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Bristol Post
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Athena Stavrou SWNS

Teen boys become youngest band to ever play Glastonbury - after being discovered at school talent show

A group of 15 and 16-year-old boys have become the youngest band to ever play Glastonbury Festival - after a record label boss saw them at their school talent show. Until yesterday (Friday), the biggest gig Askew had played was at their "local pub in front of a few parents".

But on Friday night (June 23) the five boys from Chiswick, London, who only finished their GCSEs a week ago, took to the Rabbit Hole stage. The boys got their spot after they an Island Records boss saw them play at their school talent show, and got in touch with someone who knew Emily Eavis.

Frontman Eli Crossley, 16, has Duchenne muscular dystrophy, a progressive muscle wasting disease which means he's been using a wheelchair since last year. Eli said: "It's a crazy experience. We were very nervous with the excitement playing on a Glastonbury stage when we haven't really done a proper gig before.

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