Kris Leonard: Last News

Viola Beach‘s self-titled debut album is being released on vinyl for the very first time this week.The nine-track record first arrived in July 2016 after the Warrington four-piece (Kris Leonard, River Reeves, Tomas Lowe and Jack Dakin) and their manager, Craig Tarry, were tragically killed in a road accident in Sweden that February.A coloured picture disc vinyl version of ‘Viola Beach’ is now set to come out this Friday (February 11) to mark the fifth anniversary of the album’s initial release. You can pre-order it from here.“This poignant vinyl edition release has been welcomed by the families as a fitting celebration of what the bandmates and their manager did best together, make and perform wonderful music,” an official description reads.The rainbow picture disc pays homage to the colourful umbrella that Viola Beach were once photographed with, which later became symbolic of them in the wake of their tragic accident six years ago.The special LP will be released by Fuller Beans Records, the label set up by Kris, River, Tom, Jack and their manager Craig.

An entire British boy band tragically lost their lives when their car plunged into a canal in Stockholm. Viola Beach, who'd played at Reading and Leeds Festivals and had airtime on Radio 1, were inside a black Nissan Qashqai which drove off a bridge and landed in a Stockholm canal, 80ft below.The promising indie-rock group's members from Warrington, Cheshire – singer Kris Leonard, guitarist River Reeves, bass player Tomas Lowe and drummer Jack Dakin – as well as their manager, Craig Tarry, who was in the car with the band, all died in the horrifying accident in February 2016.Their vehicle broke through the barriers of a bridge over a canal in Stockholm's Sodertalje district and plunged into the water in the early hours of the morning.The bridge had been opened to let ships pass through, and was in the process of closing when the car went through the barriers.

Viola Beach‘s debut album is set to be released on vinyl for the first time to mark the record’s fifth anniversary.The self-titled album was originally released in July 2016, five months on from the tragic car accident in Sweden which claimed the lives of all four members of the band (singer/guitarist Kris Leonard, guitarist River Reeves, bassist Tomas Lowe and drummer Jack Dakin) and their manager Craig Tarry.‘Viola Beach’ is now set to be released on vinyl for the first time, with the record – which will be pressed on a rainbow-coloured picture disc – set to arrive on October 22 via Fuller Bean Records, the label set up by the band and their manager.The families of the Viola Beach members and Tarry have welcomed the release.

British indie rock group Viola Beach were on the verge of stardom when their lives were cut short by a horror car accident in Sweden.