The indie folk darlings are coming to Leeds this autumn.
Laura Marling and Mike Lindsay (Tunng) have announced they'll be coming to Leeds' Brudenell Social Club for a special show on 2nd September.
The announcement comes as the pair, who collaborate together under the moniker LUMP, share their first new music of the year with fans.
The new album Animal is the pair’s first new release since their acclaimed eponymous 2018 debut and is due to be released on Chrysalis/Partisan Records on the 30th of July.
To coincide with the exciting new release, they'll also be undertaking a short UK tour - making stops at just 5 UK cities on the way, Leeds included.
Due to appear at the Brudenell Social Club on 2nd September, they'll open the tour at Manchester's Gorilla on 31st August before finishing at London' venue Scala on September 6th. Other stops include Bristol and Brighton.
Brudenell Social Club
For those unfamiliar with LUMP's debut LP, it veers away rather drastically from the work each artist creates apart. Described as sonically “vivid and sort of psychedelic,” Lindsay's music often falls into strange time patterns - inspired by the sea on his doorstep and their waves, which he says "go in circles of seven."
Recorded whilst Marling was working on her Mercury Prize and Grammy Award-nominated album Song For Our Daughter, she says working on LUMP material felt liberating and distinct.
“It became a very different thing about escaping a persona that has become a burden to me in some way,” she says.
“It was like putting on a superhero costume.”
Recorded at the Lindsay’s home studio in Margate, Kent, both felt the pressure to create an album as instinctive and magical as their first.
“There’s a little bit of a theme of hedonism on the album, of desires running wild,” says Marling.
“And also it fed into the idea we had from the start of thinking of LUMP as a kind of representation of instincts, and the world turned upside down.”
Tickets for the Leeds headline show is on sale now via www.lump.world.
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You can watch The Traitors finale on a massive screen in Leeds next Friday
The finale of The Celebrity Traitors is hitting our TV screens next Friday, and there’s a big screening party happening in Leeds especially for it.
Don't panic guys, it's happening.
Fancy sitting down to watch one of the cultural events of the year on a big screen with dozens of others who are just as invested in the show as you are? Well, now you can.
And that’s because Belgrave Music Hall, one of the city’s most beloved event spaces and bars, will be hosting a finale watching party and we’re all invited.
Taking place next Friday 23 January, fans of The Traitors are invited to watch the finale which kicks off 9pm in the canteen.
Best part? The tickets are absolutely free and we've no doubt there'll be some banging drink deals on to get the party started.
We’re already searching our wardrobes for an item of clothing that remotely resembles a cloak.
Announcing the news to Instagram, Belgrave said: "The world famous Traitors finale screening is back at Belgrave! In the past we've been graced with the presence of OG Faithful @theomayne1, plus our Clauds has been known to make an appearance (please scroll for evidence)... twists and turns are promised 👀"
So to give this series of The Traitors a proper send off, get yourself to Belgrave Music Hall from 6pm and enjoy a few beverages with like minded fans whilst screaming at the screen as Claudia makes her way into the frame.
Whilst we're on the topic, has anyone got an incredibly glossy black fringed wig we could borrow?
Johnny Depp supergroup Hollywood Vampires have announced a huge gig in Halifax
Daisy Jackson
Hollywood Vampires are heading back out on tour, with a huge Yorkshire gig announced for this year.
The supergroup, which consists of one of the biggest names in Hollywood as well as one of rock’n’roll’s most iconic names, are set to perform at the AO Arena as part of a run of shows.
Hollywood Vampires is made up of A-lister Johnny Depp, as well as rock royalty including Alice Cooper, and Aerosmith’s Joe Perry, plus Tommy Henriksen.
They last performed with an arena tour back in 2023, making these their first gigs in almost three years.
Hollywood Vampires have now announced a return to the stage, with a show at the iconic Piece Hall in Halifax on 22 August.
They’ll be supported by The Jesus and Mary Chain, who marked their 40th anniversary in 2024 with a new album, Glasgow Eyes.
Johnny Depp supergroup Hollywood Vampires announce Manchester gig. Credit: Aaron Perry
Hollywood Vampires formed in 2012, named after Cooper’s celebrity drinking club of the same name where the aim was reportedly to ‘drink until no one could stand up’.
Over the years, the supergroup has worked with the likes of Paul McCartney, Dave Grohl, and Zak Starkey (formerly the drummer for Oasis).
A Three Presale for tickets will take place from 10am on Wednesday 21 January, followed by a venue presale on Thursday 22 January, then general sale from 10am on Friday 23 January.
Georgina Pellant -
11th May 2021 
