Idles, Foals and DMA's to headline Sounds Of The City 2021 concerts in Leeds Millennium Square

Sounds Of The City has become an integral part of the Manchester music scene with some of the most acclaimed live artists taking to the stage since 2013.

2021 sees the event expand over the Pennines to Millennium Square in Leeds city centre with Idles, Foals and DMA's confirmed as the headline acts.

Idles - Thursday, July 8, 2021

The band have just celebrated their first number one after their much-anticipated third album Ultra Mono topped the Official UK Albums Chart. It also scored the fastest selling vinyl release of 2020. The band’s last album ‘Joy as an Act of Resistance’ peaked at Number 5 on its release in 2018 and was shortlisted for last year’s Hyundai Mercury Prize.

Foals - Friday, July 9, 2021

The band will headline the Square on following the biggest headline tour of their career next year which will see them play across the UK including three successive sold out nights at London Olympia in May and a sold-out Sounds Of The City show in Manchester. FOALS released their critically acclaimed album ‘Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost – Part 2’ in 2019, the most ambitious project of their career.

DMA’S - Saturday, July 10, 2021

Sydney’s DMA’S will headline Leeds Millennium Square next July and will be joined by special guests The Lathums. Since bursting on the scene back in 2015, Tommy O’Dell, Matt Mason and Johnny Took have not stopped with their euphoric, thrilling and anthemic shows. An impressive 40,000 tickets were sold on their last headline UK tour.

Tickets go on sale Friday, October 16, at 10am via: www.gigsandtours.com / www.ticketmaster.co.uk / www.millsqleeds.comSounds Of The City at Leeds Millennium Square is fully accessible and conveniently located in close proximity to Leeds train station.

Full venue facilities, accessibility information and companion ticket details are available at www.millsqleeds.com****************************

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