The second Live At Leeds: In The Park is just around the corner - and with it comes a whole host of exciting new artists.
Championing up-and-coming artists from near and far, Live At Leeds is all about finding your new favourite artists, so we've been listening to as many as we can in advance to find out exactly what to expect this weekend.
Keep reading to find our five top picks for the weekend, as well as everything you need to know about the Live At Leeds: In The Park setlist, lineup and ticket info...
The Lottery Winners
Image: The Lottery Winners, Instagram
We're listening to: Let Me Down (feat Boy George)
Going from strength-to-strength since announcing their appearance at Live At Leeds: In The Park, 2023 has really been a wild ride for the four-piece so far. The Lottery Winners have not only landed themselves a number one album for Anxiety Replacement Therapy, which saw collaborations with the likes of Boy George and Shaun Ryder.
Speaking about their number one album, the band said: “This feels like a dream. We want to wholeheartedly thank every single one of you for your love and support. Together we have achieved something truly monumental and we are now in the musical history books indefinitely. Thank you from the bottom of our ART.”
You can catch The Lottery Winners on The Cockpit stage at 1.55 - 2.25pm.
modernlove.
Image: modernlove via Instagram
We're listening to:2 Missed Calls
What started as a group of mates jamming away has turned into a five-year-strong band producing feel good summer anthems. Sharing twenty songs across three albums, think coming-of-age meets romantic indie-pop that wouldn't be out of place on a movie soundtrack.
Songs like 2 Missed Calls and Follow You just make you feel like you're sat soaking up the summer sun - they demand a loud speaker with a pint in your hand, so naturally modernlove. is an obvious choice for anyone looking for a new festival anthem.
You can catch modernlove. on the DORK right stage at 3.30pm - 4pm.
The Big Moon
Image: The Big Moon via Instagram
We're listening to: Barcelona
Let's be honest, there's really not enough all female bands out there - but if you've listened to The Big Moon before, you'll know that it's certainly not from a lack of catchy tunes.
Front woman Juliette Jackson writes anecdotally, finding poetry within the everyday- with four studio albums under the band's belt, they've certainly come a long way from performing on the BBC Introducing Stage at Leeds Festival back in 2015 (although we'll always cherish that bright-eyed performance).
You can catch The Big Moon at Rolling Stone Big Top tent, 4.15 - 5pm.
Brooke Combe
Image: Brooke Combe
We're listening to: Black Is The New Gold
Having supported the likes of The Snuts and The Courteeners, Brooke Combe could be one of the UK’s next big names, especially with a viral TikTok performance under her belt and the reported backing of legendary indie group The Coral.
Live At Leeds: In The Park marks just one of Brooke's trips to Leeds. Pipped for the Festival Republic stage at Leeds Festival and she previously performed at Leeds' own Headrow House last year, bringing an intimate set to one of the cities most-loved gig venues.
You can watch Brooke Combe on the DORK Left Stage 8.45 - 9.15pm
DMA's
We're listening to: Everybody's Saying Thursday's The Weekend
Image: Wikicommons
Australian indie-rock band DMA's are still going strong after over a decade together, and they're showing no sign of slowing down. Famously supporting Brit-pop names like Liam Gallagherr, Richard Ashcroft, Kasabian, and The Kooks, they've become a festival favourite for large crowds waiting for the sun to go down with feel good anthems.
You can catch The DMA's at The Cockpit Main Stage at 7.35-8.35pm
The full Lineup
Returning for 2023, Live At Leeds: In The Park, will see indie favourites Two Door Cinema Cub bringing Temple Newsam to life on Saturday 27 May 2023 as the headline act.
The Northern Irish musicians will be sure to bring the best of their latest album and true to the name, Keep On Smiling, and fuse their set with classics from their earlier days like Undercover Martyn, What You Know and Bad Decisions.
Adding to the plethora of talent already heading up Temple Newsam this summer, DMA’s and The Hives have been added to the line-up, set to bring the house (well, field) down with heavy guitar riffs and a host of non-stop hits that’ll have the crowd on their feet all night long.
The Hives’ frontman Pelle Almqvist says that the band are ‘very proud’ to be heading over to Leeds in May: “Some festival names just have a ring to them don’t they? Live At Leeds. It sounds like some upper echelon rock shit and if this year’s edition wasn’t before, now it is. The Hives are very proud and happy to join this upper echelon.
Joining the headline act are plenty of bands from near and far that need no introduction. The Lathums, Wigan’s finest, will be performing alongside Tom Walker, Everything Everything, The Big Moon, Black Honey and more besides.
The full lineup is as followed:
Two Door Cinema Club
Cavetown
The Hives
Tom Walker
Everything Everything
Låpsley
DMA'S
Lime Cordiale
Sir Chloe
The Big Moon
Gengahr
The Beths
Black Honey
Skinny Living
The Lathums
The Crawlers
Skinny Lister
CMAT
Pillow Queens
Ber
Panic Shack
Enola Gay
Modernlove.
Opus Kink
Brooke Combe
Afflecks Palace
deadletter
Psymon Spine
Rose Gray
Low Hummer
Prima Queen
PRIESTGATE
Dolores Forever
Ellur
Set times
The breakdown of the set times for Live At Leeds: In The Park is as follows...
