The Enemy
Last year Coventry trio The Enemy played the biggest gigs of their career, including two consecutive nights at the Ricoh Arena and supporting the Kaiser Chiefs at Elland Road in Leeds.
But determined not to forget their grassroots fans, the band have been busy playing a series of secret shows across the country - with the final in Corby.
It promises to be the most intimate show the band will play this year before embarking on a headline tour in March and supporting Oasis in July.
"Living in Coventry there's not many big bands that come through, mainly because we don't have the venues. That's true of a lot of places and Corby is one of those," explains singer and guitarist Tom Clarke.
"People overlook it and it's not just about bands - how long has the town had to wait for a train station?
"It's really important we don't forget who buys our records and who puts the roof over our heads.
"That's why we want to go to the places some bands don't bother to and do these little gigs.
"I've always preferred playing small gigs but these are really small, we want to do something properly special for people."
Previous gigs at venues in York, Wakefield and Dundee have seen the band play in front of about 150 fans.
"When you play somewhere like the 02 Arena you get the adrenaline rush but when you can see people's eyes it's an entirely different buzz," explains Clarke.
It's been almost two years since The Enemy were playing gigs to a few hundred fans.
Clarke puts their success down to "good songs", "really hard work" and non-stop touring.
He said: "I'm a firm believer that in life that you get out what you put in.
"I've got a few mates who live in Corby and like so many other of Britain's great towns it's been affected by the demise of industry.
"We've chosen places where we know the people are from the same stable as us and where we feel we've got something in common with them.
"I think Corby is socially quite aligned with where we're from."
The Enemy will preview songs from their second album, Music For The People, which is released in April.
Clarke explains that they're determined to make it a special night.
"We're just gonna play until our voices go or we run out of material. "We wanna give people as much as possible, we really want people to feel that they've had something
really good."
The Enemy's debut album, We'll Live And Die In These Towns, was released in 2007 and sold more than 300,000 copies.
Its successor is described as a blistering old school rock album which Clarke hopes will be adored by the band's hardcore fans and new listeners alike.
It mixes warm rich textures with songs full of ambition.
"It's about 10 time the size, it's essentially a document of the past year of our lives which have been the most exciting time I could imagine," he explains.
"We've flown around the world, met people who we never thought we'd have the opportunity to and it's a document of that and every emotion that we've experienced doing so.
"We've never lose sight of how lucky we are but once you're in that situation you'd be a fool not to realise it's worth working for."
Influenced by The Jam, The Clash, The Smiths and The Who, The Enemy formed in 2006.
They won best new band awards from the NME and Q magazine the following year, with XFM handing them the best debut album award.
Having played at the Reading and Leeds festivals and the BBC's Electric Proms, they also headlined NME's Rock & Roll Riot tour and played dates in Japan.
Clarke is joined by drummer Liam Watts and bassist Andy Hopkins.
Their new single, No Time For Tears, sees the band experimenting with pianos, howling guitars and a direct message the listener.
"It's a monster," admits Clarke. "The song is about how no matter how rubbish things are getting or how hard and ridiculous the struggle is you can't give up the fight.
"Hopefully people will relate with what's going on at the moment in the world. You have to keep giving it your all."
Turning to the future Clarke says: "We don't make music for a little niche of people, we make it for absolutely everyone.
"I wanna be as big as physically possible, we're gonna get out on tour and get the graft on again."
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