Tramlines returns to Hillsborough Park this year, with a lineup of classics, local legends and trailblazing up and comers.
Howl Mag have hand picked some of the best acts on the bill to furnish a wild Steel City weekend.
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Pulp:
Without a doubt, Pulp are a brilliant pull for Tramlines: local legends with a brand new album on the way. The kings of 90s Britpop (sorry Liam and Noel) will be cutting shapes and singing about awkward love and desire deep into the Friday Night.
Baxter Dury:
New single 'Albarone' is a fabulous slice of EDM pop with Dury's enigmatic croon making this one of the singles of the year. He puts on one hell of a show, packed with emotional heft and cutting emotional life observations.
Rizzle Kicks :
Another band who are back with a bang, Rizzle Kicks are taking stages by storm with new and old tunes alike. There is no doubt that their Saturday set will be filled with nostalgia chasers who will be blown away by their new material.
John Cooper Clarke:
The ballad of Salford, the punk poet, the coolest man who ever walked the earth is taking his poetic stylings to Tramlines on Friday. An unmissable icon of British culture, hero of Alex Turner and wordsmith of the highest order. Do not miss this.
CMAT:
Irish icon, diva and singer songwriter CMAT is a Sunday staple. She has grown and grown with each album and her sonic stylings show no sign of stopping their triade of success. Folky, poppy, feminist and queer. What's not to love?