Scouting for Girls are a three piece English pop rock band. Their name is a play on the title of the 1908 Scouting handbook Scouting for Boys. The trio consists of childhood friends from London, Roy Stride on piano and lead guitar/vocals, Greg Churchouse on bass guitar and Peter Ellard on percussion. Having formed in 2005, they signed to Epic Records in 2007. They released their self titled debut album that September, which reached Number 1 on the UK Album Chart and went triple Platinum in terms of total sales. A second album Everybody Wants To Be On TV was released in April 2010 and peaked at number 2 in the charts. This was preceded by the single "This Ain't a Love Song" which went to No.1 in the UK singles chart for two weeks. To date Scouting for Girls have sold over 2 million records[citation needed], been nominated for four Brit awards, and one Ivor Novello award. They recently released their third studio album, The Light Between Us, which debuted at number 10 on the UK charts.
Scouting for Girls live with Dermot O'Leary
Dermot was joined by Scouting for Girls - hear the full chat with the band and clips from their live performance.
Biography
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Links & Information
Links
- Official homepage at scoutingforgirls.co.uk
- Youtube at youtube.com/sfgofficial
- Twitter at twitter.com/sfgofficial
- MySpace at myspace.com/scoutingforgirls
- Wikipedia article on Scouting for Girls
- Last.fm page on Scouting for Girls
- Discogs at discogs.com/artist/Scouting For Girls
- MusicBrainz entry on Scouting for Girls
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Latest News Stories
News from the BBC
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Gates open at Radio 1 Big Weekend
Sat 22 May 2010 13:35
Scouting For Girls are the first band on stage at this year's Radio 1 Big Weekend in...
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Scouting for Girls 'not divas'
Mon 12 Apr 2010 10:45
Scouting for Girls have scored their first number one single with hit This Ain't a...
Latest Blog Posts
Blogs from the BBC
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Talking To A Boy About Scouting For Girls
Mon 29 Mar 2010 09:45In the press-release for the new Scouting For Girls single 'This Ain't A Love Song',...
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Scouting For Girls - 'This Ain't A Love Song'
Tue 23 Mar 2010 09:38Well this puts the cat among the scaredy-mice and no mistake. Scouting For Girls have...
Fraser McAlpine -
Maida Vale @ 75 - Tune in and join the celebration
Thu 29 Oct 2009 14:28It's hard to describe how a building can become an icon. It's just something that...
Lewis Carnie
BBC Reviews
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The Light Between Us 2012
Reviewed by John Aizlewood
No edge, no side, just pop music in excelsis – and that’s more than enough.
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Everybody Wants to Be on TV 2010
Reviewed by Chris Roberts
Their second album will again charm daytime radio programmers and sell by the lorry-load.
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Scouting for Girls 2007
Reviewed by Gemma Padley
As far as shimmery, gleaming up-tempo ballads go, Scouting for Girls have the upper...
