LZ7's Lindz West talks about pop star tour

IN THE MARCH issue of Premier Christianity Lindz West of EDM band LZ7 spoke about the band's UK and Europe tour with R&B pop star Jason Derulo. Said West, "I got put in touch with an agent who worked with CAA [Creative Artists Agency], which is the world's largest booking agent. He's a proper nice lad from Leeds and he said: 'Are you the lad with the blond spike [hairstyle]? You've been in my daughter's school. Whatever you did in that lesson transformed her life. I'll do anything for you guys.' After a couple of months, he said: 'Derulo's come in. What do you think?' We're totally independent as a band, so we went to trust funds and personal supporters and raised the money [to afford the fee to go on tour with him]. We're going to see 600,000 young people, plus mums and dads, at the shows who would never step into a church. If you do the maths, it costs about 40p per person to preach the gospel to them. You just don't get that kind of unprecedented opportunity."