Lame to headline Northampton's Pyramid Stage

Northampton's rising talent Lame are set to perform their biggest headline show to date at The Black Prince on November 15th 2025. The evening promises to be one to remember with the band's catalog of indie-rock anthems and reputation for uplifting and somewhat nostalgic live shows.

Contrary to their name Lame are far beyond what their name implies and have become a must see acts, emerging from the town’s illustrious music scene. “No other town has this” says Lames bassist Harrison when asked his view on the place where it all began for the band.

“Northampton's scene is a massive credit to local performers and attendees, but more to the people and venues who bother to engage with local music and allow it to happen.”

“We collectively owe a lot to Nancy and Howard of Picky New, as well as everyone behind The Lab, The Garibaldi, The Lamplighter and The Black Prince.”

“It's not normal to have any music scene with a choice of venues in a town like this.”

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The band formed after front man Elliot and Drummer Will found themselves “creatively at a loss” after leaving former bands in 2022.

“We’d been best mates since we were 12 but now lived far apart.” Elliot explains.

“I don’t think we knew what it was when we started, whether we’d record or release or gig any of it, we were just sharing voice notes for song ideas.” 

“We ended up loving the material, so the decision was made for us.

“Then we started by recruiting Harrison, operating as a three-piece for 6 months.”

It wasn’t until 2024 that Guitarist Tom and Sax/Keys player Ben joined, seeing the band become the ‘fully-fledged five piece’ they are today. “We often reminisce to Tom and Ben that this was a 'golden era', and nothing we do with them involved will ever be as enjoyable.” Elliot adds.

Lame’s upcoming show comes as a milestone with The Black Prince being a staple part of Northampton’s music scene dating back to the 1960s as a live venue. “It’s honestly mental.” states Elliot when asked about the coming show.

“It’s easy to try and play these things cool but the truth is we love Northampton, we’re proud to be Northampton, and to headline a venue we’ve grown up watching our favourite bands in is class.” 

Harrison goes on to say: “It’s also good just to be able to have a laugh - that’s why we’re here, isn’t it?”

“The ability to headline Northampton’s venues also means the ability to have a good time and bring some people together.”

Set for the support slots that evening are The Mink and Rolling Thunder, two bands that are no stranger to Lame and credible in their own right. “The Mink are the only band we’ve shared a stage with to receive universal praise from our parents, and rightly so.” They said when asked about deciding who to share the stage with - and rightly so - Psychedelic-Flute-Indie-Rock, or something like that.”

“They put us to shame at our first ever headline in The Garibaldi.”

“They're coming from Norwich for this, so give 'em some love! “

“There's nobody we hate more than Rolling Thunder to be honest, we just needed someone who could reliably shift some extra tickets.”

“It was a business decision.” the band jokes when asked about Rolling Thunder.

 “It was a no-brainer, they’re Northampton’s 2nd best band; always bringing energy, always bringing good vibes.”

“We’ve got a long history with them but it’s not worth delving into - we’ll save it for the book deal.”

Lame found their feet the past 2 years by building up a stable fanbase after a successful run of shows both locally and further afield. “We somehow completely avoided that phase of playing to nobody, so I suppose it did just happen.” explains Harrison.

“I, unlike the other two, had never played in a band before our first gig at Town Takeover.” 

“I was seriously shitting it.”

“Imagine how my nerves were helped to walk out and see... 35 people?! Why isn't it empty? Shit.”

When asked to look back at that show and how far Lame has come since then Harrison continues: “We’re physically bigger.”

“Adding Tom and Ben changed us massively, they dragged the band’s average age right down and made us prettier.”

“Our live sound is so much fuller, particularly in preparation for The Black Prince, and the energy has gone up a notch or two.”

“Our writing process has evolved and is evolving, we’ve got more options to play with our ideas.” Finishing by saying: “ The only way is up!”

Lame have unquestionably caught wide attention since forming with their debut single Instant Coffee sitting with over 13,500 streams on Spotify.

“It’s weird to think about in a way.” explains Elliot when reflecting on having so much engagement with their art.

“Some of it can feel quite deep and introspective - there’s a lot of lyrics literally about the people around me, which means a lot, and then some lyrics are about coffee.”

“The cool thing is that whatever it means to me when I write it, the second you release it then it’s for other people to decide if it means anything to them.”

“If something resonates at all with the listener, that’s really special I think.”

Fellow local musician Billy Locket has also expressed interest in the band as Lame are set to open for his upcoming show at The Picturdrome on December 15th 2025 in support of Cynthia Spencer,

“He's from Northampton, and he's been on television?! Unheard of. Short of a Bauhaus return or the reappearance of Slowthai (both of which probably wouldn't consider us a suitable support act), who else can you look up to?” they said when asked what this means to the band.”

“He's said nice things about us and we've spotted him hanging around at our gigs a few times.”

“It was lovely to be asked!”

With four well received singles out and two massive shows on the horizon I asked what the future looks like for Lame?

“We'll have something to share in the new year. We might be offering a sneak peak at our Black Prince show on November 15th…”

“Speaking of those four existing songs, we’ll be closing the chapter on these by packaging them up as an EP for that show.”

“It Takes A Village will be available on a very limited run of vinyl, in-person only, on a first come first served basis.”