Pick up Go Belfast magazine and read John, Shelly & the Creatures talk Exclusively to Go belfast magazine about being propelled into the spotlight by the use of their debut single Long May You Reign on the Northern Ireland Tourist Boards current TV ad, their performance on the Late Late Show, a performance at Dublins RDS to over 20,0000 people, and being mobbed by screaming teenagers in Donegal among 2010’s many highs.

Injecting vital fuel into the JSATC machine, the success of the single (which was picked for the ad over Greenday if you don t mind) has buoyed the band, not only heightening their profile across the island, but affording them the comforts of a new tour van, and helping them fulfill a packed touring schedule over the past few month and in the coming weeks the band go back on the road.