Nikki chatted over Zoom to Sarah Zimmerman and Justin Davies, AKA Striking Matches, all about their upcoming UK tour to celebrate the 10 year anniversary of their debut album, Nothing But the Silence, as well as their special relationship with UK fans, Percy Pigs and their new album they're releasing later this year.

Tickets are on sale now for their March headlining tour with stops in London, Manchester and Glasgow - check out their website for more details.

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Nikki sat down with the lovely Vic Allen on a rainy morning in Greenwich to chat about her debut album 'Some Place I'd Rather Be' as well as touring with First Time Flyers and heading out on her very first headline tour...

We sit down with First Time Flyers and chat about their debut album, Bound to Break, and their incredible summer of shows leading to their Bound to Break headlining tour.

Along the way, we deviate to chat about motorway dance parties, drive by hecklers, hoodies with little pockets inside the pocket and so much more.

Southbound 615 is excited to announce that The Dirt Road Diaries Podcast will be launching on January 2nd.

We're gonna bring you interviews with a lot of different country music artists and it’s gonna be a podcast that really celebrates the country music community and we can’t wait for you to get involved.

Episode 1 is an awesome conversation with First Time Flyers - you don't wanna miss it.

January 2nd 2026!