Indawo yaseBritane yothuka ngoFebruwari ophelileyo xa iindaba zavela ukuba amalungu amane eqela British Viola Beach kunye nomphathi wabo babulawa kabuhlungu kwingozi yendlela eSweden, xa besendleleni eya emthendelekweni ekwakufuneka baye kucula.
Kwiveki ephelileyo kudizwe ukuba iqela elilahlekileyo UViola Beach ushicilele icwecwe elingakakhutshwa eliza kukhutshwa nge-29 kaJulayi. Iingoma ezimbini kwicwecwe elilandelayo sele zikhutshiwe ukuza kuthi ga ngoku: 'IiSwings & Waterslides' kunye 'namakhwenkwe aculayo'.
I-Viola Beach yayiquka i-20 ye-vocalist u-Kris Leonard, i-19 ye-guitarist u-River Reeves, i-27 ye-bassist u-Tomas Lowe kunye ne-19-ubudala be-drum Jack Dakin; abane babeqala umsebenzi wabo wokurekhoda njengesithembiso se-indie-pop yaseBritani.
I-quartet yaseBrithani yaqala uhambo lwabo lomculo njenge-duo kwi-2013, kwidolophu yaseWarrington (eNgilani), nangona kamva uReeves noLow bongezwa kwiqela. Ikhonsathi yokuqala yaseViola Beach yanikezelwa kwiCavern (Liverpool), indawo efanayo eyenza iBeatles idume e-UK. Kunyaka ophelileyo eli qela beliqalise ukhenketho lwalo kwiminyhadala yeReading neLeeds (eNgilani).
Iintsapho zeemvumi zipapashe ingxelo kunye nesibhengezo sokukhutshwa kwecwecwe: “Siyazingca ngayo yonke into ephunyezwe ngamakhwenkwe ngexeshana nje elifutshane. UCraig, uJack, uKris, uMlambo kunye noTom babelane ngothando olukhulu, italente kunye nokuzinikela kumculo wabo (…) Sikholelwa ukuba eyona ndlela ilungileyo yokubhiyozela ubomi babantwana bethu kukukhupha eli cwecwe lifileyo. Eli lilifa labo kwaye siyazi ngokusuka emazantsi eentliziyo zethu ukuba abantwana bafuna umhlaba uve umculo wabo. Esi yayisisiqalo nje kubo, kwaye ezi ngoma zisithoba zaqulunqwa ngephupha lokwabelana, ukuphulaphulwa kwaye, ngaphezu kwakho konke, ukonwabela wonke umntu ».