Glastonbury star Laurie Wright and the Lockdown to play Stroud

Laurie Wright and The Lockdown will be gigging at the Subscription Rooms on May 29 with the official Glastonbury Festival pyramid stage light installation.

They will be filming the event for a music video and debuting their new single After the End of the World.

“I love the response from people in Stroud. Everyone seems to stop and take an interest and it’s a really arts-centered town so I feel at home playing music there,” said Laurie, who was born in Cheltenham and regularly busks at Stroud Farmers’ Market.

“I love playing in Stroud, it’s actually one of my favourite places to busk anywhere.”

Laurie Wright and the Lockdown outside the Albion Rooms, photographed by Chris Faice wearing the Lyle & Scott clothing range

The band have previously played Glastonbury Festival, The Hackney Round Chapel, toured the UK and Germany playing Hamburg’s Reeperbahn Festival, and supported The Libertines in a virtual gig.

At the Sub Rooms, they will perform on a podium in the centre of the Everything is Light installation created by Glastonbury’s Jack Wimperis, surrounded by a seated audience.

“It’s pretty out there, it’s brilliant, it’s sort of dystopian and futuristic, mind-blowing and beautiful,” said Laurie of the light installation.

Due to Covid-19 regulations, the audience will be seated and there will be table service.

“It’s hard when you’re playing quite high octane music to get the crowd up to where they would usually be,” Laurie said.

“But I don’t think it will present much of a problem as it’s our first time back so we’re just happy to be playing in any capacity and also glad to be playing such a great venue.”

The band will be busking around Stroud until the gig, including the Farmers’ Market on Saturday.

Tickets for the event, which starts at 8:30pm, cost £13.50, and groups must be a maximum of six people from two households.