Lytle steps after major band tragedy for Grandaddy frontman

Grandaddy were revelling in a full EU tour in spring 2017 to coincide with the release of a fifth studio album, Last Place.

The cult Californian indie band had made an indelible mark in the late 1990s and early Noughties — ‘AM 180’ is the ultimate indie-disco jam — before splitting in 2006, reuniting briefly in 2012, and five years later being worshipped by new fans and ones who had been there from the start in 1992.