A new guise for Foxx star.

Club regulars are used to seeing Billy Black strutting his stuff on stage.

He's been a favourite, treading the boards for some time now. But these days he's appearing in a different guise.

After three years as the very visible front man with top boy band Foxx, he has decided to make the break and front his own band.

And with it he is ditching, for the most part, the covers of Backstreet Boys, Westlife, Robbie Williams, Village People songs in favour of a harder edge.

The Billy Black Band are a live and kicking five-piece, combining the best of contemporary and classic rock and pop tracks.

"I had three great years with the lads in Foxx, but it was time to move on," says Billy.

Move on, he did, and the word on the clubland street is that the Billy Black Band rock.

"I'm enjoying singing songs by the likes of Dave Lee Roth, Bad Company and Queen," continued Billy.

Co-member Steve Patrick added: "With the resurgence of contemporary and classic rock, the band is being well-received."

BILLY BLACK BAND GIGS

Catch the Billy Black Band at:

June 26: Heaton RAOB 

June 27: Lemington & District Social Club

July 10: Boldon Colliery Social Club

July 17: Gosforth & Coxlodge Social Club