LEIGH'S chart topping band have released a new single from their upcoming album.
The Lottery Winners debuted 'Superpower', their second track from the upcoming album 'KOKO', due out on February 21, 2025.
'Superpower' is an uplifting track about panic attacks, ADHD, and being expelled from school, complete with a dance routine.
The song reflects frontman Thom Rylance's journey towards an ADHD diagnosis, highlighting the condition's benefits. The music
Released at the end of ADHD Awareness Month, the band has collaborated with the ADHD Foundation, the organisation that aided Rylance's diagnosis, to raise awareness.
READ > Masked off-road bikers and drug dealers terrorising neighbourhood, say residents
Mr Rylance said: "I'm disappointed it's taken so long to get my diagnosis.
"If a child has to wait five years too, that's the whole of their time at high school.
"If one person gets diagnosed and feels better about who they are because 'Superpower' raises awareness, I'd be very happy."
The music video for 'Superpower' was filmed at Bedford High School in Leigh, the school Mr Rylance graduated from after being expelled from due to undiagnosed ADHD.
The video features a cast predominantly made up of ADHD sufferers.
Lottery Winners revealed their new album 'KOKO', an acronym for 'Keep On Keeping On', in September.
The lead single 'You Again', featuring Reverend & The Makers, was premiered by BBC Radio 2's Sara Cox and has become a favourite of Zoe Ball.
The band, who played to over half a million people in 2024, will be embarking on a headline tour in support of 'KOKO'.
Beginning in February in Bristol, the tour will include stops in London, Glasgow, Leeds, and Liverpool, before concluding in Birmingham. The band will also support Frank Turner, Jamie Webster, and Blossoms at other shows, as well as three huge nights at Manchester Academy.
Tickets for their headline tour are on sale now at Ticketmaster.
Comments: Our rules
We want our comments to be a lively and valuable part of our community - a place where readers can debate and engage with the most important local issues. The ability to comment on our stories is a privilege, not a right, however, and that privilege may be withdrawn if it is abused or misused.
Please report any comments that break our rules.
Read the rules here