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- Speedway_(band) abstract "Speedway were a Scottish pop rock group, who were formed in 2001, by Glaswegians Jill Jackson (lead vocals) and Jim Duguid (drums). The band acquired three more members in that year, with Bass guitarist Tom Swann from Droitwich plus guitarist Dan Sells, now lead singer of The Feeling (the latter of whom was later replaced by Chris Leonard), and signed with Innocent Records in 2002. Also recruited as a guitarist was Carlos Garcia of The Crave.The band supported then labelmates Blue on their UK tour in early 2003, played a number of university gigs, and played to over 25,000 people in September 2003 at the KC Stadium in Hull as part of a charity event made by the local radio station, Viking FM. A recent mashup by The Freelance Hellraiser of the Christina Aguilera hit \"Genie in a Bottle\" and \"Hard to Explain\" by The Strokes had been a popular online and radio hit, but was refused commercial release by the record label. Seizing on this Speedway covered the Aguilera song to sound as close to the mashup as possible, and as a result it became their first single as a double A-side, with another song, \"Save Yourself\" and reached No. 10 in the UK Singles Chart.Their second single, \"Can't Turn Back\" reached No. 12 in February 2004. Their third single, \"In & Out\", hit No. 33 in June, and their album, Save Yourself was released just after \"Can't Turn Back\" came out. It did not fare well in the UK Albums Chart. Speedway thus left Innocent Records after their first UK tour, and later split up, later reforming briefly to support Bryan Adams on his ten date UK tour later that year.Jackson later toured the material for an acoustic solo album in support of Nashville, Tennessee artist, Kevin Montgomery, formed a duo with the Irish singer-songwriter Gianna Cassidy called Jackson and Cassidy, and released her first solo album in 2006. Jackson is currently working with her own band, members include Alan Frew (guitar) Carl Taylor (drums) and Lorna Thomas (bass).Duguid was until recently drumming and writing for the Scottish singer-songwriter Paolo Nutini (who supported Speedway at some of their later gigs in 2004) and can be seen in the videos to Nutini's singles.".
- Speedway_(band) activeYearsEndYear "2004".
- Speedway_(band) activeYearsStartYear "2001".
- Speedway_(band) background "group_or_band".
- Speedway_(band) bandMember Dan_Gillespie_Sells.
- Speedway_(band) bandMember Jill_Jackson_(Scottish_singer).
- Speedway_(band) bandMember Jim_Duguid.
- Speedway_(band) genre Pop_rock.
- Speedway_(band) genre Soft_rock.
- Speedway_(band) hometown Glasgow.
- Speedway_(band) recordLabel Innocent_Records.
- Speedway_(band) wikiPageID "1935105".
- Speedway_(band) wikiPageLength "4898".
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- Speedway_(band) wikiPageRevisionID "683122511".
- Speedway_(band) wikiPageWikiLink A-side_and_B-side.
- Speedway_(band) wikiPageWikiLink Acoustic_music.
- Speedway_(band) wikiPageWikiLink Blue_(English_band).
- Speedway_(band) wikiPageWikiLink Bryan_Adams.
- Speedway_(band) wikiPageWikiLink Category:Musical_groups_disestablished_in_2004.
- Speedway_(band) wikiPageWikiLink Category:Musical_groups_established_in_2001.
- Speedway_(band) wikiPageWikiLink Category:Scottish_musical_groups.
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- Speedway_(band) wikiPageWikiLink Christina_Aguilera.
- Speedway_(band) wikiPageWikiLink Concert.
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- Speedway_(band) wikiPageWikiLink Duet.
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- Speedway_(band) wikiPageWikiLink Innocent_Records.
- Speedway_(band) wikiPageWikiLink Jill_Jackson_(Scottish_singer).
- Speedway_(band) wikiPageWikiLink Jim_Duguid.
- Speedway_(band) wikiPageWikiLink KC_Stadium.
- Speedway_(band) wikiPageWikiLink Kingston_upon_Hull.
- Speedway_(band) wikiPageWikiLink Music_video.
- Speedway_(band) wikiPageWikiLink Nashville,_Tennessee.
- Speedway_(band) wikiPageWikiLink Paolo_Nutini.
- Speedway_(band) wikiPageWikiLink Pop_rock.
- Speedway_(band) wikiPageWikiLink Save_Yourself_(Speedway_album).
- Speedway_(band) wikiPageWikiLink Soft_rock.
- Speedway_(band) wikiPageWikiLink The_Feeling.
- Speedway_(band) wikiPageWikiLink The_Freelance_Hellraiser.
- Speedway_(band) wikiPageWikiLink The_Mail_on_Sunday.
- Speedway_(band) wikiPageWikiLink The_Strokes.
- Speedway_(band) wikiPageWikiLink The_Sunday_Times.
- Speedway_(band) wikiPageWikiLink UK_Albums_Chart.
- Speedway_(band) wikiPageWikiLink UK_Singles_Chart.
- Speedway_(band) wikiPageWikiLink Viking_FM.
- Speedway_(band) wikiPageWikiLinkText "Speedway (band)".
- Speedway_(band) wikiPageWikiLinkText "Speedway".
- Speedway_(band) background "group_or_band".
- Speedway_(band) currentMembers Dan_Gillespie_Sells.
- Speedway_(band) currentMembers Jill_Jackson_(Scottish_singer).
- Speedway_(band) currentMembers Jim_Duguid.
- Speedway_(band) currentMembers "Tom Swann".
- Speedway_(band) genre "Soft rock, pop rock, rock".
- Speedway_(band) label Innocent_Records.
- Speedway_(band) name "Speedway".
- Speedway_(band) origin "Glasgow, Scotland".
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- Speedway_(band) yearsActive "2001".
- Speedway_(band) subject Category:Musical_groups_disestablished_in_2004.
- Speedway_(band) subject Category:Musical_groups_established_in_2001.
- Speedway_(band) subject Category:Scottish_musical_groups.
- Speedway_(band) subject Category:Scottish_rock_music_groups.
- Speedway_(band) hypernym Group.
- Speedway_(band) type Agent.
- Speedway_(band) type Band.
- Speedway_(band) type Group.
- Speedway_(band) type Organisation.
- Speedway_(band) type Disestablishment.
- Speedway_(band) type Group.
- Speedway_(band) type Organisation.
- Speedway_(band) type Organization.
- Speedway_(band) type Organization.
- Speedway_(band) type MusicGroup.
- Speedway_(band) type Organization.
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- Speedway_(band) type SocialPerson.
- Speedway_(band) type Thing.
- Speedway_(band) type Q215380.
- Speedway_(band) type Q43229.
- Speedway_(band) comment "Speedway were a Scottish pop rock group, who were formed in 2001, by Glaswegians Jill Jackson (lead vocals) and Jim Duguid (drums). The band acquired three more members in that year, with Bass guitarist Tom Swann from Droitwich plus guitarist Dan Sells, now lead singer of The Feeling (the latter of whom was later replaced by Chris Leonard), and signed with Innocent Records in 2002.".
- Speedway_(band) label "Speedway (band)".
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- Speedway_(band) sameAs m.01pdxc0.
- Speedway_(band) sameAs Q7575659.
- Speedway_(band) wasDerivedFrom Speedway_(band)?oldid=683122511.
- Speedway_(band) isPrimaryTopicOf Speedway_(band).
- Speedway_(band) name "Speedway".