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Reef (band)

Reef is an English rock band from Glastonbury. The band members include Gary Stringer on vocals, Amy Newton on guitar, Jack Bessant on bass, and Luke Bullen on drums.

Reef

Glastonbury, England

1993 (1993)–2003 (2003), 2010–present

Gary Stringer
Jack Bessant
Luke Bullen
Amy Newton

Dominic Greensmith
Kenwyn House
Jesse Wood
Nathan "Tugg" Curran

Festival appearances[edit]

Reef performed at the Reading Festival in 1995, 1996 and 1999 and at Glastonbury in 2010, 2000, 1997 and 1995. They also played Australia's The Fall's Festival in 2000.


In May 2012, they played at Lakefest Festival. Reef also appeared at Triumph Live 31 August


In 2013, Reef played at five UK Summer Festivals and also did a "20th Anniversary UK Tour" in November this year, they played six shows in London, Birmingham, Glasgow, Manchester, Bristol and Cornwall.


Reef played The Isle of Wight Festival,[19] Vicar's Picnic in Yalding, Kent, and headlined the Lindisfarne Festival near Holy Island in Northumberland in 2016.


In February 2017, Reef were named as being the Sunday night headliner for the inaugural Amplified Festival taking place on the weekend of 21–23 July 2017 at Quarrydowns, between Northleach and Aldsworth, in Gloucestershire.[20]


Reef played a full set at the British Grand Prix at Silverstone, on 15 July 2017.


They played the "Ramblin Man" Fair in Maidstone, Kent on 29 July 2017. They then played on 9 September at The Beano Festival on Hastings Pier, in East Sussex, followed by the Wheels and Fins festival in Joss Bay, Kent, on 10 September, where they headlined the Sunday. A subsequent intimate gig (for approximately 250 people) at O'Neill's Flamingo Bar in Soho's Wardour Street, saw good reactions from ardent fans (Laners).


Reef played at Camp Bestival on 1 August 2021, and the Newbury Real Ale Festival on 11 September 2021.[21]


At Glastonbury Festival in 2022, Reef were last minute replacements for The Damned who were forced to pull out due to Covid, playing a headline set on The Field of Avalon Stage.


In 2023 Reef played the Northern Kin festival [22]

Gary Stringer – vocals, acoustic guitar, tambourine

Jack Bessant – bass guitar, acoustic guitar, keyboard, backing vocals

Luke Bullen – drums (2020–present)

Amy Newton – guitars (2023-present)

Present


Live musicians


Former


Timeline

(1995)

Replenish

(1997)

Glow

(1999)

Rides

(2000)

Getaway

Revelation (2018)

Shoot Me Your Ace (2022)

Studio albums

Jeffries, Neil (19 July 1995). "The Story Behind the Song: Reef: Naked". . No. 180. EMAP. pp. 64, 66.

Raw

Official website

Official "Them Is Me" website — Jack Bessant and Gary Stringer's new band

Official "StringerBessant" website — Jack Bessant and Gary Stringer's acoustic project