On 23 November 2023, it was announced that the band would headline Reading and Leeds Festival in 2024. [ citation needed] Musical style Ryan, Gavin (31 January 2015). "ARIA Albums: Taylor Swift 1989 Spends 8th Week On Top". Noise11.com . Retrieved 31 January 2015. Selected items are only available for delivery via the Royal Mail 48® service and other items are available for delivery using this service for a charge. Hung, Steffen. "australian-charts.com - Forum - ARIA Chartifacts 6-June-2016 (ARIA Charts: Weekly ARIA Chartifacts)". australian-charts.com . Retrieved 11 November 2018. Catfish and the Bottlemen named after the legendary CATFISH THE BOTTLEMAN". Archived from the original on 29 June 2015 . Retrieved 7 August 2016.

All except noted: "Discography Catfish and the Bottlemen". Australian-charts.com . Retrieved 12 February 2020. Catfish and the Bottlemen Chart History (Independent Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 25 January 2015. Catfish and the Bottlemen Chart History (Heatseekers Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 11 October 2018. At the 2016 Brit Awards, the band won in the British Breakthrough Act category. They headlined Liverpool Sound City in May 2016, their first headline slot at a festival.ARIA (31 December 2018). "ARIA Charts - Accreditations - 2018 Singles". www.aria.com.au . Retrieved 25 April 2019. McCann met future band member Johnny Bond at Ravenstonedale festival in 2011, when the latter was a member of the band Symphonic Pictures. Bond later joined the band in 2014. Leeds Reading 2014". Readingfestival.com. April 2014. Archived from the original on 14 April 2014 . Retrieved 7 May 2014. Original drummer Jon Barr was replaced by Bob Hall in 2010. Hall was introduced to the band by North Wales-based producer Russ Hayes who was working with the band at the time. [1] [21] [ irrelevant citation]

Shaw, Amelia (28 October 2016). "Catfish and the Bottlemen lead singer resists pleas to leave North Wales". Dailypost.co.uk . Retrieved 21 March 2019. Blakeway is from Llandudno, Wales. Hall is from Sheffield, England. Bibby is from Lancashire, England. They all moved to Llandudno when they were "kids at the age of about 2 or 3". [15] BBC Music Awards 2014: Winners in full". Digitalspy.com. 11 December 2014 . Retrieved 3 November 2016. McElroy, Stephen (26 February 2016). "YJB's Catfish & The Bottlemen Brit Success!". Johnbright.uk . Retrieved 6 June 2020. The Balcony": Ryan, Gavin (31 January 2015). "ARIA Albums: Taylor Swift 1989 Spends 8th Week On Top". Noise11.com . Retrieved 31 January 2015.Catfish and the Bottlemen, formerly known as "The Prestige", [10] [11] were founded in May 2007, [12] when Ryan Evan "Van" McCann and Billy Bibby began playing guitar together at Bibby's parents home, a bed and breakfast in Llandudno, Wales. [13] McCann's parents also ran a bed and breakfast in Llandudno. [14] Van was a friend of Bibby's younger brother Stephen, which is how McCann and Bibby met. [15] McCann and Bibby were joined by Benji Blakeway on bass as the third founding member of the band. Schoolmate Jon Barr followed shortly thereafter on drums. [16] Bibby, who had been playing guitar since age 10, taught both McCann and Blakeway how to play. [17]

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