On Saturday 24th October in a hard fought contest at The Boom Boom Club in Sutton; acclaimed by a large and enthusiastic audience and obviously impressing the judges, Red Butler was declared the winner of this years UK Blues Challenge.
Red Butler will now represent the UK at the 6th European Blues Challenge that will take place on the 7th 8th and 9th April 2016 in Torrita di Siena, Tuscany, Italy. 21 bands from 21 countries in Europe will be competing and as well as gaining European exposure by being at and involved in the European Blues Challenge (and the benefits associated with this), the winner is guaranteed the offer of a spot at a number of major festivals around Europe.
On winning the Challenge, Alex Butler of Red Butler said: “There is huge exhilaration amongst the band at winning the UK Blues Challenge. We put our hearts and souls into the gig against stiff opposition. The immediate reaction from the crowd told us this was something special from the word go.”
You can see and have a listen to past winners and get a feel of the prestige of the European Blues Challenge, by checking out a video of this year’s event in Brussels.
Last year the band were voted ‘Best New UK Act’ by Blues Matters Magazine and they also reined in a couple of accolades in this years British Blues Awards when guitarist Alex Butler came second in Young Artist of the Year and the band came second, in the Emerging Artist category!
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