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Leon Jean-Marie UK tour (Island)

A national tour with Alphabeat and Frankmusic is to springboard the campaign for Leon Jean-Marie's debut album Bent Out Of Shape, as Island UK looks to position the artist among the new wave of pop acts sweeping the British airwaves.

The Wonky Pop tour kicks off in Leeds on April 10 and will provide an umbrella for a trio of pop artists currently enjoying exposure in the UK who fall outside the confines of the manufactured, producer-driven groups sometimes associated with the genre.

The concept was developed by Iain Watt of Machine Management (Alphabeat, Mika) and Island marketing manager Tom March, who says he felt the activity around each of the bands could be enforced if it was brought together under the one roof.

"It's the idea of pushing a collective of artists," he says. "Pop isn't such a dirty word at the moment. ...

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