When Bolton-born musician Jordan Allen announced his band of the same name would be going on an indefinite hiatus last year, he had quite few achievements that could have easily been his and the band's proudest.
They had footballing legend Peter Crouch dancing along to their set at Isle of Wight Festival in 2018, played a sold-out gig at Gorilla in 2019, and had been booked to play Ritz in 2020, before the pandemic put an end to the plans. However it was after emigrating to Australia earlier this year that Jordan found out that one of his songs would be getting a new lease of life.
Rosie, which was originally released on the band's 'Livin' La Vida Bolton' EP in 2016, has gone on to be their most popular song, with more than 1.4 million streams on Spotify since it was re-released as a single in 2017 - including 40,000 in the past month alone. It caught the eye of bosses at Sky and Jordan the broadcaster's head of licensing approached Jordan about using the track as the opening theme brand new Sheridan Smith sitcom 'Rosie Molloy Gives Up Everything'.
