{"id":2204667,"date":"2025-12-18T21:23:32","date_gmt":"2025-12-18T21:23:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2204667"},"modified":"2025-12-18T21:23:32","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T21:23:32","slug":"watch-and-listen-lancaster-bands-new-music-video-for-song-written-by-morecambe-schoolchildren","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/watch-and-listen-lancaster-bands-new-music-video-for-song-written-by-morecambe-schoolchildren\/","title":{"rendered":"WATCH and LISTEN: Lancaster band&#8217;s new music video for song written by Morecambe schoolchildren"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<figure class=\"aiir-c-news-figure aiir-c-news-figure--side\">\n                <figcaption class=\"aiir-c-news-figure__caption\">Hiroshima Twinkie &#8211; Chris Barlow, Mike Bannon, Dave Beale and Trev Wagstaff<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"aiir-c-news-article__abstract\">\n            A new music video has been released for a song about Morecambe written by local school pupils.\n        <\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Sunset Over Morecambe Bay&#8217; was recorded by Lancaster band Hiroshima Twinkie and features lyrics by children from Sandylands Primary School.<\/p>\n<p>The song has been on the Beyond Radio playlist this year and has been extremely popular with listeners.<\/p>\n<p>It came about after Chris Barlow, front man of Hiroshima Twinkie and also a University of Cumbria lecturer, organised a songwriting workshop with Year 6 pupils at the school.<\/p>\n<p><strong>LISTEN to Chris Barlow talking about &#8216;Sunset Over Morecambe Bay&#8217;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\n<audio controls=\"controls\" preload=\"none\" src=\"https:\/\/mmo.aiircdn.com\/458\/6944188f6425c.mp3\">\u00a0<\/audio>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Here is Chris on a visit to the Beyond Radio studio with Lola, his daughter Daisy&#8217;s dog!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/mmo.aiircdn.com\/458\/69441762c86d7.jpg\" style=\"\"\/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The idea was inspired by Sandylands School, who were putting on a Glastonbury Day, and after I got talking to the head teacher Alison (Hickson),&#8221; said Chris.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I took three local songwriters in, and the kids were wonderful. They really felt proud of (Morecambe Bay) and had lots to say about it.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They came up with all these wonderful lyrics.\u00a0We came up with the songs and we played them to the children, and their jaws were dropping (saying) &#8216;that&#8217;s a lyric I&#8217;ve just written&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;&#8216;Sunset Over Morecambe Bay&#8217; just seemed to resonate and was very catchy. Alison and I talked about properly recording this. Hiroshima Twinkie were up for doing that.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Now we&#8217;ve just released the video. We&#8217;re incredibly proud of it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>And here&#8217;s the music video, filmed on Morecambe South Beach near the Midland Hotel!<\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Sunset Over Morecambe Bay\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SqbLx3hVVWM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>You can buy &#8216;Sunset Over Morecambe Bay&#8217; <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/hiroshimatwinkie.bandcamp.com\/track\/the-sunset-over-morecambe-bay?fbclid=IwY2xjawOw88lleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETBIN0tHbjFUVE81elFpdVc4c3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHh89HdH6j6HWIDxnB1ow7vpR34udAIU6yIJtBFNYlvTzWlYkY84zDnAqkYm__aem_AE94F0XzVvQcJ-CxgESLNQ\">here<\/a> with half the royalties going to Sandylands Primary School.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>*Hiroshima Twinkie will perform at The Platform in Morecambe on Friday, December 19, supporting folk rock band Merry Hell. The show starts at 7pm.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.beyond.radio \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hiroshima Twinkie &#8211; Chris Barlow, Mike Bannon, Dave Beale and Trev Wagstaff A new music video has been released for a song about Morecambe written by local school pupils. &#8216;Sunset Over Morecambe Bay&#8217; was recorded by Lancaster band Hiroshima Twinkie and features lyrics by children from Sandylands Primary School. 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