Skip to main content

bianca-boorer
27th November 2014

Interview: Loveable Rogues

The Loveable Rogues talk about their time on BGT and what they’ve been up to since
Categories:
TLDR

The Loveable Rogues have come a long way since their quirky appearance on Britain’s Got Talent in 2012. One of their members, Sonny, had a chat with me about their experience on the show. “It was the best experience ever and it was an incredible platform for us to go on, but it was so scary. Looking at shows like that now I sit back and think I know what they’re going through, it’s actually so much stress. When you’re singing in front of Simon Cowell and you know millions of people are watching, it just gets to you.” Despite getting all the way to the finals and losing to Pudsey the dog they don’t see it as a set back, “That dog was very talented, can’t take it away from Pudsey.  We went on the show and our aim was to get to the finals. We were just really happy and fortunate to get there and we came fourth.”

Since Britain’s Got Talent they’ve been quite busy. They released an EP Honest, followed by their first album This and That, had their first headline tour The Talking Monkeys last March and they are currently on their second tour this month, “We have released a single that got top 10, we toured with Olly Murs, toured with Scouting For Girls, had our own tour, we are currently on tour now. We are just doing what bands do to be honest.”

Despite travelling all around the UK, their favorite venue remains close to home, “I’m extremely biased, for me I like playing in London purely because it’s nice to see all our family come watch us and our mates come see what we do.  But we love travelling around.” I asked if anything crazy has happened on tour so far and Sonny immediately came up with this heroic story, “Well, if you were there last night you would be calling me Superman. Some girl fainted in the front of the crowd so I had to pull her up onto the stage and take her backstage. The boys were great they carried on like nothing was going on and I got back on time for my part of the song, so it was good.”

The boys did so well on BGT due to their great chemistry on stage, “We all met in college. You get to know someone really well over five years.” I asked if they noticed anything weird about each other whilst on tour, “Tay just loves to sing as soon as he wakes up, even in the shower.”  The inspiration for their band name came quite easily to them, “We were trying to think to ourselves what makes a good band name like Wham and the Beatles. And it’s literally as easy as someone referred to Eddie as a Loveable Rogue and thought that would make a good band name and we stuck with that ever since.”

Fans of the loveable rogues seem to draw comparisons between them and the Midnight Beast due to them both being fun loving trios that have a laugh on stage however their music differs quite a lot, “We actually did a gig with Midnight Beast at T in the Park in Scotland. Really nice boys. Saw them on stage for the first time. Aspects of us could be similar, but not music wise or set up wise etc.”

As for the Loveable rogue’s future plans they plan to take a step back from the band for a while, “Got the album, the rest of the tour, two gigs at the end of the year. Next year we’re taking a little break from the band, go and do separate things for a little while.”

Loveable Rogues returned to Manchester on the 13th of November at Gorilla. The show set lists consist of a mixture of everything they’ve done so far, “Stuff from when we started five years ago and what we sung on Britain’s Got Talent to music on our album, covers that we put up on Youtube, just a massive catalogue of what we’ve done over the past five years.” The band are also selling a deluxe version of the album This and That that includes new original songs, live recordings and covers, “It’s wicked – we’ve always wanted a physical copy of the album.”


More Coverage

Liam Gallagher and John Squire live in Manchester: ‘Growing old disgracefully’ in the best way possible

Oasis’ Liam Gallagher teams up with boyhood guitar hero John Squire of The Stone Roses to deliver psychedelic raucousness in Manchester

This Feeling live in Manchester: Rivia, The Stride, and Kyris take Off the Square

META – This Feeling’s latest Manchester outing showcases three guitar bands with big futures

86TVs live in Manchester: Headline debut in the city lights up the Deaf Institute

86TVs made their Manchester headline debut at The Deaf Institute, showcasing their new EP and unreleased material

Master Peace live at Night and Day: How To Make a Tour

The genre-bending, ‘indie sleaze revivalist’ brings his electrifying ‘How to Make a Tour’ set to Manchester’s Night and Day