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.
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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.
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Pitbull at Roundhay Festival – For one glorious evening, Leeds became the happiest place on Earth
From the second Pitbull emerges onto the Roundhay Festival stage, suited, sunglasses firmly in place, there was only ever going to be one outcome - a field full of thousands of people completely surrendering to the party.
A few years ago, Pitbull's resurgence was treated by some as a bit of an internet joke. The memes were everywhere. The bald cap. The "Mr Worldwide" catchphrase. The nostalgia.
But those people who still think this is a novelty have clearly never been to a Pitbull concert.
While party anthems are often dismissed as throwaway pop, these hits are anything but - Pitbull writes songs that still get you dancing 20 years since their release, songs that reach into your brain and switch off the part that normally tells you to stand still with your drink.
Whether the tracks first exploded onto playlists in the late 2000s or the early 2010s, they still trigger the same involuntary reaction: arms in the air, hips moving, and strangers suddenly becoming your dance partners.
Pitbull is also a genuinely exceptional showman, dancing and jumping so freely we end up with a camera roll of photos where he appears to be levitating.
Backed by a phenomenal live band, every song feels bigger, louder and more celebratory than its studio version, while slick choreography and booming production transforms Roundhay's open fields into a full-blown fiesta.
Giant video screens whisk the audience from Miami to Cuba, Rio Carnival to Tijuana, with plenty of lively pyrotechnics making it all the more mental.
The Hoot in a sea of PitbullsPitbull on stage at Roundhay Festival
Even the inevitable costume changes (... jacket changes) became part of the experience.
Rather than letting the atmosphere dip, Pitbull hands the stage over to a DJ armed with wall-to-wall singalong classics. Instead of checking phones or heading for the bar, the crowd just… keeps dancing.
The whole spectacle thrives on glorious excess. There's the surreal contrast of Pitbull, impeccably dressed in a tuxedo jacket, standing centre stage while dancers perform around him in impossibly tiny leotards. It's flamboyant, unapologetic and entirely committed to the bit. There really isn't another live show quite like it, and that's probably for the best.
Amid all the catchphrases, the relentless positivity and what feels like several hundred uses of the word "party", Pitbull also finds time to remind the audience of the work his foundation has done, including helping build schools and providing education for thousands of young people. It's a brief but welcome reminder that beneath the larger-than-life persona is someone who has invested heavily in giving opportunities to others.
Of course, nobody is really here for a TED Talk. We're here to lose ourselves for 90 minutes in hit after hit, and that's exactly what we get.
Pitbull understands something many artists don't: joy is a skill. Creating an atmosphere where thousands of strangers forget about work, bills and bad news long enough to dance without embarrassment isn't easy. But somehow he makes it look effortless.
For one night, Roundhay Park wasn't just another festival site. It was the biggest party in Yorkshire.
Kings of Leon at First Direct Arena, Leeds – tickets, times, setlist and more for UK tour
Thomas Melia
American rock band Kings of Leon are making their way to Leeds for a visit to First Direct Arena as part of their current EU/UK tour.
Formed in 1999 by brothers Caleb, Nathan, Jared, plus their cousin Matthew Followill, the rock band has gone on to achieve nine top 40 singles and six UK number one albums.
The rockers have two singles in Spotify’s Billions Club, including their standout hit ‘Sex on Fire’, which has amassed over 2 billion streams and ‘Use Somebody’ with 1.2 billion – two tracks that helped skyrocket them from cult favourites here in Britain to global superstars.
This four-piece’s latest LP, Can We Please Have Fun, dropped mid-2024 and knowing how energetic Northern crowds can be, it’s safe to say we’ve got this covered.
Last time they travelled over the pond, they let the Manchester crowd know the England score in real-time (read our full review).
Gig guide – Kings of Leon at First Direct Arena, Leeds
Kings of Leon UK tour dates
Fri 3 July – Glasgow, UK – Bellahouston Park
Sat 4 July – Manchester, UK – Co-op Live
Mon 6 July – Leeds, UK – First Direct Bank Arena
Are there any tickets left for Kings of Leon at First Direct Arena?
If you’re wondering where you’ll ‘Find Me’ on Monday 6 July, it is probably watching these four relatives play their two decades’ worth of hits at First Direct Arena.
Don’t ‘Waste a Moment’ as there’s only a limited number of tickets left if you’re after catching a glimpse of Kings of Leon live – get yours HERE.
Kings of Leon are gearing up for their Leeds gig at First Direct this July (Credit: Press shot)
Kings of Leon setlist for 2026 UK tour
These American rockers have been performing all across Europe, switching up a couple of songs at each show; however, the hits below have featured at most of their appearances.
Slow Night, So Long
Waste a Moment
Find Me
On Call
Radioactive
The Bucket
Revelry
Manhattan
Use Somebody
Wait For M
Split Screen
Closer
Molly’s Chambers
Razz
MyParty
Supersoaker
Fans
Back Down South
Seen
Pyro
Black Thumbnail
To Space
Knocked Up
Sex on Fire
What are the stage times for Kings of Leon in Leeds?
Doors for Kings of Leon at First Direct Arena in Leeds are set to open at 6pm with a kick-off time of 7.30pm from a huge indie rock band.
Supporting the US rockers is a band who have received comparisons to Kings of Leon, the loud-and-proud Scottish stars The Snuts, known for their tracks like ‘Glasgow’, ‘Elephants’ and ‘Maybe California'.
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 
