Comprising twin sisters Catherine and Lizzy, Ward Thomas made history in 2016 by becoming the first British country-music act to score a number one on the official albums chart (with their second studio record, Cartwheels).

The pair visit Birmingham this month as part of a new UK tour to celebrate the release of fifth studio album, Music In The Madness. They started working on the record as the war in Ukraine broke out. “In Ukraine... we witnessed these wonderful, moving moments of music in the madness,” says Catherine. “Soldiers singing the national anthem and getting married on the front line. The viral video of the girl in a bomb shelter singing Let It Go. In times of crisis, music matters even more. That’s what we set out to celebrate.”

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