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The Coral frontman James Skelly took time out before their Saturday evening slot at Wychwood Festival to speak with Summer Festival Guide about plans for the future, or lack of, and the different challenge of selecting songs from their extensive back catalogue for a festival slot.
How do you go about putting together your festival set from over 20 years of material?
Well we had a full set for the mini tour we did in the Spring which was about an hour and twenty or whatever, so we then pretty much just knock out the ones that are hardest to play and whatever’s left becomes your festival set!
Or you know, the ones that might not translate without a soundcheck. Sometimes more acoustic ones but you’ll have toms in that you might not hear as well in a festival – so you go for the main songs and then the ones that come across in a live setting if you’re in the trenches in a way.
It’s 22 years since the self titled LP The Coral came out and since then there’s been more of a concept approach to the records. Is that a trajectory for going forward you think?
No – I think the concept is not to do anything for a little bit. But we’ve always had a loose concept to all the albums just a bit more obvious with it on these latest ones.
But not really looking, got no plans for a new album or anything. Just looking to play live and enjoy it for a bit – you don’t want to put stuff out for the sake of it.
We’ve done a lot over the last few years and I don’t think anyone’s going to be that interested if we do one now.
(with a smile) Readdress in 2030 and see where we are then, see where the landscape lies by then.
Do you feel like you’re bringing along old fans with the new music or have they struggled to warm to it?
No, no. Our fans seem to love the new stuff. We turn up we play all the sort of the quote “Hits” or whatever you want to call them, we play quite a few off the first album. We play a good selection because if you like a band like us and you’ve followed us you want a selection over the years so, it’s a fine line. You don’t wanna be a nostalgia band. With playing a festival there are people there who might never have seen you, so you want to play your best stuff over the years really.
The world’s leading Beatles tribute act took time out before their set at Wychwood Festival to talk to Summer Festival Guide
My name’s Steve White, I play Paul. My name’s Paul Canning and I play John and I’m Steven Hill and I play George. And we are The Bootleg Beatles!
The Bootleg Beatles well established tribute act and have been touring across the world for years, but how does it differ playing a festival rather than in an auditorium?
SW: From a festival point of view it’s always a scaled down show because we’ve a much more limited slot. So we kind of gloss over as best we can, it’s probably an early era set and then a late set and that’ll be it. Obviously the costume change mid way through – whereas when we’re in a theatre you get several costumes and lots more guitars and so on and so forth. So it’s definitely a scaled down version.
SH: You think it’d be easier wouldn’t you because it’s only an early and a late era show, but you’ve still got to be good! It doesn’t matter what you’re wearing if you’re not playing and singing well it’s bad!
SW: And of course at a festival people are here to see everyone, they’re not just here to see you. So you haved to sell yourselves to everyone, whereas in an auditorium when they’ve come to see your show you’ve almost won before you’ve gone on you have that to think about with a festival.
PC: You do the hits more aswell when you do festivals. In a theatre show you can afford to put some album ones in and the lesser known ones, well they’re all well known – y’know. But the ones we do at the festival are generally more the hits, the singles and the odd not single but still massive song – they’re all good…it’s a good catalogue to choose from…
How do you whittle down that kind of set when you’ve got such a breadth of material to work with?
All: It’s hard!
SH: You kind of know after doing it for so long. You’ve got the hits, the singles and you could do that and people would be happy. But you’ve only got 45 minutes or an hour at some of these festivals so you can whittle it down. As long as you’ve got those main ones, whether it’s Help, Hard Day’s Night, She Loves You – you’ve got to put those kind of songs in and Hey Jude at the end and you’re happy to do that.
It’s easier than it sounds really. And it all depends on your voices on the day as well. If you’re touring for weeks, months on end and your voice is gone you’ve got to try and work around that and sing one that’s a bit easier but still a hit.
Are there any particular highlights from a personal perspective that you really look forward to playing?
PC: I like doing Come Together, that’s a good one to do as John. And I really like doing Here Comes the Sun especially when the sun comes out which ain’t often – but when it does it’s great.
SH: Well I love Help so I’m biased. I love playing Help, it’s my favourite song I think. Not just of the Beatles you know, of anything.
SW: I don’t think I have a favourite. I like them all too much to be able to choose.
PC: He likes doing Yesterday because he’s on his own!
SW: Ah, yes I do!
