SOAK, Shame, CHILDCARE, and more confirmed for Hit The North 2019
Other performers announced in the second wave include Para Alta, Pip Blom, Pizzagirl, Swimming Tapes, The Ninth Wave, Spielbergs, Seafret, Tigress, The Academic, She Drew The Gun, The Lake Poets, Body Type, Broken Hands, Hollow Hand, Hotel Lux, and many more.
Hit The North has already announced Tom Grennan, Blaenavon, Ten Tonnes, BeaBadoobee, Better Days, Ed The Dog, Emily Burns, LICE, Sports Team, Thyla, Walt Disco, Zuzu, and more.
The Futureheads, Sundara Karma, and Metronomy have been confirmed to play opening parties for the festival on 3 May, spread across Newcastle's O2 Academy, Boiler Shop, and Riverside.
Last year's Hit The North saw Jungle, The Horrors, Circa Waves, The Horrors, Peace, Drenge, Pale Waves, and more perform.
- Olivia Rodrigo donates $2M from Guts World Tour proceeds via her Fund 4 Good initiative
- Adam Granduciel on working with Sam Fender: "I didn’t realise how much of a musical savant he was"
- Slowthai is cleared of two rape charges
- Lady Gaga shares cover of “Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town”
- Interpol unveil short film, Live at Zócalo, Mexico City, 2024
- FKA Twigs, Ezra Collective and more join lineup for We Love Green 2025
- Charli XCX to star alongside Natalie Portman and Jenna Ortega in The Gallerist
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