Teignmouth lad Luke Friend and Scotland’s Nicholas McDonald will join forces for a one-off gig at Torquay’s Riviera Centre this Saturday 18 January.
This is the first time Luke and Nicholas, who came third and second on The X Factor respectively, will have shared the stage since the show ended in December last year. Since then, these incredibly popular teens have remained great friends and are both relishing the idea of doing a show together for their thousands of fans.
The gig will be a fantastic opportunity for the artists’ fans to see the boys perform together with the...
Exeter Chiefs are excited to announce that X Factor 2013 star Shelley Smith will be performing at this weekend's Heineken Cup encounter with Glasgow Warriors at Sandy Park (3pm).
Exeter-born Shelley, who made it through as one of the 12 contestants to Live Shows working alongside mentor Sharon Osbourne, will be performing live on the pitch at half-time during our latest European fixture.
Bubbly Shelley, a white-van driver from Exeter, entered The X Factor in the hope she could one day make a difference to her and her daughter Madeline’s lives.
Devon's Luke Friend is preparing for stardom, despite failing to reach the X Factor final.
The 17-year-old from Teignmouth failed to secure enough votes to go through to last night's sing off but despite that he is still being tipped for the top.
And among those singing his praises have been a number of celebrities.
Elli Goulding, who dueted with Luke, from Teignmouth, on Saturday night tweeted: "I loved performing with @LukeFriendMusic. What an absolute legend. Goooooo Luke!!!"
And Phillip Schoefield told his 2.6m Twitter followers: "I'm gutted for @...
Devon's Luke Friend has made the final five acts in the race to see who will be the winner of this year's X Factor.
He was described as that dark horse of the competition by judge Sharon Osbourne and Oritse from hit band JLS also backed the 17-year-old to win.
Before this weekend's shows, Luke told TED how no one was safe in the competition after he found himself in the bottom two last week.
He added: "Last weekend was hard but it's made me want it more now.The reality of being in the bottom twomakes you realise that you're going to have to bring your A game the...
Hundreds of people turned out in Market Harborough, Leicestershire on Saturday at a charity gig to raise funds for Jack Rigby, the son of murdered soldier Lee Rigby. Despite freezing temperatures, large crowds donated to watch acts including X Factor's Giles Potter, Britain's Got Talent's Michael Collings and headliners Remedy Sounds and Dretonio.
Exeter singer-songwriter Charlotte Ward also performed at the event after event organiser Gary Gardner spotted her at the Regional Finals of Open Mic UK earlier this month.
Our boy Luke Friend absolutely smashed it on last weekend's X Factor with the judges labelling him the "dark horse of the competition".
It's Big Band week, perhaps not the best genre for Luke, but we have no doubt that he will silence the sceptical and deliver another mind-blowing performance.
It's been an incredibly busy week for Master Friend, having returned home to Exeter on Tuesday he lost an important day of rehearsals so this week's catch up was short and sweet.
OJ - What was it like coming back to Exeter after the journey you've been on so far? LF - It was...
I first saw 17-year-old Luke Friend, from Teignmouth, perform earlier this year at the Exeter Festival of South West Food & Drink under a relatively tiny little tent with little more than his guitar and a mic.
At the time, I turned to my girlfriend and said 'this guy's pretty good'.
Usually there would be nothing that could possibly drag me away from the countless beer tents and packed food halls at the festival, but this young man had me hooked.
We sat down on a hay bale and watched on in awe for about an hour until Luke's set was over and then that...
