Vinyl countdown as Lauren heads for town centre

BBC presenter Lauren Laverne will be hosting her 6 Music live show from Huddersfield’s Vinyl Tap – and there will be a big-name mystery band playing.

Laverne will be presenting her selftitled show on Friday, April 21, from 10am-2pm from the nationally renowned independent record shop on John William Street.

And there will be an as-yet-unnamed but big-name band playing live from Vinyl Tap as part of the show.

The show ties in with Record Store Day the following day which sees independent record shops, including Vinyl Tap, stocking a range of rare records.

Vinyl Tap, a treasure trove for record collectors, learned the news a week ago – but it was sworn to secrecy until it was announced by DJ Steve Lamacq on his BBC radio show on Tuesday.

Marc Kershaw, of Vinyl Tap, said: “We were very excited to have the show coming to our shop. It shows we’ve been put on the map. It’s nice that it’s a shop in the North rather than the same one in London again.”

Born in Sunderland as Lauren Gofton, Laverne achieved four top 40 hits and a top 10 album with her poppunk band Kenickie in the 1990s.

She presented numerous show on ITV and Channel 4 and was one of the main presenters for the BBC’s coverage of Glastonbury Festival.

As well as her show on 6 Music she has presented various BBC radio shows, including an episode of Women’s Hour on Radio 4.