Viola Beach, the indie band from Warrington who died in a car accident in Sweden with their manager, was remembered by the Blossoms band in their gig in Concorde 2 in Brighton.
As previously reported by Music Times, band members River Reeves, Kris Leonard, Jack Dakin and Tomas Lowe, alongside manager Craig Tarry, died when their car fell in a 25-foot deep canal after their Where Is The Music festival performance in Sweden.
They were supposed to open the Blossoms concert at Guildford, England the next day and were also supposed to be part of the Brighton concert.
Blossoms released a statement saying that they are going to play the group's full set audio recording from their final gig in Leamington Spa before the tragic accident, as a tribute to the musicians. Aside from that, they will also play the said recording for every gig where the band was supposed to join Blossoms.
"All their families have been contacted and tonight, and then on every date on the tour they were due to join us on, we will mark their slot by playing a full audio recording of their set that was recorded from the Leamington Spa show," Blossoms said on their Facebook Page. "If you’re coming to the gigs, get down early and celebrate their lives with an outpouring of love: Dance, drink and sing along. Viola Beach & Craig Tarry RIP."
With that, the five-piece played a haunting pre-recorded set as a special tribute to the band during their concert in Brighton. The stage is empty and only the microphones are seen while the venue is filled with the wonderful music from the Viola Beach, Mirror UK reported.
For half an hour set, the crowd enjoyed the songs of the band, including their hit single "Swings & Waterslides," which reached No. 11 in the official singles chart. After the tribute, support act The Vryll Society played before the Blossoms came to the stage, where the band's front man Tom Ogden was seen wearing a Viola Beach T-shirt.
Blossoms first got acquainted with Viola Beach in Glasgow where they hung out and invited them on their tour, saying that "they were a great gang and a brilliant band," BBC reported.
