Kieren Clark Webster (born 10 May 1986) is the

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ist and occasional

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for

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band The View; he is also the lead vocalist for band WEB. On 27 March 2020 WEB released their first single 'Haze'. Along with frontman

Kyle Falconer Kyle Francis Falconer (born 6 June 1987) is a Scottish musician, singer and songwriter. He is best known as the lead vocalist of The View. Along with the other band members, Falconer hails from the Dryburgh district of Dundee. He shares songwr ...

, he writes the majority of The View's material. In 2006, he was placed 6th in

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. He and Falconer alternate roles on some songs such as "Skag Trendy", "Gran's for Tea", "One Off Pretender", "Realisation", "Fireworks and Flowers", "Hole in the Bed" and "Cracks", with Webster taking on

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and

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and Falconer replacing him as

ist and

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. He and other band members are from the Dryburgh district of

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