MORE than 40,000 musicians have been taking to the stage up and down the country in a desperate bid to launch their careers through the UK’s largest national music competition, Live and Unsigned.

Among the hopefuls is Pinner’s Camilla Rockley, one quarter of nu-folk band The May Birds.

Make sure you pick up this Thursday's Observer papers for David Baker's interview with Camilla ahead of the regional finals of the epic contest.