The biggest live music competition in Essex returns to Southend seafront this Saturday (24th), as local bands battle it out to be crowned Battle of the Band champions 2009.
It's the second set of semi-finals this weekend with The Peppermint Apes, Vanity Clause, The Summer Regret and Lazarus Rose performing live on the Southend Radio SoundStage from 6-8pm. Click to continue reading...

Local band The Jons have been named the winners of Southend's Battle of the Bands.

In a musical spectacular, The Jons saw off competition from Lazarus Rose, Vacant Touch and The Peppermint Apes to win the seven-week competition, organised by Southend Radio 105.1.

The Jons, whose music is described as an infectious blend of bouncy ska, punk and indie, wowed the crowds at Southend's Marine Parade on Saturday night (31 October), with hundreds of fans enjoying their energy-charged performance, and then taking part in a text vote to make them the winners.

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Friday (27th Nov) sees the much-anticipated return to Southend for the 2009 Battle of the Bands winners, The JONS.
The south Essex five-piece will headline at the Railway Hotel in Clifftown Road as a warm-up to a series of gigs throughout the county and London.
The JONS have played the popular Southend venue before, in their previous guise as a quartet. Click to continue reading...