Dermot Kennedy is the ultimate artist confirmed to headline All Points East 2023. The Irish singer-songwriter will high the invoice at London’s Victoria Park on August 27, with assist from SG Lewis, Olivia Dean, James Vincent McMorrow, Nick Mulvey, Novo Amor, Moncrieff, Rachel Chinouriri and Áine Deane.
And the 31-year-old star has promised festival-goers his set can be “on another level” as he makes his return to the competition 4 years after taking part in the principle stage.
In an announcement, he mentioned: “I remember playing the main stage at All Points East back in 2019 just before my debut album came out…It’s surreal to me how much has happened over the past four years since then and I’m so grateful to everyone who’s supported me on this journey. This headline show is going to be on another level and I’m honored to be headlining this year alongside legendary artists The Strokes, Haim, Stormzy and Jungle. See you in Victoria Park!”
Haim, The Strokes and Jungle will headline their very own days on the summer season collection, which takes place between August 18 and 25. Tickets for All Points East 2023 go on normal sale on 10am on Thursday (06.04.23) by way of the occasion’s official web site.
The multi-day occasion will kick off with a headline efficiency from London’s best, Stormzy. The rapper has curated the invoice on August 18 to rejoice the discharge of his acclaimed 2022 LP, This Is What I Mean. The rapper can be bringing onboard artists together with Kehlani, Sampha, Knucks and Lucky Daye in addition to WSTRN and Ms Banks.
Stormzy introduced his plan to curate his personal day in a video posted on Instagram, explaining: “I used to be pondering what’s subsequent, cos we’ve performed 3 O2s [London’s O2 Arena], shut that down.
“I said to the team, we gotta do something bigger, something better, something different. We were having back to back meetings, bouncing ideas. Then it hit me, I started jotting down ideas thinking – live band, need a live band. August 2023, a summer time thing, outside, for the people, always for my people. So August 2023, Victoria Park, more info coming soon …. ‘This Is What We Mean Day’. Hard.”
The 2022 occasion featured units from artists together with Gorillaz, The Chemical Brothers, Tame Impala, Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds and Idles.
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