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Local Music SceneYou are in: Leicester > Entertainment > Music > Local Music Scene > Weekender Winners... The Heroes  Weekender Winners... The HeroesThe votes are in, you have had your say, and the winners are... The Heroes! The Leicester band are to open the main stage of the Summer Sundae Weekender 2008. A considerable number of emerging musical talents, from across the East Midlands, registered to open the Summer Sundae Weekender in August 2008.  We asked you to help choose who gets the great honour and fantastic opportunity of launching the main stage. The ResultThousands of you voted and the results are in... The winners are... Leicester band The Heroes are to open The Weekender in Leicester. BBC Radio Leicester's Dean Jackson revealed the band as the winners of The Beat Poll LIVE on-air. Listen here... Help playing audio/video The HeroesLeicester; Indie / Rock / Alternative The BBC is not responsible for the content of external websites Here are the other 11 finalists... YunioshiNottingham; Breakbeat rock / Electronic erotica / Robot funk The BBC is not responsible for the content of external websites Subjects Of The CityLeicester; Power rock / Pop The BBC is not responsible for the content of external websites Shortwave FadeLeicester; Indie guitar / Electronica based, with influences along the lines of Doves, Mew, New Order, Editors The BBC is not responsible for the content of external websites Penfold GateLoughborough; Bombastic, uplifting, powerful indie pop The BBC is not responsible for the content of external websites Model MorningNottingham; Shoegaze pop songs with delay crunched guitars, sound like we should be on early creation records The BBC is not responsible for the content of external websites The KinellsLeicester; Four piece Indie / Rock / Blues The BBC is not responsible for the content of external websites Jazville PlatoonLincoln; Pop punk The BBC is not responsible for the content of external websites FistsNottingham; Rockabilly / Casio / Experimental / Indie pop The BBC is not responsible for the content of external websites DumbfoundLeicester; Alternative / World / Indie 'explosive tracks, with percussive drive and stunning melodies. With a nod towards the likes of Arcade Fire and The National The BBC is not responsible for the content of external websites The CodesLeicester; Indie / Rock / Soul The BBC is not responsible for the content of external websites The Beau PeepshowDerby; Indie / eEectro five piece with beats, samples and melodies The BBC is not responsible for the content of external websites The award-winning Summer Sundae Weekender is now a firmly established and much-loved part of the East Midlands music calendar. Every August it brings some of the finest musicians from around the world and across the country to the stately grounds of De Montfort Hall in Leicester. The Beat (which you can hear on your BBC local radio station from 6 till 10 every Saturday night) has a long and beautiful relationship with the Summer Sundae.last updated: 07/07/2008 at 12:18 You are in: Leicester > Entertainment > Music > Local Music Scene > Weekender Winners... The Heroes Summer Sundae Vote Who should open the main stage of the Summer Sundae Weekender? This vote has now closed. Thank you for your votes!   External Links
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