First Acts Announced For Award Winning Live At Leeds Festival

First Acts Announced For Award Winning Live At Leeds Festival

Having beaten off the likes of The Great Escape and Liverpool Sound City to win the coveted ‘Best Metropolitan Festival’ at the UK Festival Awards, Live At Leeds is back for 2015 with a plethora of exciting acts across a multitude of venues.

Officially kicking off the festival season, Live At Leeds hosts the biggest names alongside the best in new and upcoming acts. Having played host to the likes of Bastille, James Blake, Wild Beasts, Bombay Bicycle Club, Rudimental and The Vaccines over the years, last year was one of the first places to catch future superstars and BBC Sound Of poll winners Years and Years. Live At Leeds provides a snapshot of everything that is vital in music right now.

Leading the charge amongst the first 100 bands to be announced Carl Barat and The Jackals featuring the Libertines legend with his new band, London alternative rockers Dry The River, the brainy art-pop of Dutch Uncles, Leeds’ noisiest sons Eagulls, the BBC 6 Music championed songwriting of Emmy The Great, ex-Supergrass main man Gaz Coombes, the incredible wordplay of BBC Sound Of shortlisted George The Poet and Leeds psych rockers Hookworms.

Pop heroes Lawson, Grammy nominated singer and producer MNEK, rising punk upstarts Slaves, indie favourites Spector, the rip-roaring folk of Stornoway, MOBO Award winner Stormzy, British-Australian quartet Sunset Sons, Birmingham indie poppers Swim Deep, living legend of noise and punk in the guise of his Thurston Moore Band and Scottish indie rockers We Were Promised Jetpacks will also provide must see sets!

With a supporting cast of incredible talent including North London sibling trio Jagaara, hotly tipped Canadian songwriter Tobias Jesso Jr, Welsh punks Joanna Gruesome and Nottingham duo Childhood making up the 200 bands across the weekend this is one not to be missed!

Full Lineup Below:

CARL BARAT and THE JACKALS | DRY THE RIVER | DUTCH UNCLES | EAGULLS | EMMY THE GREAT | GAZ COOMBES | GEORGE THE POET | HOOKWORMS | LAWSON | MNEK | SLAVES | SPECTOR | STORNOWAY STORMZY | SUNSET SONS | SWIM DEEP | THURSTON MOORE BAND | WE WERE PROMISED JETPACKS

ADY SULEIMAN | BLOSSOMS | BOXED IN | CHILDHOOD | EKKAH | FLO MORRISSEY | JAGAARA | JOANNA GRUESOME | JP COOPER | LAURA DOGGETT | LONELADY | MENACE BEACH | NIMMO | NOTHING BUT THIEVES | PALACE | PRETTY VICIOUS | REAL LIES | TELEGRAM | TOBIAS JESSO JR

ADAM FRENCH | ALEX BUREY | ALFIE CONNOR | ALMA ELSTE | ARCANE ROOTS | ASTRONOMYY | AYLEE BAD//DREEMS | BILLIE BLACK | BLACK HONEY | BLACK PEAKS | BLOODY KNEES | BRUISING | BULLY | CAIROBI CARNABELLS | CHAIKA | CHARLIE CUNNINGHAM | CHLOE BLACK | CLAY | CLOUD CASTLE LAKE | COLD OCEAN LIES | COLOUR OF SPRING | COMPNY | FEHM | FOREVER CULT | FRANCES | FRANCISCO THE MAN | GLACIER PACIFIC | GULF | HONNE | HOOTON TENNIS CLUB | IYES | JAKIL | JAMIE LAWSON | JASMINE THOMPSON | JET SETTER | KID WAVE | LAKE KOMO | LAUREL | LIVES | LONGFELLOW | LOUIS BERRY | MAN MADE | MARSICANS |  MONOGRAM | NEW VINYL | OCEAAN | ONLY GIRL | OSCA | OSCAR AND THE WOLF | PINKSHINYULTRABLAST | PIXEL FIX | POLO | PORT ISLA | PROSE | RACING GLACIERS | RAT BOY | ROBYN SHERWELL | SEAFRET | SHELTER POINT | SKINNY LIVING | TALOS | THABO AND THE REAL DEAL | THE ACADEMIC | THE MAGIC GANG | THE MISPERS | THE RIPTIDE MOVEMENT TIBET | TWIN WILD | VITAMIN | WALKING ON CARS | WOODEN ARMS | WULF | YURS

