Estate agent set to join Rolling Stones at Glastonbury

The Rolling Stones are to play Glastonbury this year – but so is estate agent James Baring. The pictures show him in his day job and, as unsuspecting clients would never imagine, in his rock band incarnation.

Baring, by day, is sales manager of Henry & James’s Chelsea office.

When not selling houses, he performs with his punk-inspired band The New Forbidden with his friend and band-mate Loyd Grossman.
 
Long before he was a television presenter on this side of the Atlantic, Grossman was part of a cult American punk band called Jet Bronx and The Forbidden. 

In late 2007, Grossman began putting together a new band with Valentine Guinness on vocals. He, in turn, brought in Baring on bass while Sam Stopford provided the drums and Tom Hughes came in on keyboards. Backing singer Leila completes the line-up.
 
The group appeared at the Rebellion Festival in Blackpool a few months later and since then has gone on to play Glastonbury, Belladrum, the Borderline Club and Soho’s 100 Club. 

The band will be playing again at Glastonbury on Thursday, June 27 and will play a total of seven festivals over the course of the summer.
 
Baring says: “I won’t be giving up the day job quite yet, but I have a lot of fun playing with Loyd and the others. We’re a surprisingly good band, I have to say, and I look forward to the tour.”
 
Full details are on the band’s website:

www.thenewforbidden.com