Having sold out Greenwich’s Indigo2 seven times, Bromley ska and reggae band The Dualers are coming home.

The Dualers started on the streets of Bromley when brothers Tyber and Simon Cranstoun began busking together 16 years ago.

The street crowd loved the singing duo and the brothers built up their own grassroots following  before going on  to become one of Britain's best ska and reggae bands.

Following the release of their album Back to Paradise, they will play Bromley Civic Hall on June 20.

Tyber Cranstoun, who has recently returned from a tour in Germany, he said he still gets butterflies every time he performs.

He said: "It's a mixture of anxiety, excitement and nervousness. It's a bit like you're about to take off on a journey with your audience and you never know what could happen. Something could break, someone could fall offstage."

The Dualers singles Truly Madly Deeply and Kiss on the Lips made it into Britain's top 30 hit singles and Truly, Madly, Deeply featured in Hollywood movie Fool’s Gold, starring Matthew McConaughey and Kate Hudson.

But the band still enjoy a good homecoming gig.

Tyber, who lives in Bromley with his wife and daughter, said: "It's always nice to be back with the home crowd.

“There's more of a market for this music abroad because they have the weather to go with it.

 But it's nice to be somewhere where they understand the language and know your old songs and sing along."



“We'll be playing songs from our new album, Back To Paradise, and mixing in some old songs so everyone can sing along.

“Bring your dancing shoes."

Going from south London street busker to acclaim in Hollywood has not always been a walk in the park.

Tyber said: "There have been times when what I've spent in a month is more than the money I've made."

He added that many musicians buckle under financial pressure and take on a full-time job, but what he loves about performing and song-writing is ‘finding a way of saying I love you that is not too soppy and sweet, that matches our times, that's contemporary and speaks to people today’.

“I will fix you is a nice way of saying it,” he said.

"Being on stage and having people pay to come and hear you perform feels like you've achieved something."

The Dualers play Bromley Civic Centre on June 20. Tickets cost £15. Go to thedualers.com