By Katie Isham. As a Welly newcomer, I was excited to experience the fun and frolics live at their Vinilo Instore on Tuesday (25/3/25) teatime. As a woman of a certain age, I was also excited to be out on a school night, and even more excited by the...
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Southampton Calling – Welly’s debut album, Big in the Suburbs, is an authentic voice of our city
By Sam Wise. Elliot Hall, the young songwriter whose nickname gave Welly its moniker, is a lightning ball of energy on stage. Having watched the band tear up Southampton’s Heartbreakers in their recent homecoming show, I was fascinated to see how such a high intensity experience would work in...
Review: Welly: Dork Hype List Tour, Heartbreakers, 13 February 2025
Words by Spring Wise. Photos by Dan Reddick. The Pill – Polly Money – Welly Early on Thursday morning, and this is no word of a lie, I accidentally exposed myself to a man putting up scaffolding at my house. With some kind of cosmic synchronicity, the first track...
Review: Welly, The Joiners, Southampton
By Dan O’Farrell. What kind of horse can change the world? A Trojan horse, of course. Well, tonight at a packed Joiners, a full crowd witnessed some excellent horse-play, with Welly, the bounciest of pop-bands, smuggling some sharp, savvy and important messages beneath an hour’s worth of sing-a-long anthems...
Welly come to The Joiners for homecoming gig
Welly, the up and coming British band, are returning to their lead singer’s roots, with a homecoming gig at The Joiners next month, coming off the back of their performance at Victorious Festival at the weekend. Playing with notions of artifice and aspiration, style and self, the group’s titular...
Interview: Southampton singer/songwriter Welly on single Shopping and more
By Lewis Maclean. Southampton-born singer/songwriter – Welly (aka Elliott), is the frontman in a group – Welly – named after the main character (like Scooby Doo), but the other players are Joe and Matt on guitars, Jacob on bass, and Hannah on percussion/synthesisers. Welly no longer lives in/around Southampton...