With hindsight the Leeds crowd should feel extremely grateful to have experienced Placebo in all their glory on the night, not only as the last time the band were in town they played at the vast 13,000 capacity Arena, but due to lead singer Brian Molko’s unspecified illness affecting his voice the date proved to be the last of the tour with a number of UK & Irish gigs still remaining.
A round up of just some of the festive markets and winter attractions taking place across Yorkshire as the Christmas countdown begins.
The latest new album releases and
upcomers we’ve been spinning this month.
This year saw the full-on return of Leeds Fest and with Covid restrictions thankfully a distant memory, a generation of teenagers descended on Braham Park to make up for lost time.
It was the opportunity to finally let their hair down and the chance to welcome back even more artists from abroad as well as some of the hottest up and coming talent from the UK.
With our bucket hats pulled firmly down, the sun shining and a stellar line-up, the stage was set for a classic.
Ahead of his UK tour and on the back of his new chart topping album, The Theory of Whatever, beyond catches Jamie T live for an intimate acoustic gig in Leeds.
Another star-studded line-up of screen stars, poets, politicians, actors and adventurers will head to Ilkley for its famed two-week literary festival this autumn with Yorkshire poet Ian McMillan opening proceedings on Friday 7th October.
A round up of the great shows, gigs and performances across Yorkshire in the coming months. By Andy Murray.
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