Ed Sheeran
The boy from Framlingham ‘done good’ – as they say in Suffolk. The singer-songwriter has sold 200 million records worldwide and Time magazine lists him as one of the planet’s most influential people. Closer to home he’s a shirt sponsor for Ipswich Town and their most high profile fan. He recently announced he will be playing three gigs at Portman Road in July 2025.
Clean Bandit
British electronic music group formed in Cambridge during 2008. They have had four number 1 hits and ten top 10 hits on the UK Singles Chart.
Katrina and the Waves
British-American rock band with origins in Cambridge and Feltwell, Norfolk. Best known for hit single Walking On Sunshine and, to a lesser extent, winning the 1997 Eurovision Song Contest.
Dinah Carroll
Born in the back of a Newmarket taxi, soul singer Carroll grew up in Cambridge. She had a string of hits in the 1990s and, at the height of her fame, was compared to the likes of Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey.
Pink Floyd
One of the world’s great prog rock groups have strong links with Cambridge.
Syd Barrett and Dave Gilmour attended the city’s art college and the band, in its earliest form, played gigs in the Cambridge area.
The Prodigy
English electronic dance music band from Braintree, Essex, known for their hit Firestarter and the crazed look of their late vocalist Keith Flint.
Nik Kershaw
The singer, songwriter, musician and record producer grew up in Ipswich. Known for a string of 80s hits including I Won’t Let The Sun Go Down on Me.
The Darkness
Personnel have changed over the years but this Lowestoft heavy rock/glam metal band are playing on.
The Enid
Once upon a time The Enid were one of Britain’s biggest cult bands. Originally from Clare their 1970s albums were categorised as progressive, or symphonic, rock – although the band weren’t always happy with those descriptions.
Tom McRae
Singer-songwriter whose early years were spent in Suffolk. He combined soft instrumental tunes with a voice often full of angst.
Gone but not forgotten . . .
Steve Harley, the leader of 70s pop group Cockney Rebel, and the writer of megahit Make Me Smile (Come Up And See Me), used to live on the Suffolk/Essex border.
Writer, comedian and musician, who once had a home in Mid Suffolk, Neil Innes was in the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band and was behind (along with Monty Python, Eric Idle) the Beatles pastiche band The Rutles.
