Manx musician Mera Royle has received high praise from music legends The Who.
Mera’s music appeared before the group’s show in Chicago playing ‘Arrane Ghelby’, a traditional Manx tune on the harp.
The band said: “Before the show starts, we run a giant screen slide of Keith Moon in his memory. And suddenly a nice short video of a beautiful girl playing a lovely harp piece comes on.
“I’m sure nobody in the room (but our crew) knows what this is! It’s our newest crew-member, Mera Royle, who is on our sound/video crew:
“This is her first-ever tour, and she’s a talented and professional harpist, but couldn’t bring her on the bus! So we get to see her play for the first time, and the audience is probably thinking “what?”
“But our shows often feature unusual or local things when we feel like it – shout-outs to audience people, or birthdays of the crew, etc.”
The Isle of Man Arts Council said: “We couldn’t be prouder to see Mera representing the Island on such a legendary tour. Congratulations!”
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