BRITISH rock band Gomez have just finished touring the US and now they are on their way round the UK.

The tour coincides with the release of their latest album, Split the Difference.

For a band who started out in Southport, recording in a studio they built behind a pet supplier's warehouse, they haven't done too badly.

Their debut album Bring It On won the Mercury Music Prize-winning album and sold more than 300,000 copies in the year of its release. Today, the band is heralded as a record-selling and touring success as well as a highly individual creative team.

Pyramid Centre, Portsmouth. Sunday. Tickets: £15. Box office: 023 9282 4355.