A FAST rising Bury band are set to continue their meteoric success as they head to Manchester for their biggest gig to date.

Urban Theory will play Manchester's Deaf Institute on May 19.

The gig follows the band's debut headline show at Soup Kitchen in February, which sold out two weeks in advance.

Alex Quinn, aged 19, Urban Theory's vocalist and rhythm guitarist, said: "We are all really looking forward to the gig. Quite a lot of big bands have played at Deaf Institute and we just want to deliver and fill it out.

"We recently played Soup Kitchen and it went really well, so we are looking to sell the venue out again, which we hopefully will do."

The young indie-punk four piece, comprising Mr Quinn, James Chapman, aged 23, from Whitefield, on bass; Jake Heath, aged 24 from Walmsley, on lead guitar; and Ellis Willoughby, aged 20 from Radcliffe, on drums; formed in Bury four years ago as a way for some friends to have fun.

However the outfit quickly began to get serious as the band grew in popularity and started to write their own material.

Mr Quinn, from Unsworth, said: "I started the band when I was 15 as a mess around really.

"We started playing a few covers from Manchester bands, but by the time James joined about one and half years ago we had started writing our own stuff.

"The Arctic Monkey's early stuff is a massive influence on us, but we take a lot of influences from different bands like Milburn and The Libertines, through to punk and metal bands."

With three singles to date the outfit have already cut out a sound of their own in the burgeoning Manchester scene, and are set to release a new track in the coming weeks.

Mr Quinn said: "We have been in the studio recently recording a new song which we are releasing soon.

"It's different from our other tracks, and we are trying to experiment with other things.

"We have written a lot of new music, so now we are a headline band we have got a bigger and better set."

With Urban Theory's trajectory seemingly only on the up, the band have said that they would love to play more gigs out in Greater Manchester and beyond, but are currently concentrating on the Manchester scene to grow their fan base and repertoire.

Mr Quinn said: "At the moment we are trying to keep in Manchester because it grows the fan base, and when you get those home grown fans then you can spread out.

"We have got quite a few people now at our gigs, because we have been doing gigs for quite while now, including two years as a support act.

"Over time we are building bigger audiences and that steers our song writing.

"We have got a lot coming up, including a few festivals over the summer, and it looks promising. Publicity is also starting to make a difference now.

"Our main is to grow to grow the fan base and get the music out, and I would like to say that 2018 will be the year for us."

Urban Theory will be supported by Delights, and tickets priced £8 are available at ticketalien.co.uk.