Vagabond, a band composed of three 16-year-olds currently sitting their GCSE’s, have been crowned the winners of the 2025 Jorvik Radio Battle of the Bands and are set to play at The Cavern Club on May 26.

Jorvik radio host, Jamie Morgan said: “Vagabond were absolutely deserving winners and I know they’ll be a fantastic opening act.”

The trio met through York music school, Rock God Academy and have a multitude of gigs lined up heading into the summer.

Talking to The York Press, Fin Walker, Olly Lee and Chris Barnard have said: “We intend to release some singles later in the year. We are writing lots of new original songs all the time and we expect to choose the best material to record our first album in the near future.

We are all highly motivated to become full-time musicians and take the band forward, recording and touring in our high-energy style.”

Vagabond’s single, “All That I See” won them the Jorvik Radio Battle of the Bands competition and the official song is set to be released in a few weeks along with an EP.

The group have mentioned that they take inspiration from rock classics like Pink Floyd, Kurt Cobain and Blink-182.

Taking to Facebook, the official Jorvik Radio account posted a video of the band captioned: “Meet your Winners of this year’s Battle of the Bands!!”.

In the video the boys can be seen thanking everyone who voted for them and expressing their excitement to be playing at the Mothership Festival at the end of next month.

The band will be playing at the Haxby Sports and Social Club on May 24, the iconic Cavern Club in Liverpool on May 26 and opening for the Mothership Festival on June 29.

For more updates on Vagabond and their upcoming gigs, visit their Instagram here.