PC: He’s good at it actually. Gets to play with the crowd a bit and muck about, it’s really good.
Would you say with a festival crowd you’ve got a bit more of that back and forth to play around with?
SW: Oh gosh, absolutely yeah. I mean, obviously when you’re doing an autditorium it’s almost scripted you’ve got to show particular periods that you’re trying to perform. So you have to get a certain amount of information over to the crowd, so there’s key bits of dialogue that you have to say.
When you’re in a festival you have to make other people enjoy themselves and of course building them up for the next act to follow you know? That’s key, keeping the crowd up ready for the next band to take over. Nothing worse than killing an audience and the next bands got to work them up from flat so that’s what we try to do.
PC: Not actually killing them. We don’t kill the audience Steve.
SW: Well I do!
If you were to sell seeing The Bootleg Beatles to people maybe thinking about seeing another band on at the same time, what is it you’d say to bring them to you?
PC: Well you can’t be big headed and you can’t sell yourself short can you!
SH: We pride ourselves on giving 100% at all times and you’ve got to go with the reputation haven’t you?
SW: I tell you what I’d say, if you want to come and see a band where you know all the songs, come and see the Bootleg Beatles.
SH: Yeah you’re not going to be sitting there going “Whats this one? I don’t know this one!” you know? You’re gonna have a good time no matter what – but we do it well.
PC: We’re the world’s premiere Beatles tribute band and there’s a reason for it. Because they’re all great songs but you’ve got to play them well and you’ve got to care about it and the devil is in the detail and we put a lot of work into it.
SH: You’re right you know, you’re gonna have a good time no matter what.
PC: It’s been going since 1980 and people keep coming back to see it because it’s good and the standards high. So come and see it, I would. I do. I’m in it! Bye!
The legendary Mr Motivator (real name Derrick Evans) joined Summer Festival Guide after leading a high energy morning workout session for the Wychwood Festival crowd to talk about the power of movement and his top tips for beating the blues.
This morning you’ve been up on the main stage at Wychwood leading what can only be described as a fun filled, energetic performance this morning and so many people coming out of their tents to join in – how does it make you feel getting up in the morning and bringing that energy into people’s days?
You know what, movement is a wonderful medicine and if you do it in a fun safe way then everybody can participate and my whole drive, and it’s been like that since being on television 30 years ago and I started exercising 40 years ago, I know in my later years how beneficial movement is – but it’s got to be fun! And if it’s not fun I say “don’t do it!” that’s why I’m not into doing press ups, star jumps and burpees – yes I’ll do it – but at the end of the day what really gets people going is music it’s the attitude it’s the laughter it’s the stories.
During Covid you did a lot of motivational stuff on socials and you’ve talked openly here about mental health. Beyond the fitness side of things, how important is that mental health message?
About two weeks ago I spent a whole day in a studio having conversations with all these radio stations from all over the country phoning in to talk about mental health awareness.
I think it’s great that we’ve moved the goalposts, that people can feel a little bit easier to talk about it. Because we call need to talk about it. In particular men, and men don’t wear their heart enough on their sleeve. They think “if we cry that makes us weak” but no, when you cry it makes you strong and so my message is to give people little tips they can put in place if they’re feeling stressed or they can’t go on, if you’re feeling like things are really rough, there are a number of things you can think about.
One is every autumn the tress out there lose their leaves, but the tree still stands up tall. Why? Because it knows in the Spring it’s going to flower again. So whatever we’re going through that we think is really bad, it’s only a bad moment it’s not a bad life. And if we’re patient and we talk about our problems and we really deal with it in terms of taking time out or getting away from it we’re going to get the benefits of getting stronger mentally and that is the important way we’re going to deal with life going forward. To get emotionally, physically, mentally strong.
And what are the things for you that if you’re having one of those down days that help you personally?
One of the best things is movement, for me. The moment I move my body – in fact the thing I did when I did all those interviews we talked about “moving the mood”. And it does! It doesn’t mean you have to do what I do, you can be just going for a walk or a swim, riding a bike or whatever it is, that helps you release those happy hormones and make you feel better.
One thing that works for me is the old photo albums. Because if you take an old photo album it’s only ever got good times in there. We don’t put picture which are terrible. And those memories allow you to escape sometimes from the reality of life and when you come back you come back feeling so much better for it. But if you incorporate movement it actually makes you feel good not just for when you’re doing it, but for hours and days afterwards.
