A BOYBAND took time out from performing to take a turn on fairground rides.

Stereo Kicks, the eight boys thrown together as a band in last year’s X Factor by judge Louis Walsh, spent time on the Palace Pier yesterday.

Barclay, Chris, Casey, Jake, James, Tom, Charlie and Reece – who came fifth in the contest – let off steam on the bumper cars, posed for photos in the tableaus and tried Air Race out for size.

The band stayed at The Grand hotel – posting pictures on Twitter of themselves in bath robes and sipping complimentary champagne.

They took to the stage at the Brighton Centre on last night and on Monday night with the 2014 X Factor line-up.