With two No1 hits under their belt in their native Ireland, HomeTown couldn't have hoped for a better start to their music career.

Now that they have established a strong fan base at home, manager Louis Walsh is throwing his weight behind a new campaign to see them break the UK. The six piece wowed a gathering of music industry folk with an acoustic set in Soho in May, and Walsh told The Media Eye, ‘I am so, so excited about these boys – they are the real deal. All of them can sing so well and I’ve never had that with a boyband before’.