RISING Suffolk band Cheeky Cheeky and the Nosebleeds are to perform in Ipswich at a new live music event on Saturday.

James Marston

RISING Suffolk band Cheeky Cheeky and the Nosebleeds are to perform in Ipswich at a new live music event on Saturday.

The band from Woodbridge, Framlingham and Saxmundham recently played at the Glastonbury and Latitude festivals and will be at the Ipswich Corn Exchange on Saturday as part of the inaugural night of Live Music Ipswich.

Vocalist and guitarist Charlie Dobney, 19, said: "Two of us live in Woodbridge and the other three are just up the A12 near Framlingham and Saxmundham.

“We started off just playing friends' house parties and didn't really start taking it seriously until May/June 2007. We then started to move towards London, and playing Norwich.

"We haven't really focused on Ipswich for a long enough period of time, partly because the lack of an indie scene. We do have a good fanbase there though and a lot of people message us on MySpace.”

BBC Radio One DJ Steve Lamacq invited Cheeky Cheeky And The Nosebleeds to record a session at the Maida Vale studios last October.

Later this year they will be embarking on their first tour of the UK.

Cheeky Cheeky and the Nosebleeds will be performing with support from Seratoner and The UltraSonic Monkeys at the Corn Exchange, King Street from 8.30pm to 2am.

- Tickets are available from the box office on 01473 433100.