Coming off an extremely busy festival season, DJing at some of the largest festivals in the UK and finishing a stint in Ibiza, this rising superstar has 2024 in his sights. Performing his signature mix of house, trance and rave music, Ben Hemsley is sure to excite.

He took to instagram to share his excitement, “Liverpool, I’m coming back for the biggest headline show I’ve ever done… 12,000 of you at the legendary Waterfront with me. You can’t beat this man. I feel so honoured to be a part of this ridiculous event. Without a doubt one of the best shows in the U.K. and we are gunna make it so special for yas.”

For Hemsley, the quick rise to stardom came after his legendary 2021 Creamfields set where he only performed due to another artist backing out because of COVID-19 restrictions. Since this set, he has often lauded Creamfields as the reason for his successes.

“Last year [Creamfields 2022] I ended up crying because of the love,” he stated on social media, “In 2021 my dream became reality and I went from playing shows in front of less than 100 people, once a month to selling out the biggest venues and doing shows around the world and then 2022 took it to another level.”

Ben Hemsley’s conquering of the rave circuit has continued in 2023 after a myriad of career defining moments. Hemsley’s first Ibiza residency saw the Geordie artist gain the opportunity to support monumental names in the electronic music arena: Eric Prydz at Hï Ibiza, and Calvin Harris at world famous Ushuaïa.

Ben has seen similar success and adoration. Manchester’s premiere club, and possibly one of the UK’s biggest raves, Warehouse Project, invited Ben Hemsley to headline their venue with his Connection tour. This show was the first to be announced for The Warehouse Project’s new season which sold-out.

Ben stated, “There’s a video of me in 2017, steaming after a night at Warehouse Project with my mates telling them I’d deadline it in 5 years… It might have taken 6 but on Friday I eventually did it and sold it out… Can’t thank you enough. A night I’ll remember forever.”

Tickets for The Waterfront festival can be found here.

His connection tour is ongoing and you can find the dates here:

27/10/2023 – Royal Highland Centre – Edinburgh
28/10 – The Telegraph Building – Belfast
11/11 – The Telegraph Building – Belfast
22/06/2024 – Liverpool Pier Head – Liverpool

Following on from Billie Eilish’s blistering Friday night headline the night before, McCartney 60 years her senior, proved to be ageing like a fine wine with all the stage presence and personality of someone significantly younger than him emanating through the screen with ease. To be there in person must have been something else entirely. The man is about as iconic as it gets, and despite slowing down a little on his feet compared to Billie’s sprightly acrobatics, he owned it. You can catch some of the fans reaction below:

It didn’t come without some controversy, in a star studded list of invitees, McCartney brought on Bruce Springsteen, Dave Grohl, and notably included a video of his close friend Johnny Depp during his performance of 2012 track “My Valentine“. There was some confusion and even disgust at the inclusion of the video expressed by viewers of the show, with people taking to social media to voice this. One Twitter user stated: “For anyone who says Johnny Depp is innocent remember that he wasn’t the one on trial. And I suggest searching for the texts he sent to Paul Bettany to get a taste of the man he is. Wish @glastonbury had stopped this. And @PaulMcCartney can do one.”

Conversely, some people expressed support at the inclusion of the video, with another Twitter user posting a clip of the performance with the caption: “Johnny Depp on the big screen Saturday night during Paul McCartney’s performance of ‘My Valentine’ at Glastonbury ❤️”

With records being broken on back to back nights as Eilish became the youngest person to headline Glastonbury at just 20, and Paul the oldest to headline at 80, the festival has so far enjoyed a historic comeback after 2 years of covid cancelations knocked around their plans to enjoy it’s 50th year in business.

McCartney even managed to pull off a Beatles reunion from beyond the grave by duetting with John Lennon on “I’ve Got A Feeling“. The late singer’s vocals were isolated from their rooftop performance in 1969 and played back over the Pyramid Stage’s speakers in 2022 to provide onlookers with an emotional and modern tribute to The Beatles icon. It summed up a passionate and uncompromising performance from one of the greatest songwriters of all time and a true British legend. Sir Paul, we salute you.