Corrine Bailey Rae sat down with Summer Festival Guide after coming off stage at Wychwood Festival 2024.
You’ve just come off stage, how do you feel the reception from the crowd was?
It was great! You know it’s so good to be playing old songs, but also new songs aswell. I really want to share what I’m doing I don’t want to be just a “heritage act” when you’re sort of playing cover versions of your old music – and I would never want to be that.
So I always like it when you can try out new things so you can see what people are into or in a festival you can just see if it’s reacting – are more people at the end or less, and I always love it when you can just see the crowds getting thicker and thicker and denser as the set goes on so I feel like we’re doing the right thing.
Your latest album, Black Rainbows, marks a bit of a departure from what people maybe expected from you in terms of the inspirations, the sound of it – people in the crowd reacting saying they didn’t expect this from her.
How does it make you feel when you’ve perhaps been pigeon holed as a certain type of performer and then coming out with something that’s completely different and drawn from inspiration?
I felt with Black Rainbows it was always going to be a side project you know? I thought I want to feel free and I don’t want to feel boxed in by peoples expectations of me- and then I thought as the time went on how crazy that was that I was internalising these limits for myself and I thought “No”. I will just say that this is my record, I’ve been working on it for seven years or something so really glad to just do more guitar music – that’s where I came from I came from indie, I had this band called Helen and whenever we play jazz festivals we always put in a few spanners in the works or the other way round.
I like to play a festival and do a quiet jazzy ballad or something. I just think it’s important to push out the edges for yourself and make room for yourself I think and not be your own covers band.
Is that a vision you see for the future for the next record? Is it trying to draw on an inspiration and use that as a running theme throughout?
I think that since doing this record I feel really free. My last record before this I felt really pressured to make a certain kind of song.
We really wanted to have a radio song and everyone in my team and at the label said “just do whatever you want for the rest of the record but we need three radio hits” and it was always so hard. By the end I didn’t even have to ask them what they thought.
If I was just starting the song and I thought to myself “this is too slow” or “this isn’t universal enough” or “this isn’t catchy enough” and I felt like I was policing all my own ideas and so many songs were just falling through my fingers and I really didn’t want to do that with Black Rainbows I wanted to have no pressure and just make something creative.
I feel like now that I’ve done that I will always do that because it’s so satisfying not worrying what people think you know? I really think there will always be an audience of enough of a size for me to travel round the world like I get to do and I’ll always have my old songs which already connect with people but I really always want to make sure it’s exciting and real for me and challenging, inspiring.
And how about the rest of the summer and 2024?
Summer 2024 is SO busy and I keep saying to people “what month is it?” because I’ve been planning these last few months for so long!
But we’re playing at Glastonbury, playing We Out Here festival, Latitude – we’re playing a bunch of festivals in the US, we’re going to China. I’m going to Brazil and Mexico in November! I’m doing a lot this summer, doing a lot of festivals so just getting acquainted with the grass and whether it will or not rain and bumping into other artists backstage that you didn’t expect to see and that’s always really good fun. I love festivals for that, they’re a proper testing ground.
Joseph Capriati’s world-renowned Metamorfosi is back at Amnesia Ibiza every Friday from July 19th till September 6th. Now, the world-class list of names joining the Italian techno has been revealed with exciting stars from across the electronic spectrum all set to play.
This summer kicks off with a superb opening party on 19th July featuring a three-way back-to-back-to-back between Joseph, Dennis Cruz and Ben Sterling, with Toman and Murphy’s Law also on the Terrace, and the ClubRoom is hosted each week by Indira Paganotto who is joined by Dubfire, Lee Ann Roberts and Valentino.
This will be Metamorfosi‘s biggest-ever run as eight unmissable events welcome a carefully curated selection of Capriati’s closest friends and peers. The party has set a high standard in previous summers and is known for bespoke, out-of-this-world production that brings the whole event to life across both rooms of the world-renowned Amnesia.
Joseph will always lead the way on the Terrace, often playing special back to back sets, meanwhile, Indira Paganotto is set to return and take over the curation of The Club Room. The Spanish artist is one of the hottest stars in the contemporary scene. Her techno style is electric and her DJ skills are second to none, and in the last year, she has dropped music on Charlotte de Witte’s KNTXT, Nina Kraviz’s Trip and her own Artcore and recently played an exclusive after-podium show following the conclusion of the MotoGP in Spain so is one of the most influential stars in the scene right now.
