YHA Whitby and Boggle Hole to host platinum-selling Swiss band 77 Bombay Street.

YHA Whitby and Boggle Hole have teamed up with MTV Award nominated, double platinum-selling Swiss band 77 Bombay Street to host the final two gigs of the band’s tour of Youth Hostels across England and Wales. 

The band will play at YHA Whitby’s Abbey House Café on Thursday 28 February and at YHA Boggle Hole’s Quarterdeck Café on Friday 29 February. Both performances are free for non residents and everyone is welcome.

The ambitious band, comprising four Swiss-born brothers, have set their sights on breaking the UK’s music scene by using YHA as a platform to engage a new fan base. In Switzerland, the band has topped the charts with both their 2011 and 2012 albums - Up in the Sky and Oko Town respectively which went platinum. 

The Swiss 4-some, brothers Matt, Joe, Simri-Ramon and Esra Buchli, began their tour at YHA London St Pancras, working their way up and down the country at YHA locations culminating in their performance at YHA Boggle Hole at the end of the month.

Other tour dates and locations include: 

• Tuesday 16^th Feb - YHA Snowdon Pen y Pass (Mallory’s Restaurant)
• Wednesday 17^th Feb - YHA Stratford upon Avon (Hemmingford’s Restaurant)
• Thursday 18^th Feb - YHA Oxford (The Corner Café)
• Friday 19^th Feb -YHA Cardiff Central
• Saturday 20^th Feb - YHA London Central
• Sunday 21^st Feb - YHA Cambridge (Scholar’s Café)
• Monday 22^nd Feb - YHA South Downs (Courtyard Café)
• Tuesday 23^rd Feb - YHA Brighton
• Wednesday 24^th Feb - YHA Bath
• Thursday 25^th Feb - YHA Eden Project
• Friday 26^th Feb - YHA Bristol (Grainhouse Café)
• Saturday 27^th Feb - YHA London St Pauls
• Sunday 28^th Feb - YHA Whitby (Abbey House Café) 
• Monday 29^th Feb - YHA Boggle Hole (Quarterdeck Café)

   

Their new album, which combines folk, pop and rock with funk, classical and acoustic sounds, was written in London. Delighted to be returning to the UK and touring YHAs in 2016 Matt said: “We are really excited to be working with YHA England and Wales and coming to the UK to showcase our music. There is something really special about Youth Hostels, people from around the world coming together exchanging travel tips with a mutual respect and the sense of belonging in a global community. Big parts of our song writing was inspired and took place in London and we are really excited to be back touring with our third album.”

Hannah Marsland, Network Marketing Manager at YHA (England and Wales) said: “YHA is delighted to be involved with the band’s UK launch. As well as hosting the gigs for artists to showcase their talents, it is also an opportunity for YHA (England and Wales) to reach out to young people and highlight the incredible wealth of affordable adventure and accommodation on their doorstep.

YHA’s association with 77 Bombay Street and other young artists is an exciting development in the youth hostelling charity’s 80-year history. YHA is all about  creating unique opportunities for young people and music is a great way to raise awareness of its network of incredible properties throughout England and Wales, providing affordable accommodation in the most exceptional and diverse locations.

To make a booking at any of the YHAs where 77 Bombay Street are touring, visit www.yha.org.uk/77-Bombay-Street or call 0800 0191 700.