BOY band Only Boys Aloud will celebrate its fifth birthday this year with a major recruitment drive.

The band which recruits choir members aged between 14 and 19 constantly needs replenishing as members become too old, with a number of them already moving on to pursue successful performing arts careers. New voices are required to maintain numbers.

Only Boys Aloud [OBA] was first put together for the National Eisteddfod in 2010, with a podium finish in Britain’s Got Talent, a performance in front of millions more during the X Factor final, a Christmas album, and numerous appearances.

The band will be performing at the opening concert of the Urdd Eisteddfod in May and at the Wales Millennium Centre in November.

They will be recruiting at Pontllanffraith Comprehensive at 11am today ; Lewis School Pengam at 2pm on January 15; On January 16 at Abertillery Comprehensive from 11.30; Risca Community Comprehensive at 2pm; Caldicot School at 10.30am and Newport High school at 1.40pm. On January 21 at Ysgol Gyfun Gwynllyw at 9.25am; Ysgol Abersychan at 11am; on January 22 at 10am Fairwater High School; Crickhowell High School at 2.30pm.