When and where
Live At Leeds: In The Park takes place on Saturday 27 May 2022 at Temple Newsam, Leeds.
The full address is: Temple Newsam Road, Leeds LS15 0AE
Tickets
Early Bird tickets have now sold out but there's still plenty of tickets to get your hands on for the day itself.
General Admission tickets cost £60 each for the full day, and Under 5s go free.
All remaining tickets are available via See Tickets here.
Live at Leeds and Slam Dunk Tickets
Those wanting to make a full weekend festival, you can also get a combo ticket for Live At Leeds: In The Park, which takes place the day before, and Slam Dunk for a discounted price. Tickets cost £150.70 for the two festivals, with tickets available via See Tickets here.
Image: Supplied
Getting there
Live At Leeds: In The Park Festival takes place at Temple Newsam, which is around 20 minutes from the city centre, and accessible by taxi, car or shuttle bus.
From Leeds
Coach travel is available for those trekking from further afield, but for us in Leeds, shuttle buses will be available from Sovereign Street in the city centre with a choice of booking in advance or on the day. Shuttles will be operating from 11.30am-4pm and to Temple Newsam and then 8pm-1am back to the city centre.
Shuttle tickets cost £5 each way (plus booking fee) and can be purchased via See Tickets here.
Car parking at Temple Newsam usually costs £6 per vehicle and can be booked in advance here.
Lockers
If you want somewhere safe to store your bags, Live At Leeds: In The Park is offering the opportunity to prebook lockers here.
Costs vary from £8 for smaller items to £15 for large lockers.
Official Afterparty
The official afterparty will be held at The Wardrobe in Leeds city centre, taking place from 9pm til late, and it's all themed around one of Leeds' most missed venues, The Cockpit.
DJ Dan Lomax – one of the original DJs from The Cockpit’s legendary club nights will be 'spinning the best post-punk, indie-sleaze, nu-rave, trashy rock'n'roll and reliving the old days with 2 decades of classics' all night long, and tickets cost just £3 each.
Feature Image - The Big Moon / Live At Leeds
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Bring Me The Horizon announce huge Manchester gig for Count Your Blessings anniversary
Bring Me The Horizon have sent British rock fans into bedlam by booking a special anniversary gig celebrating 20 years since their debut album, Count Your Blessings, and we’re lucky enough that it’s coming to Manchester.
And that’s not the only massive announcement they’ve dropped along with it.
It seems hard to believe it’s been two whole decades since the Northern favourites first burst onto the scene with their first LP, and the Yorkshire heavyweights have come a long way since, both sonically and career-wise in general.
Teaming up with Outbreak ahead of their 2026 festival, they teased the show with a series of posters dotted around Manchester city centre last week.
Yes, the band are set to perform their maiden studio outing, along with a few bonus tracks, in its entirety for the first time EVER.
.@OutbreakFest Presents: Count Your Blessings | Repented
played in full, for the first time ever [manchester 10th july 2026] + other bangers.
It remains unclear whether they’ll be playing it in the original order, nor do we know how many big hits from other albums they’ll be throwing into the set.
All we know is that it’s going to be absolute chaos in those pits.
Presented by Outbreak, the landmark show will be held at the Bowlers Exhibition Centre, a.k.a. the BEC Arena, where the hardcore, punk and all things alternative festival is hosted every year.
Even the poster alone is making us feel nostalgic for our ‘mosher’ phase (as if it ever ended); get your fringes, skinny jeans and checkerboard Vans at the ready.
One of the biggest names to have ever come out of Sheffield – an impressive feat in itself given its rich musical heritage – they’ve done wonders for heavier genres domestically.
Whether you dub them emo, metal, deathcore/anything and everything in between, you can’t deny they’re one of the biggest UK exports this scene has ever, well, seen.
Better still, the all-day event will also feature performances by Static Dress, Rolo Tomassi, Dying Wish, Heriot, Car Underwater and Still In Love.
Last but not least, in arguably even more exciting news, the band have also revealed that they are releasing a full re-recorded version of Count Your Blessings to mark the milestone, dubbing it the ‘Repented‘ version. Not to exaggerate, but we’re absolutely screaming over here…
Fans get their hands on early access by pre-ordering the remastered album from a special old-school, very Myspace-esque landing page; as for general admission, tickets go on sale at 10am this Friday, 17 April – you can get ready to grab yours HERE.
Featured Images — Publicity picture (supplied)/Audio North
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Rick Astley at First Direct Arena, Leeds – tickets, times, setlist and more for UK tour
Thomas Melia
Pop hitmaker Rick Astley is playing a few UK shows and is treating Leeds to a night of live music as part of The Reflection Tour.
Newton-le-Willows-born singer Rick Astley has achieved worldwide success, most notably with his work in the 80s alongside songwriting and production duo Stock-Aitken and Waterman.
Astley's album Whenever You Need Somebody has amassed 15 million sales across the globe and is a pivotal record that many would use to define 80s music.
