On November 1 organisers updated their social media to announce the news of a new “In The Park” version of Live At Leeds, which will be held at Temple Newsam on Saturday, June 4, 2022.

Live At Leeds’ traditional “In The City” edition will still continue alongside the outdoor festival but is now set to take place on Saturday, October 15, 2022. The first announcement of acts for the new outdoor LAL is due out next week.

It comes after the northern leg of Slam Dunk Festival moved from its home of Leeds city centre to Temple Newsam back in 2019.  In addition to this, there will also be a whole host of 80s music legends coming to Leeds for another outdoor music festival. Let’s Rock: The Retro Festival will also be taking place at Temple Newsam, next year on June 25 not long after the LAL outdoor festival. The lineup will include the likes of Wet Wet Wet, Billy Ocean, Tom Bailey, Nick Heyward, Go West, Nik Kershaw, Belinda Carlisle, and many more.

This year Live At Leeds 2021 included performances from big names such as The Big Moon, Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes, Sports Team and Lynks.

In a review for this year’s event, NME wrote: “One of the country’s largest multi-venue, inner-city festivals, the pandemic seems to have not only affected Live At Leeds’ usual May timing, but the calibre of its booking. The top-of-the-billing bloke-fest feels like a shame, but nonetheless, Yorkshire folk are a stoic bunch. With the opportunity for all-you-can-eat gig-hopping on a crisp Autumn day, it quickly becomes a question of how quickly you can hotfoot it around the city buffet.”

The announcement comes on the back of the groups recent four-date headline tour, which concluded with a sold out, hometown show, to 2000 fans, at the Albert Hall, in Manchester. Speaking about their most recent tour, and their anticipation for their London headline show, Larkins frontman, Josh Noble, said: “This recent tour blew our minds. The way people sang and danced with us took the shows to a whole new level. It concluded in our biggest headline show at the Albert Hall in Manchester.

“We’re attempting to create a show that is a new experience for both the band and the audience and we’re confident we will continue to make fresh and exciting music over the next 12 months. Heading to London to show what we’ve got is always an exiting prospect. It’s been a while since we’ve played there and we feel like a whole new band since then, we can’t wait.”

Larkins have also been announced to play a number of festivals, this year including SXSW, from Monday the 11th of March to Sunday the 17th of March 2019, Y Not? Festival, from Thursday the 25th of July to Sunday the 28th of July 2019, Live At Leeds, on Saturday the 4th of May 2019, and Neighbourhood Festival, on Saturday the 25th of May 2019. The band are on a meteoric rise as one of the most exciting and in-demand new bands to emerge, from Manchester, in recent times. They are currently working on their debut album and have even more exciting announcements to follow shortly. Tickets can be purchased here.

The announcement comes after, Larkins, recently released their latest single, ‘TV Dream’, through Good Soldier Records. The song has been described as featuring “bright synths, 80s-inspired guitars and a huge chorus showcasing their knack for intelligent song-writing and delicious pop hooks reminiscent of the likes of CHVRCHES, The 1975 and Pale Waves.”

Regarding the single, Noble, said: “‘TV Dream’ was inspired by my grandparents; the idea that romance and dancing has lost its appeal and vigour from what it used to be. Instead, when we turn on the TV we see these visions of gender inequality, and blaming sexism on the way people dress. I loved combining such a blissful story of romance with a more serious tone of being influenced by the modern media.”