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The Bawtry-based group will be the best known local band at a festival which is billed as a fake bands show, with tribute acts to U2, Coldplay and the Arctic Monkeys topping the bill.

They are among five bands from Yorkshire and Lincolnshire who have been added to the line-up for the Sandall Park Rockfest on Saturday May 23.

Suns of Banditos have been gigging nationally for the last year, and have made an impact in national band competitions.

They reached the UK semi-finals of the Global Battle of the Bands last year, and also the semi-finals of the 2008 national Surface Unsigned competition.

Organisers of the May event describe them as a unique sound that is subtle blend of rock n roll, indie, funk and psychedelia.

Fake Festivals boss Jez Lee said: As these festivals are about local people enjoying their local surrounding, its important to invite local bands to perform.

Every area has bands trying to break into the music industry one way or another, whether it be as a tribute act or an original artist, and we would like to give the local bands the chance to showcase their talent.

The S. American style band names continued with Suns of Banditos exotically based on some estate over in Bawtry, Doncaster.

Looking like a motley bunch of neerdowell bandits themselves they showed unexpected grace in their playing and plenty of contrast across the band members. While the songs maybe lacked something in structure and variety it was more than made up for in attitude.

This is a band with real lower class cred who are not bothering with the Manc outdoor wear, gum chewing or unblinking blank stares tribute thing. Instead it's all pitched down with a repressed, volatile energy which intriguingly leaks out from some fine unprepossessing playing which sets it all up nicely for Craig's well honed dark, intense and masculine vocal.

It's magnificent and important.