Billy Lockett

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Hello I’m Billy Lockett. I’m a piano man. I grew up in a small town in the UK called Northampton with my crazy hippy dad. He encouraged me to have a career in music. After a few years things started to happen, I was playlisted on Radio 1 and went on tour supporting Birdy, Lana del Rey and KT Tunstall. Dad died. I stopped everything and came back home. Went off the rails a bit. Got a cat. Spent the next 2 years in thecellar of my dad’s house writing songs. Grew an afro accidentally. Moved to probably the smallest room in London. Played every open mic night in the city for a year. Sold out my firstheadline show. Got signed. Cut afro off. Spent another 2 years writing. Went off the rails again. Got help. Performedon Made In Chelsea as Josh’s baby shower gift to Binky…. obviously. Toured with Lewis Capaldi and Electric Light Orchestra. Put my own tour on sale. Sold it out. Blew my mind. Broke upwith my record label. Broke up with my Girlfriend…. well… she dumped me… (on WhatsApp!). Broke my heart. Moved back to my dad’s old house (with cat). Wrote and recorded an EP called Reset. Became mates with JamesCorden. Performed live on the Late Late Show. Got new managers. Wrote, recorded, performed and self-released amodern classical piano-only album. It charted and got played on Classic FM. At the same time a DnB track I sang onwas getting played on Radio 1. Made History as the first artist to do that. Put Reflections EP together. Loved every song. Felt empowered.

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