After the epic opener, on July 26th the Terrace lines up Joseph, Carlita Blackchild and Frank Storm back to back with Sidney Charles. Indira is joined in the Club Room by Hector Oaks, KI/KI and Skizzo.
August 2nd is Joseph back to back with Paradise man Jamie Jones, a very special hybrid DJ set from WhoMadeWhoand more from Serge Devant and in the Club Room are Indira, Sara Landry, Oguz and ParkerStrange. August 9thbrings to the TerraceJoseph, deep house tastemakers and Human By Default label heads Bedouin, the magical melodies of Magdalena and Ratier and the Club Room has Indira Paganotto, Berlin legend Patrick Mason, the thrilling techno of DJ Rush and Antonio De Angelis.
16th August on the Terrace is Joseph Capriati b2b Desolat founder and Ibiza favourite Loco Dice plus colourful curveballs from Cocoon legend SvenVäth and Kemikal Ali and in the Club Room with Indira is Berghain techno mainstay Ben Klock, Italian pioneer Luigi Madonna, Roberto Capuano b2b Flavio Folco.
23rd August on the Terrace is Joseph Capriati, German techno tastemaker Paul Kalkbrenner Live, Pawsa, Marco Tropeano b2b Francesco Squillante and Indira’s Club room welcomes Cera Khin, Lorenzo Raganzini b2b Paolo Ferrara and Bec.30th August on the Terrace is Joseph Capriati, Blond:ish, Rossi and Mahony, and the Club Roomis Indira Paganotto, Cristobal Pesce, Clara Cuvé, Sumia B2b Chrs.
It all comes to a special close on 6th September when the Terrace welcomes Joseph Capriati b2b Detroit party starter Seth Troxler B2b and ANOTR plus Kidoo and the final Club Room Curated by Indira Paganotto welcomes Charlie Sparks, Daria Kolosova and U.R. Trax.
The scene is now set for another unmissable season of Metamorfosi so get your tickets now HERE.
OPENING PARTY 19 JULY
TERRACE
JOSEPH CAPRIATI B2B DENNIS CRUZ BEN STERLING B2B TOMAN MURPHY’S LAW
CLUB ROOM CURATED BY INDIRA PAGANOTTO
INDIRA PAGANOTTO DUBFIRE LEE ANN ROBERTS VALENTINØ
26 JULY
TERRACE
JOSEPH CAPRIATI CARLITA BLACKCHILD FRANK STORM B2B SIDNEY CHARLES
CLUB ROOM CURATED BY INDIRA PAGANOTTO
INDIRA PAGANOTTO HÉCTOR OAKS KI/KI SKIZZO
02 AUGUST
TERRACE
JOSEPH CAPRIATI B2B JAMIE JONES WHOMADEWHO HIBRYD DJ SET SERGE DEVANT
CLUB ROOM CURATED BY INDIRA PAGANOTTO
INDIRA PAGANOTTO SARA LANDRY OGUZ PARKERSTRANGE
09 AUGUST
TERRACE
JOSEPH CAPRIATI BEDOUIN MAGDALENA RATIER
CLUB ROOM CURATED BY INDIRA PAGANOTTO
INDIRA PAGANOTTO PATRICK MASON DJ RUSH ANTONIO DE ANGELIS
16 AUGUST
TERRACE
JOSEPH CAPRIATI B2B LOCO DICE SVEN VÄTH KEMIKAL ALI
CLUB ROOM CURATED BY INDIRA PAGANOTTO
INDIRA PAGANOTTO BEN KLOCK LUIGI MADONNA ROBERTO CAPUANO B2B FLAVIO FOLCO
23 AUGUST
TERRACE
JOSEPH CAPRIATI PAUL KALKBRENNER LIVE PAWSA MARCO TROPEANO B2B FRANCESCO SQUILLANTE
CLUB ROOM CURATED BY INDIRA PAGANOTTO
INDIRA PAGANOTTO CERA KHIN LORENZO RAGANZINI B2B PAOLO FERRARA BEC
30 AUGUST
TERRACE
JOSEPH CAPRIATI BLOND:ISH ROSSI. MAHONY
CLUB ROOM CURATED BY INDIRA PAGANOTTO
INDIRA PAGANOTTO CRISTOBAL PESCE CLARA CUVÉ SUMIA B2B CHRS
CLOSING 06 SEPTEMBER
TERRACE
JOSEPH CAPRIATI B2B SETH TROXLER B2B ANOTR KIDOO
CLUB ROOM CURATED BY INDIRA PAGANOTTO
INDIRA PAGANOTTO CHARLIE SPARKS DARIA KOLOSOVA U.R.TRAX
LINE-UP (A-Z)
ANOTR ANTONIO DE ANGELIS BEC BEDOUIN BEN KLOCK BEN STERLING BLACKCHILD BLOND:ISH CARLITA CERA KHIN CHARLIE SPARKS CHRS CLARA CUVÉ CRISTOBAL PESCE DARIA KOLOSOVA DENNIS CRUZ DJ RUSH DUBFIRE FLAVIO FOLCO FRANK STORM HECTOR OAKS INDIRA PAGANOTTO JAMIE JONES JOSEPH CAPRIATI KEMIKAL ALI KI/KI KIDOO LEE ANN ROBERTS LOCO DICE LORENZO RAGANZINI LUIGI MADONNA MAGDALENA MAHONY MARCO TROPEANO MURPHY’S LAW OGUZ PAOLO FERRARA PARKERSTRANGE PATRICK MASON PAUL KALKBRENNER PAWSA RATIER ROBERTO CAPUANO ROSSI. SARA LANDRY SERGE DEVANT SETH TROXLER SIDNEY CHARLES SKIZZO SUMIA SVEN VÄTH TOMAN U.R. TRAX VALENTINØ WHOMADEWHO (Hybrid DJ Set)
