SINGER and guitarist Chantel McGregor will be returning with her live band to perform at Keighley’s Octagon in Sandbeds.

Tickets are now on sale for the night, which begins at 7.30pm on Saturday October 28.

Despite being told by a major label that she had a “great voice, but girls don’t play guitar like that” Chantel wisely disregarded these comments and enrolled at the Leeds College of Music.

She became the first student in the college’s history, to achieve a 100 per cent pass mark at BTEC, with an incredible 18 distinctions.

After pursuing further education she left with a First Class Honours degree in Popular Music and the college’s musician of the year award.

Chantel released her highly anticipated new album, Lose Control, in 2015 on her independent boutique label Tis Rock Music, this being the follow up to her critically acclaimed 2011 debut album, Like No Other.

After years of touring and festival appearances, Chantel returned with a vengeance with ten new songs that not only salutes contemporary rock, but shows her gradual transition from conventional Blues to a harder, bigger and bolder rock sound with progressive influences.

The single, Take The Power, from her latest album, was playlisted for five weeks on Planet Rock radio.

Commenting on the content of Lose Control, she says: “My interpretation of Southern Gothic is the loss of control, either spiritually, physically – through other people or substances – or emotionally.

“I drew on this theme a lot throughout the album, hence the title ‘Lose Control’. I wanted the sound and emotion of the album to reflect the concept, so I juxtaposed heavy, guitar riff-based, dark tracks with haunting, emotive acoustic tracks, while tying them together with the lyrical themes of desperation and loss so often seen in Southern Gothic fiction.”

Call 01274 562252 or visit theoctagonlive.com for £14 tickets.