Award winning metropolitan festival Live At Leeds has announced further acts to complete the line up for this years edition. Leading the festival’s final announcement is Scottish folk rockers Frightened Rabbit who head to the North West off the back off their acclaimed fourth album ‘Painting of a Panic Attack’. Joining the Scots on the bill include MOBO nominated London MC AJ Tracey and ever rising indie rockers VANT who have just released their debut album ‘Dumb Blood’.
Also in the latest announcement for April’s event is Pharrell Williams championed singer-songwriter Rationale, acoustic duo Seafret and London indie psych rockers Childhood as well as many more.
The metropolitan festival has seen many huge acts take to their stages before their rise to stardom including global superstar Ed Sheeran, The 1975 and Rudimental.
Alongside all the amazing acts just announced the festival will play host to Rag N Bone Man, fresh from his Breakthrough Act award at last months Brits, punk duo Slaves, indie gloom heroes White Lies, Aussie psych rockers Jagwar Ma and Temples who will return to Leeds with their brand new album ‘Voclano‘.
Leeds won’t just play host to the big names however, with this years line up filled with up and coming artists that are sure to take this country by storm in the next year. This year will see the likes of the hotly tipped The Night Cafe, ex Tribes frontman Johnny Lloyd, hard hitting indie riffs with Get Inuit and Leeds’ very own Clay, who will bring their indie dance beats to their hometown.
Live at Leeds takes place during the massive Leeds International Festival and will be held on the 29th April in venues all across the beautiful city. Tickets are still available for the event that kicks off the whole festival season and are priced at £32.50 and can be bought from their official website here. For more information head to the website liveatleeds.com and you can see the full line up below.
Words by Callum McCormack