Sonja Moonear, Priku, Margaret Dygas, SIT, The Ghost, Shonky, Cap, Traumer, Jay Daniel and more all play
Avyca Ibiza has already been dubbed ‘Ibiza’s number one underground destination’ for summer 2024 and now it unveils the first names for brand new night THEM. Each Tuesday night on the island, the innovative party will welcome the most cultured figures in minimal and techno.
THEM kicks off on July 9th with an opening party to be announced shortly and will come to an epic close 16 weeks later with a two day, two room bonanza on the 8th and 9th of October – once more than 300 artists have passed through the doors.
THEM is also set to work with some key partners for various nights across the season including Italian powerhouse After Caposile, the French powered Yoyaku, and Barcelona based La Aso, while weekly residents for the night include island favourites and underground tastemakers Praslesh aka (Raresh and Praslea), 2vilas and Tania Vulcano who will bring the heat each and every time, with more to be announced.
Some of the first headliners announced include legendary names from the minimal scene such as Sonja Moonear, Priku and Margaret Dygas, SIT aka Cristo Cons and Vlad Caiai, tasteful deep digging duo The Ghost, masterful house from French star Shonky, the heady grooves of Traumer, fresh selections from Jay Daniel, stripped back sounds from Cap, Cezar, Abbas, Sepp, Alex Rush and much more besides.
This is just the beginning with many more essential names to be revealed in the coming days and weeks.
The fourth edition of Croatia’s scene-leading LMF Festival at Jarun Lake, Zagreb is just around the corner and once again on June 7th – 8th, 2024, world class DJs such as Dom Dolla, Argy, Chris Lake, Mind Against, Claptone, Matroda, Dubfire, Sam Paganini and more will arrive in Zagreb alongside a mix of regional and domestic electronic talents.
LMF is More Than a Festival, It’s an Unforgettable Experience
In just a few years, LMF has become the most important electronic festival in Zagreb. It is hosted at the beautiful Lake Jarun, only 15 minutes from all major points in the city, and is renowned for top-notch production, creative stage designs such as aboard a Zagreb tram, mouth-watering culinary offerings, and art displays across the site which all make it one of the most desirable in this part of Europe.
Zagreb – The Ideal City Break Destination
In recent years, Zagreb itself has cemented its reputation as one of the most interesting cities in Europe for a short city break. Not only is it well connected by regular and low-cost airlines with major European centres, but it is also on a great route for backpackers exploring this part of Europe and passing through Croatia to reach the beloved Adriatic coast. In the centre of this urban oasis is Lake Jarun, the host of the LMF festival. You can spend your day exploring Zagreb’s rich history, excellent cultural and gastronomic offerings, and in the evening, dance to the beats of the most electric stars of the scene
World Class Music
This year’s line-up is another epic showcase of the best in house, dance and techno music with Dom Dolla leading this year’s star-studded lineup. The Australian maestro is behind hits like “Take It” and “San Frandisco” which have become anthems of electronic music, and he is currently one of the most sought-after DJs in the world. Argy also stands out as a long time underground favourite who mixes up lassi house and techno with his own fresh sound, while Briton Chris Lake has always explored different genres and created his own distinctive sound that combines elements of house, tech-house, and many other similar genres. His hits like “Changes,” “Operator,” and “Turn Off The Lights” are real classics.
