A REDDITCH band has made it to the third round of a Birmingham competition.

Page 44 has scooped a place in the next stage of the Emergenza contest after taking on rival groups at Digbeth-based venue Birmingham Barfly.

Band members Adam Stanford, 21, Adam Vygus, 22, Paul Bugden, 22, and Elliot Vaughan, 18, all from Redditch and Studley, were voted through to the competition's third round by the audience.

A band spokesman said they were really excited about getting through and were looking forward to the next stage of the competition.