Futurama Festival Confirms Second Wave Of Acts For 2021

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Futurama, the legendary post-punk festival is back after 40 years and will take place at the Invisible Wind FactoryMake Arts Centre and Ten Streets Social in Liverpool, UK over the 3rd and 4th of April 2021. The Futurama Festival has now announced a second wave of bands to play the influential festival in Liverpool next Easter including Heaven 17. Undoubtedly one of the most famous electronic & synth bands of all time, Heaven 17 had hit after hit back in the 80’s with their incredible albums “Penthouse and Pavement” and “The Luxury Gap“.  For their unique performance at the Futurama, Heaven 17 set will also revisit some of those classic early Human League songs, re-imagining them and keeping the original spirit, they hope to recreate the futuristic ambience and immersive atmosphere of the early days. 

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Peter Hook And The Light are the Sunday night headliners and will be performing the ‘life changing’ Joy Division set from the 1979 Futurama Festival in Leeds for the first time in 40 years, another world first for the return of the Futurama in 2021. Peter Hook and the Light as well as the historical set will back it up with all the classics that they have delivered across the world in recent years to such acclaim. Two very special headliners for the return of the Futurama. They are joined by legendary Factory band Section 25 and the Expelaires who played the first Futurama in Leeds in 1979.

The AF Gang have confirmed their first acts for their All Is Love / Goth Kitchen stages with up-and-coming London punks Chubby And The Gang who have just signed to Partisan Records and TV Priest who have just signed to legendary American label Sub Pop. Other bands they’ve picked are Genn, The Pleasure Dome, Ditz & Frauds who the AF Gang have been championing for some time.  

Planet X, Liverpool’s infamous goth and punk club have Balaam & The Angel headlining its stage with Dr Diablo & the Rodent Show, Peter Bentham & The Dinner Ladies, Feather Trade, The Gentle ScarsThree from Above & The Webb supporting. Also, confirmed are Girls in Synthesis, Ist Ist, Dream Nails, Liines, Gravves, KlampCoughin Vicars & Deh-Yey.  All in all, it’s shaping up to be one of the best line-ups of every year. 

As promoter Marc Jones, says “fingers crossed, the timing could be perfect, we all desperately need something to look forward to after one of the hardest and most difficult years ever! 2020 has seen the festival and live gig circuit decimated by the pandemic. It could one of the first festivals post Covid restrictions and it would be a real boost to the Liverpool music scene and the independent venues involved and perhaps a real starting point for and hopefully a much better year in 2021″ 

Other acts confirmed to appear include Theatre Of Hate, Warmduscher, The Chameleons, The Blinders, The Lovely Eggs, Spizz Energi, Imperial Wax, Just Mustard, Membranes, Evil Blizzard, Sink Ya Teeth, John, Heavy Lungs, We Are Not Devo, DSM IV, Bob Vylan, Billy NoMates, Witch Fever, Tokky Horror, Pozi, Crows, St Agnes, LibraLibra, Courting, Crawlers and Joe & Shitboys, with the world’s biggest rock ‘n’ roll and punk magazine Vive Le Rock and respected website Louder Than War hosting the main stages.

There will be a last wave of bands to be announced in January when day splits and full stage line ups will be announced.