TALENTED Ulverston rockers Shine could soon be supporting 80spin-up Nik Kershaw.

Their London-based manager Mike Irving ispromoting Nik's comeback tour and hopes the four-piece band will beinvolved.

"I think the two groups would blend very well and it wouldbe good if Shine could be Nik's support. It just depends on the recordcompany now," Mike said.

Nik - of "I won't let the sun go down onme" and "Wouldn't it be good" fame - has spent the last few years writingsongs for the likes of Let Loose and Chesney Hawkes.

Now, at theripe old age of 40, he is releasing a new album "15 Minutes" in Februarynext year and embarking on a tour to regain his household-namestatus.

Neil Ross, singer and guitarist with Shine, said the groupwould be "only too happy" to help out as support.

"It would be cool.I think his stuff now is quite similar to ours, very guitar angled. Ithink we'd go down well."

Neil gave me a special telephone sneakpreview of the Nik's song "Somebody Loves You, which is expected to be hisfirst single.

It was surprisingly good and a total change from the80s keyboard style for which Nik became famous.

Meanwhile, Mikeadded that he had "taken a shine to Shine" the first time he had heardthem.

"I am very impressed with the group. We are looking at theopportunity to get them a record deal and waiting for the right package tocome along," he said.

The band, who recently turned down a deal fromMillennium, have also been contacted by two American record companies,Radioactive and World Talent, through their website.

"Radioactivefound us and asked us to send them some material, but we haven't heardanything yet."

"To be honest I wasn't that impressed with theiracts. They had Black Grape and Big Audio Dynamite but they're the onlyones which stood out," Neil commented modestly!

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