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| Viola Beach families pay tribute to band and manager | Viola Beach families pay tribute to band and manager |
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| Tributes are being paid by the families of indie band Viola Beach, who died along with their manager in a car crash in Sweden. | |
| Kris Leonard, River Reeves, Tomas Lowe, Jack Dakin and manager Craig Tarry were killed when their car plunged more than 25m (82ft) from a bridge into a canal. | Kris Leonard, River Reeves, Tomas Lowe, Jack Dakin and manager Craig Tarry were killed when their car plunged more than 25m (82ft) from a bridge into a canal. |
| The family of guitarist Mr Reeves said all he wanted to do was perform and he "could not have been happier". | The family of guitarist Mr Reeves said all he wanted to do was perform and he "could not have been happier". |
| Mr Tarry's family said he worked tirelessly to achieve success. | Mr Tarry's family said he worked tirelessly to achieve success. |
| They said they were "devastated" and "grieving the loss of their son and also for the other families involved in this tragic accident". | They said they were "devastated" and "grieving the loss of their son and also for the other families involved in this tragic accident". |
| The Warrington band were in Sweden to take part in a music festival on Friday and were due to play a gig in Guildford in Surrey on Saturday. | |
| The incident happened in the early hours of Saturday near Stockholm. Police say their car hit a roadside barrier and plunged into a canal - falling through a gap in a bridge which had opened to let a boat pass through. | The incident happened in the early hours of Saturday near Stockholm. Police say their car hit a roadside barrier and plunged into a canal - falling through a gap in a bridge which had opened to let a boat pass through. |
| UK band Viola Beach killed in Sweden | |
| Mr Tarry's family said in a statement: "Craig was a warm, loving person who had worked tirelessly to achieve success and follow his dreams within the music industry. | Mr Tarry's family said in a statement: "Craig was a warm, loving person who had worked tirelessly to achieve success and follow his dreams within the music industry. |
| "He will be sadly missed by his family and his colleagues." | "He will be sadly missed by his family and his colleagues." |
| Mr Reeves's family said they were "heartbroken". | Mr Reeves's family said they were "heartbroken". |
| "River had such talent and such humility, such charm and such innocence it seems so unfair that he can be taken so cruelly from us like this," they said in a statement. | "River had such talent and such humility, such charm and such innocence it seems so unfair that he can be taken so cruelly from us like this," they said in a statement. |
| At the scene in Warrington | |
| BBC video journalist Olivia Richwald | |
| The Lounge is a live music bar in Warrington and it's where friends say Viola Beach was "made". | |
| Three members of the band had worked here, one of them, Tomas Lowe, for 10 years. | |
| It's where the boys rehearsed and tried out new songs on a friendly crowd. | |
| A poster of Viola Beach is still proudly displayed outside - it says the boys will be back in Warrington in March. | |
| Not at the bar, because their fan base had grown too big, but at a bigger venue just over the road. | |
| It was a homecoming gig that had sold out with two months to go, one that won't now take place. | |
| This afternoon friends gathered inside the bar and spoke of how talented the band was and how they were just getting big. Successful but still modest, they said. | |
| The Lounge is known as a live music venue. This afternoon it's silent. | |
| Figures from the music industry and fans of the band have also been paying tribute to the four-piece and their manager. | |
| BBC Radio 1's Huw Stephens said the Warrington band were "incredibly promising", were building a loyal fan base and had already toured with bigger bands. | |
| Music promoter Dave Pichilingi booked the band for the Liverpool Sound City festival last year and they were scheduled to play again this year. | |
| They were a "hungry, energetic, amazing" band who "were on the verge of great things", he said. | |
| BBC Radio Merseyside presenter Dave Monks, who was among the first to play their music on air, said they were "great guys" who had "so much going for them". | |
| Ross Jarman, from The Cribs, tweeted: "Heart goes out to the Viola Beach guys and their families." | |
| Indie rock band, The Enemy, tweeted: "RIP Viola Beach and their manager. Such incredibly tragic and sad news. Thought with the friends and families of all involved x" | |
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