THE first 200 fans through the door at the Sand Band album launch gig will receive a free Sand Band CD with eight tracks which have/aren't/will never be available anywhere again. Article continues ...

The buzz about this Liverpool five-piece is that they will be Noel Gallager’s new backing band. Whether this comes to pass (and if it does, well, ho hum) is irrelevant, for this achingly lovely debut ...

The Sand Band's singer and guitarist David McDonnell will be playing in Noel Gallagher's new backing band, but don't hold that against him. In this instance, the elder Gallagher's ears are clearly in ...

Since the break-up of Oasis, Noel Gallagher has been keeping a low profile, biding his time and quietly working on new material with one David McDonnell, lead singer of Liverpool's the Sand Band. But ...

Singer David McDonnell’s quirky, timeless songs have seen him work with Richard Ashcroft and The Coral, and you can hear their influences in the band. They make the kind of acoustic folk that’ll have ...