HE supported James Blunt, performed for the UN Secretary General Ban KiMoon and has gained untold fans in America.

Now Bournemouth-based Drew Allen is making a double Larmer Tree Festival performance this weekend.

The musician, who grew up in Southbourne, will be playing this afternoon and tomorrow at the festival that runs until Sunday.

The festivities are taking place at Larmer Tree Gardens, near Salisbury.

Following Larmer Tree, the star will be performing next month at Party In The Park in Poole and the Purbeck Valley Folk Festival with a handful of local shows throughout the year, while busying himself in the studio.

The last year has been pretty hectic for Drew and one of his undoubted highlights was supporting superstar James Blunt at the Bournemouth BIC as part of his mammoth Moon Landing tour.

After turning his back on a prosperous career with Formula One car manufacturer McLaren, Drew replaced the race track for the adrenaline rush of the stage. Finding his own sound, Drew put out his debut album Sydney Afternoon independently at the end of 2013.

BBC Introducing South quickly became smitten with the songs and his track The Deal received extensive airplay.

This led to Drew performing live in session at the BBC Radio Solent studio on the Katie Martin show.

The talented singer-songwriter is currently in the studio working with Mark Tucker (Fairport Convention, Portishead, Jethro Tull) on his eagerlyawaited new album.