Newport venue Strings have announced that legends ‘Toploader’ will be playing a special show this Friday (22nd September).
Since forming in 1997, Toploader has had over 2million album sales to their name and a string of Top 20 hits both home and abroad. Their debut album Onka’s Big Moka, sold over 1million copies and remained in the Top 5 of the UK album charts for over 6 months, earning them 4 Brit Award nominations.
In 2000, the single Dancing in the Moonlight became a global hit spending over a year in the European Airplay Charts, transforming Toploader into a household name. In 2013, the same track re-entered the Top 40 for 3 weekends and topped the 10,000,000 hits mark on Youtube, an incredible 13 years after it was first released, cementing it as one of the biggest songs of recent times.
With a reputation as a genuine crowd-pleasing live band, Toploader have backed the likes of Paul Weller, Robbie Williams, Noel Gallagher, Tom Jones, Simple Minds and Bon Jovi.