Claptone is a magical DJ who brings real soul to his sets. He plays all over the world and has his own Ibiza party ‘The Masquerade’. He’s recognisable by his gold bird mask, hypnotic rhythms and seductive melodies that win hearts worldwide. Also performing will be the hugely popular Matroda, well-known to this audience, Mind Against, and the icon of Italian electronics, Sam Paganini. They will be joined by big names from the regional and domestic electronic scene: Bosk, Dallerium, Damir Hoffman, Danceelectric, Discopolis, DJ Jock, Einfakinn, Ilija Đoković, Joe2shine, Kosta Radman, Kraundler, Lanna Lokka, Luka Kosty, Mjuz, Percassi, Tomo in der Mühlen, Vedran Car, Viktor, and Yakka.
Let the Music Be Free
At LMF, the music allows you to explore your own freedoms, meet people, and create unforgettable memories, free your senses, and experience an unforgettable weekend in a stunning location.
The unmissable Crooked House in The Park is back for a much anticipated fourth edition in the beautiful city of Lichfield on August 25th 2024. This spectacular Midlands gathering plays out over six epic stages with world class names from across the house, garage, trance, reggae and drum & bass spectrum. More than 70 acts will play in all and tickets are available now from https://www.skiddle.com/festivals/crooked-house-in-the-park/.
Crooked House in The Park is an immersive summer showcase that is truly dedicated to celebrating electronic dance music in all its glory. The West Midlands event is the ultimate festival offering and unlike anything else in the region. It has sold out its last two editions and is back bigger and better than this year with out of this world production, high-spec stage designs including the Trance Shed and Rum & Reggae Beach, with crystal clear sound systems and another genuinely tasteful and eclectic mix of sounds.
Adding to the unforgettable experience of this action-packed 12-hour festival will be brand takeovers and mind-bending visuals, plus you can enjoy thrilling fairground rides, indulge in the best local food stalls and choose from exclusive VIP and V-VIP packages for an elevated experience.
Says the team, “The day of Crooked House is a buzz like I’ve never felt before. Music delivered across an eclectic spectrum that just summarises summer. Roll on August.”
This year’s lineup is another huge one with the likes of Ibiza party starters Claptone and Eats Everything, Midlands shining light Hannah Wants, Crooked Resident Low Steppa, d&b from superstar Wilkinson and legends Micky Finn b2b Logan D, garage pioneers So Solid Crew, DJ Q, Sweet Female Attitude and Matt Jam Lamont, fresh tech house from David Penn, bass heavy dub and reggae from Mungo’s Hi-Fi, General Levy, Jam Jah Sound system and more, big beats and up front house from Freemasons, Shades of Rhythm, All-star Whitehead, Alex P, Jim Shaft Ryan, plus trance from BK, Signum, Malin & Kane and many more.
American Express presents BST Hyde Park is excited to welcome chart-topping country sensation Morgan Wallen, headlining on Thursday 4 July. Today we’re thrilled to announce the first wave of incredible special guests, including Riley Green, Ernest and Ella Langley, with the full line-up still to come. Tickets for this unmissable show are on sale now, available at www.bst-hydepark.com
For his first ever UK performance, Riley Green is heading to the Great Oak Stage at BST Hyde Park! Riley Green has been compelling Country music fans to raise a drink, shed a tear, and, above all, celebrate where they are from, since first releasing his self-titled EP in 2018. His songs like the Platinum hit ‘There Was This Girl’, the 2x Platinum-certified heart-tugger ‘I Wish Grandpas Never Died’, and his chart-topping collab with Thomas Rhett, ‘Half of Me’, have made Riley synonymous with what Country music does best: making listeners feel something with his no-gimmick, relatable writing and classic feel. Hot off the heels of his latest EP released in April, Way Out Here, we can’t wait for Riley to bring his new music to this huge day of Country in Hyde Park.
