Your chance to win FREE sets of tickets to see the fantastic Journey South

Jun 12 2008 by Shirley Bartynek, Hamilton Advertiser

YOUR Advertiser has teamed up with the Pavilion Theatre, Glasgow to bring you yet another great competition.

We have five pairs of tickets to give away for Journey South on Thursday, June 26 at 7.30pm.

Andrew (31), and Carl (26), are brothers, the only sons of Trevor and Genda.

Carl started playing pubs and clubs on his own doing covers at the age of 18.

Andy then decided that he wanted to join in and the band was born.

Having gigged a lot round the North East they also entered a lot of battle of the bands competitions and while performing in one in Romford they were spotted by a manager who suggested they should go down to London and try to make it there.

Five years ago they all left their jobs – Carl quit his plumbing apprenticeship only three months before the end – bought a caravan on their Visa card and set off for London.

This is the time when they decided to change their name to Journey South as that was what they were intending to do.

The culmination of all their hard work was a showcase that their management had organised in April 2000.

The duo stayed on in London until the following Christmas but had to admit defeat; after having put all their money into trying to make it they were over £20k in debt.

The pair headed back up to Middlesbrough to resume normal lives.

After entering the X-Factor in 2005, Journey South made it straight through to the final.

The guys proved they could successfully turn their hands, or rather voices, to any song and make it completely their own.

On the show Journey South performed big stadium anthems by the likes of U2 and Bon Jovi, classic ballads from Robbie Williams and Elton John and of course their unforgettable take on Roberta Flack's "First Time Ever I Saw Your Face."

After narrowly missing out on winning the show, Journey South were immediately snapped up by Simon Cowell and signed to BMG.

Andy and Carl went on to release their platinum selling self-titled debut album which entered the UK Charts at No.1.

All you have to do to win is answer this simple question: Journey South will entertain at which Glasgow Theatre on Thursday, June 26, 2008?

Send your entries to Journey South Competition, Hamilton Advertiser, Editorial, Press Buildings, Campbell Street, Hamilton, ML3 6AX.

Usual S&UN competition rules apply. Deadline for entries is noon, June 17.