Schoolboys set to rock Cavern

The band have been together over a year

A group of Scottish teenagers is set to become the youngest ever band to play at The Cavern in Liverpool.

Glasgow band Freefall are hoping to follow in the footsteps of The Beatles when they take to the stage of the legendary nightclub on Saturday night.

Ex-Beatles' drummer Pete Best booked the four schoolboys after being sent one of their demos.

Colin Smith, Ewan Smith, Gerard Smith and Sean Gillies formed over a year ago and are aged between 14 and 16.

I'm so dying to stand where John Lennon stood and sing where his microphone was, it's a childhood dream, even though we are still children legally, a teenager's dream Gerard Smith Lead singer

Freefall write all their own material and say they are influenced by The Beatles, The Police, punk rock, Santana, Fleetwood Mac and big band jazz.

Drummer Sean, 15, said: "School is for the week, then the weekend is the band, so we concentrate on the band at the weekend."

Steve Panter, the entertainment manager at The Cavern, said he was impressed with the boys' sound.

"It was energetic and it was nice, I know that sounds a silly thing to say, but I do get a lot of CDs," said Panter.

"The quality stood out, the quality of the music, the tightness, it sounded really nice and it stood out among the other 20 CDs I was listening to that day.

"A band has had a member of the same age, but there has never been a whole band as young as that play The Cavern."

Lead singer Gerard Smith said he cannot wait to perform at the club.

He said: "I'm so dying to stand where John Lennon stood and sing where his microphone was, it's a childhood dream, even though we are still children legally, a teenager's dream."