On this LP is his huge hit 'Never Gonna Give You Up' which dropped back in 1987, with the track gaining more attention courtesy of social media trickery.
The worldwide recognition of this hit is all down to people online who deliberately link to the music video for this song, with the term being coined 'The Rickroll'.
Now, Rick Astley is returning to Leeds and ready to play out to over 13,500 people at one of Leeds' biggest indoor arenas First Direct Arena this April.
Gig guide | Rick Astley at First Direct Arena, Leeds - all you need to know
Rick Astley is bringing The Reflection Tour to Leeds this April / Wikimedia Commons via Raph_PH
Rick Astley UK tour dates
Fri 10 April - Glasgow, UK - OVO Hydro
Sat 11 April - Newcastle, UK - Utilita Arena
Mon 13 April - Belfast, UK - SSE Arena
Tue 14 April - Dublin, IE - 3Arena
Thu 16 April - Liverpool, UK - M&S Bank Arena
Fri 17 April - Manchester, UK - Co-op Live
Sat 18 April - Leeds, UK - First Direct Bank Arena
Mon 20 April - Bournemouth, UK - Bournemouth International Centre
Tue 21 April - Cardiff, UK - Utilita Arena
Wed 22 April - Nottingham, UK - Motorpoint Arena
Fri 24 April - Birmingham, UK - BP Pulse Live
Sat 25 April - London, UK - The O2
Fri 5 June - Scarborough, UK - Scarborough Open Air Theatre
Fri 19 June - Newport, UK - Isle of Wight Festival
Wed 24 June - Llangollen, UK - Llangollen Pavilion
Thu 25 June - Lincoln, UK - Lincoln Castle
Sat 27 June - Gloucester, UK - Westonbirt Arboretum
Fri 24 July - Ludlow, UK - Ludlow Castle
Sat 25 July - Sheffield, UK - Tramlines
Sat 30 August - Silverstone, UK - Carfest
Are there any tickets left for Rick Astley in Leeds?
No need to 'Cry For Help', there's plenty of tickets for Rick Astley's Leeds show at First Direct Arena and you can grab yours HERE.
It's been 'Driving Me Crazy' waiting for the right opportunity to do a little Rickrolling of my own - the actual tickets can be found HERE.
Rick Astley setlist for 2026 tour
The Reflection Tour sees Rick Astley play various shows and festivals across the UK / Wikimedia Commons via Raph_PH
This year will mark Rick Astley's first official headline tour since 2024 meaning a full setlist is yet to be confirmed.
Here is a setlist from 2024 when the 80s performer played a series of festival sets:
Never Gonna Stop
Together Forever
Beautiful Life
It Would Take a Strong Strong Man
Dippin My Feet
Start Me Up (The Rolling Stones cover)
She Wants to Dance With Me
Juice (Lizzo cover)
Forever and More
Hold Me in Your Arms
Seventeen Going Under (Sam Fender cover)
Cry For Help
Dance
Angels On My Side
Whenever You Need Somebody (O 'Chi Brown cover)
Good Times (Chic cover)
Highway to Hell (AC/DC cover)
Maria Love
Never Gonna Give You Up
Stage times for Rick Astley and support act for First Direct Arena, Leeds
Doors for Rick Astley's The Reflection Tour are set to open from 6.30pm with an official starting time of 7.30pm.
Support for this show comes in the form of another celebrated UK performer who achieved prominence the decade after Astley - Gabrielle.
This R&B-pop singer is recognised for her 1993 hit 'Dreams' and is known for soundtracking the 90s and noughties with multiple chart entries throughout the decades.
Located on Dyer Street next to Leeds City Bus Station and approx. 15min walk from first direct arena and is wheelchair friendly.
Support and help for any persons with a disability is available as the station is a registered ‘Safe place’ to come into and ask for assistance.
Nearest Bus Stops
Clay Pit Lane
Wade Lane/Lovell Park Road
Woodhouse Lane
Nearest Train Station
Leeds City Station on New Station Street is around a 15min walk from first direct arena and a major hub on the national, regional and local rail network providing connections to a wide variety of destinations.
Parking
There are over 7,500 car parking spaces within a 15-minute walk of the arena. The arena doesn’t have it’s own car park however there are lots of options nearby. To receive 5% off Q Park when attending a show at first direct arena click here
The nearest Car Park with EV charging is located on Albion Street click here.
None of the above car parks are operated by the arena so for questions, queries or comments we ask that you contact the companies directly.
Hiring Bikes in Leeds
If you’re looking to hire a bike in Leeds, here are some of the best options you can try:
Beryl bikes – you’ll find the ‘Leeds City Bikes’ from Beryl stationed throughout the city. These are all e-bikes, and they’re available to hire on a pay-as-you-go basis. It costs £1 to unlock the bikes, and then 16p per minute to use them. We’d say these are great for zipping around the city and getting from A to B.
Talio – for a wider selection of electric bikes to choose from, Talio based at Buslinthorpe Green is a great option. From this company, you can hire cruiser bikes, mountain bikes, and cargo bikes. Prices start from £20 per day for rental, but if you’re hiring for a month or longer you’ll get a good discount.
Sophie Smith -
23rd May 2023 
