With just under a month to go before the release of Freerunner's debut double A-side She Get It/Friday Don't Need, available 17th September on Label Fandango, things are really starting to heat up for the band.

First, the band recieved play on Steve Harris' Music Response on XFM - 'We like them (Freerunner) a lot here at XFM', which saw the band smash the 40,000 plays mark on myspace in well under a year at www.myspace.com/freerunnerband

Next, the band accepted an invitation to act as main support for chart toppers The Enemy's favourite band The Harrisons. Freerunner will join The Harrisons over 7 legs of their upcoming national tour in addition to other national dates alongside buzz bands including Good Shoes and Look See Proof.

If that wasn't enough Freerunner can also announce that the region's own NME darling, the incomparable Beth Jeans Houghton, as the opening support for their single launch show at Newcastle's Carling Academy Room 2

You can find out more about Beth Jeans Houghton at www.myspace.co.uk/bethjeanshoughton In the past year, 17-year-old Newcastle based singer/songwriter Beth Jeans Houghton has garnered a reputation as an antidote to the current crop of acoustic songstresses. With her alternative blend of experimental folk with pop sensibilities, Beth has been hailed by the NME as a "teenage Joni Mitchell for the anti-folk generation".

With influences ranging from Frank Zappa, Vashti Bunyan, Fourtet and Love, Beth has cultivated a sound that is truly her own.

Since her first performance in August 06 Beth has played alongside a diverse collection of artists such as Imogen Heap, Scott Matthews, Fionn Regan, Josephine Foster, White magic, King Creosote, Alisdair Roberts, PG Six, Dead Meadow, Voice of the Seven Woods, St Vincent, Euros Childs, and Stephen Fretwell amongst others.

Beth is currently recording what will become her first album, and is gigging regularly throughout the UK.