Lighthouse Family add more tour dates after strong response

Tunde Baiyewu and Paul Tucker, the duo behind Lighthouse Family, discussed their reunion tour and career in a studio interview on Channel 5's 5 News. Channel 5 reported that the pair said audiences sing back songs such as Lifted and Ocean Drive at their gigs.

Channel 5 reported that the duo said they had sold millions of records around the world. The pair described their gigs as a mass singalong. They said they do not talk very often and have toured only a couple of times.

The pair said the response to the tour had been stronger than expected. Tucker told Channel 5 that more dates would be added next week, with shows planned in Glasgow, Manchester, London, a date in Wales, Brighton, Bournemouth, Nottingham and Sheffield. Channel 5 reported that the pair had been taken aback by the response.

Tucker recalled writing music in Newcastle and recruiting Baiyewu after deciding he could not sing himself. Channel 5 reported that a soul DJ, Wayne McDonald, introduced them, and that Baiyewu sang Ocean Drive at their first studio session. Baiyewu said the song reminded him of the hymns he sang in a church choir in Nigeria after his mother enrolled him.

Channel 5 also reported that the band discussed being referenced in Alan Partridge, Peep Show and The Royle Family, and said they found the attention amusing.