Nashville’s most unpredictable hitmaker ERNEST is “The Charmer”, a triple threat talent and one of Music City’s on the rise artist/writers who is changing the status quo. The two-time ACM Award nominee (2024) crafts a twist-heavy verse style that’s become his signature, proving its mettle, and earning him multiple No. 1s to date. He just released his highly anticipated sophomore album, NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE, which follows up ERNEST’S critically acclaimed debut album FLOWER SHOPS (THE ALBUM).
Flexing show-stopping vocals and a razor-sharp pen, Alabama native Ella Langley spikes her unfiltered true stories with unapologetic rock ‘n’ roll grit and unassuming pop appeal. With the success of her debut EP Excuse The Mess, and with several high-profile songwriting cuts, Ella has been widely touted as an artist to watch. This year she will hit the road with both Morgan Wallen and Riley Green, and will soon unveil her highly anticipated debut album.
Morgan Wallen says, “Last fall was my first time in the UK and man, I loved it. I saw so much while I was there, and the people were incredible. To play where legendary artists like Pink Floyd and The Rolling Stones have played is a huge honor for me and my band, and we can’t wait to be back.”
One of today’s brightest stars in music, Morgan Wallen has been riding a non-stop wave of success with a string of 11 No. 1 hits and electrifying live shows with 2.4 million fans already holding tickets to his world tour. His latest single with Post Malone, ‘I Had Some Help’, was a major hit in the UK upon release, placing at No.2 in the Official Charts.
After releasing digital series Abbey Road Sessions recorded at the famous Abbey Road Studios – including five live recordings from One Thing At A Time, an unreleased fan-favourite, ‘Lies Lies Lies’, and a never-before-recorded cover of Nothing But Thieves’ ‘Graveyard Whistling’ – Morgan Wallen will return to London this July. Watch/listen to Abbey Road SessionsHERE.
Wallen’s rise to prominence has been nothing short of meteoric. Hailed by Billboard for making “his superstar arrival as a touring artist” in 2022, 11-time 2023 Billboard Music Awards-winner Morgan Wallen continues to reign as one of Country’s top touring artists. Spanning 5 countries and 3 continents, Wallen’s 57-show 2023 One Night At A Time World Tour was named aPollstar andBillboard Country Tour of the Year and delivered the man the New York Times dubbed “one of the biggest stars in pop, period” to fans worldwide. Wallen will bring the show to BST Hyde Park for the first time this summer.
Wallen’s authentic storytelling and raw emotion struck a chord with fans, propelling him to the forefront of the country music scene. Last year saw him release his third studio album, One Thing At A Time, which reigned atop the all-genre Billboard 200 chart for 18 non-consecutive weeks, tying Garth Brooks’ Ropin’ the Wind with the most weeks at No. 1 for a Country album, and was the most-streamed album of the year on Spotify.
With over 28 billion on-demand streams, his hit songs and fan favourites, including ‘Whiskey Glasses’, ‘More Than My Hometown’, and ‘7 Summers’, have dominated airwaves and playlists. 6x-Platinum single ‘Last Night’ reeled in over 1.5 billion streams globally, becoming the most-streamed song of any genre in the U.S. across Apple Music and Spotify, and the longest running No. 1 solo song in Hot 100 history (16 weeks total).
The lineup for American Express presents BST Hyde Park 2024 is set to be truly spectacular, with Morgan Wallen joining previously announced headliners SZA (29 June), Kings of Leon (30 June), Andrea Bocelli (5 July), Robbie Williams (6 July), Shania Twain (7 July), Stevie Nicks (12 July), Kylie (13 July) and Stray Kids (14 July), with the full line up for each day to be announced.
This announcement follows the tremendous success of BST Hyde Park 2023, featuring legendary acts such as P!NK, Guns N’ Roses, Take That, BLACKPINK, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, Billy Joel, and Lana Del Rey.
The phenomenal LCD Soundsystem will headline Uber One presents All Points East on Friday 23 August 2024. Supported by an exceptional line-up, with more names revealed today including Joy (Anonymous), The Kills, NewDad, Joe Goddard (Live), MS Paint, Monobloc, Dove Ellis and Nick Ward. They join previously announced special guests Jai Paul, Pixies, Floating Points, Jockstrap, Nation of Language, Sofia Kourtesis (Live), Eyedress and Vagabon. Tickets on sale here.
