham Trent University and The Wishbones from Plymouth
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