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Dr. Martens #standforsomething tour comes to Liverpool

FUNERAL FOR A FRIEND, EAGULLS, TONIGHT ALIVE, LOS CAMPESINOS! AND WE ARE THE OCEAN TAKE TO THE ROAD FOR HEADLINE SETS IN INTIMATE VENUES ACROSS THE UK

LONDON HEADLINER AND SUPPORT ACTS TO BE ANNOUNCED

Following last year’s incredible, sold out #standforsomething tour which featured Young Guns, Dry The River, Spector, Lower Than Atlantis and Sonic Boom Six performing in intimate venues up and down the UK, Dr. Martens are thrilled to announce its headline acts for 2014 and a host of new cities.

Last year’s tour was the stuff of rock n’ roll legend  with the simple premise of taking some of the most exciting live acts around into tiny venues, giving music lovers the chance to catch their favourite acts up close and personal.

The 2014 tour will visit 5 new cities, Edinburgh, Cardiff, Liverpool, Birmingham and Newcastle  as well as rolling into the capital once again.

The tour dates and venues are:

4th October – Edinburgh: Cabaret Voltaire – Funeral For A Friend

11th October – Cardiff: Clwb Ifor Bach - Eagulls

25th October – Liverpool: Shipping Forecast – We Are The Ocean

8th November – London: The Lexington – TBA

22nd November – Birmingham: The Flapper – Los Campesinos!

6th December – Newcastle: Cluny 2 – Tonight Alive

FUNERAL FOR A FRIEND

Since their inception in 2001, Welsh post-hard-core act Funeral For A Friend have consistently pushed the boundaries of their genre and carved a place for themselves as one of the UK’s most electrifying rock bands. From their breakthrough album ‘Casually Dressed and Deep In Conversation’ through to last year’s ‘Conduit’, they are always a compelling prospect both on record and in a live setting.

What do Funeral For A Friend stand for?

"The idea that music can break down walls that segregate us in everyday life and can make you feel a part of something larger than yourself, that's something to stand for. A real sense of community and belonging." - Matthew Davies-Kreye

EAGULLS

Leeds’ noisiest sons Eagulls have had a big year. From the release of their stunning self-titled debut album through to their breakthrough US performance on the prestigious Late Show with David Letterman, Eagulls are making their dense, shoegazing punk heard across the world.

What do Eagulls stand for?

"I stand for creative freedom. Creativity for me is like a drug; when I don't get to be creative I snap." - George Mitchell

WE ARE THE OCEAN

Four piece Essex rockers We Are The Ocean have grown a lot since their inception, from heavy post-hardcore through to their last album, the bold, rocking ‘Maybe Today, Maybe Tomorrow’ which saw them go from small rooms to headline tours, festival stages and radio airplay. Their forward thinking approach and rousing live sets make them a perfect fit for #standforsomething.

What do We Are The Ocean stand for?

"Burritos, cold beer and having freedom to create music." - Liam Cromby

LOS CAMPESINOS!

From the spiky indie punk of their debut ‘Hold On Now Youngster’ through to the darker and more expansive sound of ‘No Blues’, Los Campesinos! continue to evolve. Driven by the biting wit and confessional lyrics of singer Gareth Campesinos! and wrapped in layers of multiple instruments, their sound is as raucous as it is pretty. 

What do Los Campesinos! Stand for?

"LC! stand for emotive, visceral, drunken rock shows, created and shared in safe spaces with all misogyny and prejudices kept well away. No hierarchy and no assholes, just a load of pals.” - Gareth Campesinos!?

TONIGHT ALIVE

Australian pop-punk heroes Tonight Alive are renowned for their high octane live shows and sing along anthems as found on last year’s album ‘The Other Side’. From festival stages this summer to the small confines of their #standforsomething show this is a band whose shows are always brimming full of energy.

What do Tonight Alive stand for?

"We stand for empowerment. We believe that everyone is capable of achieving their own dreams, they just need to be able to believe that in themselves." - Jenna McDougall

The headliners for the London show will be announced shortly as will supports for the entire tour.

The tour will also give a platform to a host of emerging bands from Dr. Martens’ association with its musical charity partner, Strummerville.

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Tickets will be available online and in Dr. Martens stores on a strictly first come first served basis. More info can be found at: www.drmartens.com/standforsomethingtour