Andrew Marston introduces live music from Scarlette (Redditch)

Scarlette is a 20-year-old singer from Redditch.
 
She has been performing from a very young age and in 2005 starred alongside Jools Holland at the Redditch Air Live Festival.
 
She went on to support Misha B and other artists around Birmingham and also performed at the Strawberry Fields Festival.
 
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The Bank Holiday weekend sees the Upton Festival take over Fish Meadow in the town, bringing a whole host of stars including The Troggs, Slade, Chesney Hawkes and Dr Feelgood to Worcestershire.
 
One artist who won't have to travel too far is Toyah Willcox, who lives in Pershore - we'll hear from her tonight!
 
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A campaign has been started to get a statue to Led Zeppelin's John Bonham put up in Redditch town centre.
 
John was born in the town and went to school there before going on to be the drummer for one of the biggest rock bands in the world.
 
We'll hear from Ros Sidaway of the Redditch Town Centre Partnership who's also part of Vintage Trax, a company that loves its music!
 
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This week, Andy O'Hare reviews:

• Anj Avraam, Jared Newbery, Derrick & The Backbones & Adrian Big Que at the Pig & Drum, Worcester.
• Zynia G Maylyn, Reap, Krescendo, Dogs Of Santorini, The Restraints & Answer Back at B:Fest in The Black Lion, Hereford.
• This Wicked Tongue & Hey You Guys! at The Marrs Bar, Worcester.

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On yer bike! At least that's what one band were told four years ago by a keen cyclist - and ever since, that's how they've done their tours!
 
Dino Christodoulou went off to live in Spain for a few months - but knew he'd miss his saxophone so much, he took it with him!
 
He eventually swapped his living room practise sessions for the great outdoors and began earning money as a busker.
 
So when he returned to the UK - he suggested the idea to his fellow band mates and now an additional three bands go on the tour as well, using nothing but bicycles!
 
What's being said in this week's papers

So...just what is a music festival? Well, we here at H&W towers believe it to be either an outdoor event that takes place on more than one stage or an indoor event that encompasses many venues.
 
Just because somebody has a "festival" in a pub beer garden doesn't mean it's exactly the Big Chill! Pubs and clubs often have money-making weekends of live music - but when they all work together over several days (like Malvern Rocks and Worcester Music Festival) then that does qualify.
 
But events such as the Worcester Beer Festival or Barrels Beer Festival don't because - as their name suggests, their focus is on the beer.
 
So when B-Fest rocked up to the Bridge Inn in Tenbury Wells and a week later at the Black Lion in Hereford - we were a little stumped…