 Festival appearances for Rubber Kiss Goodbye included the 2009 SXSW in Austin, Texas, The Great Escape Festival (2010) in Brighton, England, and the Lodestar Festival in Cambridgeshire, England (2011).In 2013, he started his first solo project, under his first two names Ollie Forrest.He launched his first single in London on 20 June 2014, featuring the songs "Gun To Your Baby" and "Wild's Rent".