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Nick Ashby (born 17th February 1987) is the bass singer in the group G4. After persuasion from Mike Christie (singer) the group decided to reunite for one show to celebrate their anniversary. Nick joined the group for a one night only show on November 17th 2014 because original member Matt Stiff decided that he would not join the other three members for the show.

Nick was originally born in Oxford in 1987. He went to the University of York where he studied Music. During his time there he was Choral Scholar at York Minister. In 2009, Nick moved to London. From there he performed as a soloist all over the world.

After Nick graduated from the University of York in 2009 he started working in the freelance singing society. As well as this he sang bass as part of the Platinum Consort.

As well as being part of the Platinum Consort Nick has also been part of the Male vocal group The Songmen. As part of this group Nick sang baritone instead of bass. Nick was joined by the other members, Guy, Jon, Ben, Chris and Rob, together they travelled around the world including trips to Spain and performing at the Spitalfield Festival in London.

Adding to this Nick was involved in the Oxford Clerks in 2008.

Nick was welcomed into the band by fellow member Ben Thapa who he performed with at the BBC Proms 2013. Ben was impressed with Nick's vocal performance and how quickly he was able to step into the breech when he needed to learn a solo in a number of hours. Ben had work with Nick previously and felt that he would be the right person to replace previous band member Matthew Stiff.

Nick's first performance with G4 was at the Barbican Theater on November 17th 2014 when they had their One Night Only show to celebrate their ten year anniversary since being on The X Factor. It was announced that night by fellow member Jonathan Ansell that G4 would do a nationwide tour in 2015 and that G4 were back for good.

After the G4 Reunion tour which went all over the United Kingdom the band released their first album since their reunion which was called G4 Christmas. This was followed by a tour around some of the Cathedrals and Churches in the United Kingdom in 2015. Due to this being a success they announced that they would do the same in the Christmas after in 2016. This tour was called the 'Christmas by Candlelight tour' and because the previous Christmas tour had been such a success they added more dates to the tour. Whilst on the tour it was announced that their would be another Christmas tour in 2017.

During 2016 the band toured with their 'Back for Good' tour. This saw them go all over the country. During this tour they were joined by the female singer Charlotte Jaconelli who was part of the duo Jonathan and Charlotte. The Back for Good tour was very successful. In many interviews after this tour the band said that they were back for as long as the fans still want to listen to them.

Since then in 2016 exactly two years after the one night only concert Nick announced that they had done 60 shows. This was announced just months after their new album through Pledge Music which is called 'G4 Love Songs' and is due to be released on February 3rd 2017. On the album their are some collaborations with many artists such as Lesley Garrett and Merrill Osmond. This will be followed by a UK tour where the band will be going to Ireland for the first time to perform as well as going to Guernsey.