Joy (Anonymous) aren’t just an electronic dance duo – they’re a sonic journey, inviting audiences to lose themselves in the music and find solace in the collective joy of the dance floor. Having established themselves during the Covid-19 era by playing impromptu meet-ups on London’s South Bank, they have graduated to bigger venues and, to further celebrate the community they’ve built together, they released their second album, Cult Classics, in 2023. Described by NME as “pure musical serotonin”, Joy (Anonymous), aka Henry Counsell and Louis Curran, have since been touring the world with the record, already hinting they are working on their “next chapter”. We can’t wait to welcome them back to All Point East this August.
A minimalist duo with maximum impact, The Kills strip rock ‘n’ roll down to its rawest essence and reinvent it with each release. When they appeared during the early 2000s garage rock revival, Jamie Hince‘s eloquently jagged guitar playing and Alison Mosshart‘s ability to snarl and sigh with equal conviction created sparks. They’ve since tallied hundreds of millions of streams across albums such as Keep On Your Mean Side [2003], No Wow [2005], Midnight Boom [2008], and Blood Pressures [2011]. In 2023, they released God Games, further etching the marks they’ve made on bending genres and pushing musical boundaries. The Kills have emerged as international rock stars, setting the pace for the genre, shaping this era’s sound, and redefining what rock music can be in the 21st century.
Plus NewDad, indie rock band from Galway – alternately fuzzy, shimmery, and rumbling, NewDad put a weary, intimate spin on 1980s and ’90s alt rock inspirations. Led by the airy, tepid vocals of Julie Dawson, the group released their debut EP, Waves, in 2021 to much acclaim in their native Ireland. As their popularity grew, they followed their second EP, 2022’s Banshee, with their full-length debut MADRA in 2024.
Performing live will be Joe Goddard, best known as a member of the English synth-pop band Hot Chip. Hot off the heels of his third solo album Harmonics, due for release on 12 July, this will be one of the first opportunities to hear the new record – which features appearances from Hayden Thorpe, Alabaster DePlume, Tom McFarland of Jungle and his Hot Chip bandmates Alexis Taylor and Al Doyle.
Also announced today are experimental American rock band MSPAINT, post-punk New Yorkers Monobloc, alternative R&B singer Dove Ellis, and bedroom-pop Australian breakthrough musician Nick Ward.
LCD Soundsystem are one of the US’s most acclaimed and influential bands. Starting out in 2002 and driven by the vision of James Murphy, they released multiple singles in the lead up to their acclaimed self-titled debut – including the signature song ‘Losing My Edge’ and the timeless ‘Daft Punk Is Playing At My House’. Their sophomore album, 2007’s Sound of Silver, garnered even more critical praise and topped multiple best-of-the-year lists, putting LCD Soundsystem firmly at the head of the neo-disco class. With tracks like ‘New York I Love You But You’re Bringing Me Down’ showing their more poignant side, the record is also home to ‘All My Friends’, named by Pitchfork as the second-greatest song of the entire 2000s.
The band became a huge live draw over the years and, after the release of their third studio album, This Is Happening, their first Top 10 album in the US, LCD Soundsystem sold out Madison Square Garden in 2011 for a farewell show. To fans’ delight, they re-formed, and returned with the vintage-sounding American Dream in 2017. In the years that followed, the band played multiple concert residencies, including a six-night stint at Brixton’s O2 Academy in 2022. That same year they cranked out ‘New Body Rhumba’, a dancefloor-filling single with their trademark sharp edge. Last year, James Murphy explained that the band were stepping out of the usual touring cycle and recently announced 12 dates around New York City, leaving them time to also work on new music, while promising, “Maybe we’ll just play other places next year, moving around to cities we like to play, where we’re wanted, etc.”
Always in demand in London, having headlined at All Points East’s first year in 2018, LCD Soundsystem never disappoint, and we cannot wait to welcome them back to Victoria Park this summer.
Each year, All Points East delivers an epic line up of world class headliners, exceptionally curated supporting line ups and big exclusives. 2024 will be no different – with headliners Kaytranada (Friday 16 August), Loyle Carner (Saturday 17 August), Mitski (Sunday 18 August), LCD Soundsystem (Friday 23 August), APE presents Field Day (Saturday 24 August) and The Postal Service / Death Cab For Cutie (Sunday 25 August).
