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The Live at Leeds line-up for 2022 has been announced- and you’re in for a treat
The Live at Leeds: In The Park 2022 one-day festival will see talent from the likes of Bombay Bicycle Club, Arlo Parks, Easy Life and more on the Temple Newsam stage.
The one-day festival, Live at Leeds: In The Park has announced the first wave of acts.
The best of indie and alternative music is set to play at the Temple Newsham location in June 2022.
The location is home to some of the UK's biggest alternative festivals like Slam Dunk and Newsam Park but this will be one of the most impressive stages for 'Live at Leeds' to date.
The popular festival is usually held each year across the inner-city centre, with artists playing at a range of Leeds venues, but it was pushed back until October this year due to pandemic-related restrictions.
Jack Garratt was the headliner that the crowd loved at Leeds Beckett SU this year. / Image: Live at Leeds
As a result, the Live at Leeds team have decided that the multi-venue traditional Live at Leeds will be hosted in October 2022 and an outdoor one-day festival will take place in its usual May spot.
The first wave of artists announced include: Bombay Bicycle Club, Nothing But Thieves, Arlo Parks, Easy Life and Sea Girls.
It's essentially the best of the 'Indie / Alternative' playlist on Spotify, just live and on repeat.
Not that we're complaining.
There's a reason that none of these bands are still on the debut albums, they each have dedicated fan bases: some that discovered them in the depths of lockdown and other die-hard groupies that were there at even the smallest of concerts.
The talent on the day will be raw and exciting if the headliners names alone are anything to go by.
Smaller bands like Honne, Confidence Man, ADMT, Courting, Finn Askew, L'Objectif, Molly Payton, Porij and The Royston Club also made it onto the list.
The highly anticipated event will be held across multiple stages, but this is only the first artist announcement and we expect that the next will be just as impressive.
Tickets are now available on the Live at Leeds website for the 2022 one-day festival.
The only thing that's left to do is Eat, Sleep, Wake and count down the day until the 4 June 2022.
Yard Act are back as they announce first round of UK headline dates since 2024.
We are so, so back.
It's been a few years, but Yard Act have just announced a small selection of UK gigs for later in the year including a homecoming gig at the O2 Academy on Friday 6 November.
The dates follow the band’s first show of the year at the 6Music Festival this Friday across The Pennines in Manchester.
After Leeds, the lads will be performing shows at the O2 Victoria Warehouse on Friday 13 November before making their way down south to the O2 Academy in Brixton on Thursday 26 November.
Images: The Hoot Leeds
Yard Act completed the touring for their critically acclaimed second album Where’s My Utopia? with a victory lap back home at the 5000 capacity Millennium Square in Leeds in August 2024.
It was a record that brought a stark change of pace to the acerbic, post-punk of their debut, embracing something altogether more playful and bringing a different energy. It shifted the dynamic on stage too, with the addition of dancing backing singers and additional musicians and openly challenged listeners to reconsider who they thought Yard Act were.
Since then, the band have remained active, whether writing Where’s My Utopia’s follow-up on scratching the itch to get back on stage, heading out across the UK and Europe with The Hives, which was preceded by an intimate one-off show at Blackpool Tower last May.
Following a lengthy stint in the studio, the band now look to the Autumn for three big UK dates and we cannot wait.
Tickets go on artist presale from 10am on Wednesday 25 March before hitting general sale at 10am on Friday 27 March. Sign up here.
Viral brunch cafe Acai and the Tribe is coming to Leeds city centre this spring
Clementine Hall
Leeds health nuts assemble, because acai bowls and superfood smoothies are coming to a city near you.
Incase you've been living under a rock for the past year or so, you may not be clued up on the whole acai bowl trend that has been sweeping up the nation.
Acai is a super berry grown and harvested in the Amazon rainforest, and not only is it absolutely delicious but it has a myriad of health benefits.
Acai and the Tribe first opened four years ago in Manchester, and ever since then it's only gone from strength to strength opening up three other locations across the country.
Images: The Manc Group
Next stop? Leeds. And we couldn't be happier about it.
So, what can we expect from this aesthetically-pleasing and ultra trendy female-owned business? Well, loaded acai bowls that look almost too good to eat, superfood smoothies, coffees, matcha and savoury options like avocado toast.
Announcing the very exciting news to Instagram, Acai and the Tribe said: "You asked, we listened. LEEDS… your new lifestyle arrives soon."
They will be opening on 88 Vicar Lane as part of the Vicar Lane regeneration scheme, which has already scene some great new restaurants being announced such as Sticks'n'Sushi and Dishoom.
It seems like this part of town is suddenly going to be the place to be, and we're very happy to see it.
We'll keep you updated with opening dates as and when we know more but for now, you can find out more about Acai and the Tribe here.
Sophie Smith -
12th November 2021 
