IF you're a fan of Outsider, get to as many of their gigs as you can and have everything you own by them signed.

For the Darwen band are another step closer to the big time.

Next month, they will be heading down to the famous Abbey Road Studios in London for a recording sesson.

But first they need help from their loyal fans to decide which track to pick.

Frontman Danny Jones said: "If it all goes well the lads may not need to go back to work."

You know he's joking but there's a real belief in the band that this might just be the big break they have waiting for.

Outsider are Danny, 31, professional musician (lead singer and guitar); Graham Slater, 31, a graphic designer (drummer), Lee Brotherston, 27, a care worker (keyboards and rhythm guitar); and bassist Blake Slater, 22, a sound engineer, formed in 2001 with most recent addition, Pete Bentley (rhythm guitar and backing vocals).

Their dream to record their first single at the prestigious London studios came true after they won a competition - Scandinavia Challenge - beating hundreds bands from around Europe and landing themselves a recording contract in Denmark.

But the organiser of the competition, Mike Anderton, now managing the band, decided it would be better for Outsider to record in England and secured them a week's slot in March to record both their debut single and debut album at a studio made famous by The Beatles.

And it gets better, with top producer Guy Massey who has previously worked the Manic Street Preachers, The Divine Comedy and many more, agreeing to work on both releases.

"We are all really excited, and a little nervous," says a modest Danny.

"Guy has worked with so many big names we hope it will go well.

"We've met and he has put us at ease a bit.

"He doesn't get much chance to work at Abbey Road, where he started, because he is so busy these days, so he is also really looking forward to it.

"It is all booked in now so we are definitely going down.

"It's all really happening."

The only problem the band face is to decide which one of their songs to release as a single.

So they have come up with the idea to ask fans to vote for their favourite to help them choose.

The band have selected their top four tunes which have been uploaded on to the Lancashire Telegraph website for readers and fans to listen to and vote on which one they think should be recorded.

This will then help the band make their final decision.

Danny said: "We want everyone to help us out now to choose which is their favourite song.

"It's really hard to choose and we have been trying to decide for weeks so hopefully this online poll will sway it for us.

"After all it's our fans who will be buying it so they may as well help us choose which to release.

"It's them that can hopefully get us in the charts!"

The band, which formed in 2001, have been playing gigs in and around Blackburn on a regular basis from day one, often headlining at venues across the area.

In Summer 2006 they won a battle of the bands contest to secure a place on the alternative stage at Witton Park's Arts In The Park festival.

But the judges were so impressed with the band they created a space for them on the main stage warming up the crowd for pop heavyweights The Lightning Seeds and The Wonder Stuff.

And last year their appeal went global when they were named winners of a prestigious songwriting competition.

The band won the top prize after entering the John Lennon Songwriting Contest on the internet.

Their song Understanding beat thousands of entries from around the world to win in the pop category.

Outsider - who have been likened to Coldplay and Keane - have also seen their on-line fan base expand recently with 20,000 fans listed on their MySpace website which has had a total of more than one million hits.

The band have previously released an EP but this will be the first time their music will be available in the form of a single and a full album.