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The Key Theatre, in association with Progzilla Radio is proud to announce that the band Jump will be playing at the Key Theatre on Friday 9th May to celebrate their 35th Anniversary. JUMP have been treading rock’s boards for quite a while now. Formed in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire in 1990, this six-piece troupe of musical entertainers began life under the wing of the legendary promoter Ron Watts and then flew The Nags Head nest to establish themselves as Wycombe’s most successful export since Howard Jones. Beloved across a diverse community, from folk-rock to hard-rock via all points progressive, JUMP have played well in excess of a thousand shows and have found themselves hardy perennials on the undercard of many a more feted act. The band’s first break onto bigger stages came in the shape of a number of supports with Marillion (whose Mark Kelly produced JUMP’s fourth album, the recently remastered ‘The Myth of Independence’) opening the door for a subsequent tour with Fish and then a diverse host of associations that continue to the present. From Midge Ure to Rick Wakeman and The Blockheads to Steeleye Span, JUMP have shared the stage with a remarkable spectrum of acts. The band’s most recent album releases, ‘Over The Top’ and ‘Breaking Point’, have attracted universally favourable reviews across the rock press – in some quarters appearing in reviewers ‘best of the year’ selections. JUMP are renowned for delivering a hugely entertaining live set, with frontman John Dexter Jones setting the tone with an endless capacity for narrative, drama and no little mirth. Seasoned musicianship and well-honed songwriting lie at the heart of everything. Special Guests for this 35th Aniversary Show are EBB (who played at the Soundle festival last year) and Whimsical Creature (a prog/folk duo). Spotlight On special guests EBB and WHIMSICAL CREATURE… EBB EBB were a band, the Erin Bennett Band, who played pop-rock. But they kept straying off into Prog Rock and ruining it. So they finally listened to their own voices and went full Prog. You couldn’t get a happier bunch of puppies. Writing and rehearsing within an arts collective makes impromptu, noisy jam sessions a little easier than, perhaps, for those who live with intolerant neighbours, families, dogs and hamsters. The resulting music performance and, these days, video and live actors, is best described as bespoke rather than pleasingly generic. In other words, one likes it or one doesn’t. Rest assured the band members themselves will be having a great time! Living in Scotland but hailing from all around the world, the band get on with each other irritatingly well. Also, they can’t wait to meet you! WHIMSICAL CREATURE Whimsical Creature is an exciting folk-prog project formed by Michael Whiteman (I Am The Manic Whale) in 2025, comprising Michael Whiteman and Ella Lloyd, who are looking forward to playing in Peterborough for the very first time.