A record number of bands applied to perform at this year’s hub festival, the UK’s largest free urban youth festival.
A total of 145 bands from across the country responded to a search to find the nation’s best unsigned acts to perform live at Otterspool Promenade.
And after an intensive judging process involving industry professionals, we can announce the 13 acts that will perform in front of more than 20,000 people at Otterspool Park over Saturday and Sunday, May 17 and 18.
Spanning a range of musical styles – including funk, pop, indie, and rock – the bands are:
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Signified (Aigburth)
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Connecting Flight (Litherland)
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Hades Chariot (Walton)
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Metro Manila Aide (Mossley Hill)
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Gorbachov (city centre)
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Institution
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Vacancy in 305 (Garston)
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Tied Up (city centre)
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Crash Ambers Party (Crosby)
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Sensorites (Walton)
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Elevaters (Huyton)
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Foeism (Wavertree)
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Killaflaw (Mossley Hill)
South Liverpool act Metro Manila Aide will be taking part in hub for the fifth time this year. Band member Paul McBride said: “It’s important to have a festival for the people of Liverpool with the backing of the city. hub always combines music, dance and art in equal portions and when the sun comes out it’s great to rock out on the massive stage.”
Successful artists will be joining confirmed headliner Shlomo, one of the world’s finest human beatboxers, who will perform a special one hour set using only his voice on Sunday. Young Kof, Sona Family & Outthebox, Lazy Habits and BabyGravy complete the line-up.
Susan Whitehead, event organiser from the Liverpool Culture Company, said: “The number, quality and variety of applications was phenomenal – be it indie, funk, rock, soul, hip-hop and metal. Our judges were blown away. It just shows how far hub’s reputation as one of the best urban youth festivals in the country is travelling.
cant wait too see hades chariot, the best metal band in the city by far
YAY! TIED UP! XDXDXDXDXD
cant wait for hub this ear
im interviewing again, and btw sorry for all the bands that didnt get in, we could only choose who we thought were best. Try again next year to everyone that didnt get in
i hope you enjoy it this year, i know i will =]
Lou xx
what about the institution?
Oops - sorry - we’ve missed them off this page. Have added them now…
You can find out when they’re playing by clicking on ‘What’s new’ and then ‘Music stage’.
What about Multi Purpose Chemical?? Rnt they on this year?!
Nah, what about The Bendal Interlude?!!!! Are they on?
MPC are crap.
MMA are decent like
Elevaters, dont you mean. And we’re not from Leeds, we’re from Huyton!!!! Well two of us are anyway!!!
Arrgh! Sorry Elevaters! We’ve changed it now.
BTW, MPC didn’t apply to play in the open band comp we held this year. Hope y’all not too disappointed…
cant w8 to see MMA there gonna be boss
heyyy is their an after party if their is were and whats the youngest age limit….x x x x x x x x x
Excellent, thank you! Looking forward to the Hub, what a boss thing you’ve got, should prove to be an amazing event.
http://www.myspace.com/elevatermusic
OMG it was absolutely boss! Cant wait till next year. Music was decent too. The Wombats should play!! They’re boss. x