The Nottingham-based Anglo-American duo Rue Royale have paid their dues with 1,000+ shows in 16 countries. In 2014, the pair took an enforced period of time off the road. After 7 years of virtually non-stop life on-the-road, they needed a breather. Instead, they had a baby. Being joined in life by a daughter, the oft-clichéd pleasure and pain of child rearing became real at home whilst paying the bills and facing up to political upheavals in their dual home countries with Trump and Brexit.

Working either independently or with small indie labels, they’ve featured on BBC 6 Music, soundtracked TV shows including Grey’s Anatomy and even saw one of their songs sampled on J Cole’s ‘Miss America’, the first single from Billboard No.1 album Born Sinner.