New Moon - A Night of New Music
French Exit + Chelsea Becker + MJ Ultra + Sofia
Entry Requirements: 18+ after 7pm
A night of new music and discovery. Singer-songwriters, bands, poets, performance artists...
Founded in January 2017, New Moon offers music fans the chance to see the best up-and-coming acts from the UK, Europe, and often from around the globe.
Only £2.50 entry. Food served until 10pm. Doors open 7:30pm.
If you would like to perform at a future New Moon please apply via music@halfmoon.co.uk
Line Up
French Exit is a four piece indie rock band, formed in South-East London at the start of 2023.
The band comprises of Will Langston (vocals, guitar), Toby Langston (lead guitar), Edmund Rowe (bass guitar) and Jack Cairns (drums).
French Exit are currently recording their first wave of songs for release later on in 2023.
Follow @frenchexitband on Instagram.
Los Angeles born jazz/neo -soul singer-songwriter Chelsea Becker is influenced by artists such as Amy Winehouse, Lizzy Mcalpine and many others.
She recently did her debut headline gig at the Harrison Kings Cross and is working on her debut EP ‘The Last Lines I’ll Write About You’.
Recently, Chelsea performed at SXSW, in Texas, as a backing vocalist in March 2023.
Chelsea is predominantly classically trained having studied at the Royal College of Music, as a scholar. She won BBC Young Composer of the Year twice receiving commissions from the BBC Singers and the BBC Concert Orchestra. Her orchestral piece was performed at the BBC Proms 2022.
‘The Last Lines I’ll Write About You’ is due for release December 2023.
Michael John Wagner, aka “MJ Ultra”, is a Los Angeles based alternative-R&B recording artist, songwriter, and actor. His music has been featured in multiple film and television shows including Universal Pictures’ Friends With Benefits, Here Comes the Boom; and NBC’s America’s Got Talent and Dancing With the Stars. One of his featured collaborations with Boxinbox, “Black and White”, amassed over 80 million streams worldwide.
In 2022, “The Recipe”, MJ’s debut album, has garnered him national and international appeal, and he has just completed a near two-year tour of the USA, United Kingdom, Germany, France, Ireland and most recently, South Korea.
MJ grew up in Pittsburgh, PA and is a classically trained theater actor and graduated from the Pittsburgh High School for the Creative and Performing Arts before he was awarded the President’s Scholarship for Acting at Point Park University.
Instagram:
https://instagram.com/mjultra?igshid=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==
Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/artist/3i0lATvjEEgMQrSfJpbmMC?si=BLAQXv4kTFqsVFWtRlkNdA
Sofia grew up surrounded by the music of Sarah Vaughan, Dinah Washington and Donny Hathaway. She is readying the release of her NY recorded debut album and will be showcasing songs from it, along with one or two of her favourite jazz / blues songs from the great American Songbook
