Lytham Festival 2022

[RaphPH]

 

Just added The Strokes and Tears For Fears - don't think anyone saw the Strokes coming...

[atomised]

Big surprise that one. Departure from their normal bookings

[RaphPH]

Paul Weller added as final headliner

British music icon Paul Weller will headline the final night of Lytham Festival 2022.

As frontman of The Jam, the man behind The Style Council and a hugely successful solo artist, Weller is without doubt one of the UK’s most prolific and well-respected music artists.

And he is now heading to Lytham Festival on Sunday July 10 where he will be joined by indie legends The Charlatans, indie pop band Lottery Winners and rising Welsh soul singer Nia Wyn.

Tickets go on sale at 9am Friday March 18 from www.lythamfestival.com

The announcement marks the final headliner for what will be Lytham Festival’s biggest ever event taking place over 10 nights between Tuesday June 28 and Sunday July 10 with Motown legend Diana Ross, US rock giants The Strokes, Scottish singer-songwriter Lewis Capaldi, indie rockers Snow Patrol, kings of disco Nile Rodgers & CHIC, British music icons Duran Duran, Elbow and Simply Red and global favourites Tears For Fears.

Festival director Peter Taylor said: “Paul Weller is a brilliant final headline announcement for Lytham Festival 2022. He is undoubtably one of the kings of the British music scene having written some of the most cherished songs of the last 50 years while influencing generations of musicians.

“We are delighted to have such an iconic British musician headlining what will be the final night of our biggest ever Lytham Festival and we now look forward to kicking everything off on Tuesday June 28.

“This Lytham Festival has been a long time coming. We have not been on our beloved Lytham Green for three years so it’s now time to make this a festival to remember as we all come together to enjoy 10 nights packed with amazing live music.”

Few artists have had as great an influence on the British music scene as Paul Weller. As frontman of The Jam, he spearheaded the Mod revival in the late '70s and early '80s, scoring a string of hits before forming The Style Council and then embarking on a stellar solo career.

The last two years have seen an incredible creative output from Weller, releasing no fewer than three new studio albums – all to widespread acclaim.

Weller’s live shows are the stuff of legend, mixing his unstoppable brand of high adrenaline rock with beautiful acoustic moments and Lytham Festival will be treated to an incredible evening from an artist who possesses one of music’s most brilliant and diverse catalogues that remains ever relevant.

Supporting Weller at Lytham will be The Charlatans, Lottery Winners and Nia Wyn. A career spanning more than 30 years has seen rock band and indie legends The Charlatans enjoy 13 successful studio albums with three hitting the UK Number One spot. Lottery Winners are no strangers to Lytham Festival having first performed on Stage Too back in 2016 but 2022 marks a first outing on the main Lytham Green stage for the indie pop outfit from Greater Manchester. And Nia Wyn is a rising Welsh star who will bring a soulful set to open the night.

For more information and to secure tickets go to www.lythamfestival.com

[DDave]

Some discounted tickets here

https://www.travelzoo.com/uk/entertainment/northern-england/-25-Lancashire-festival-w-Simply-Red-Elbow-Paul-Weller-2972853/

[snoochie1981]

Some here too (£15 each for Elbow, Simply Red and Paul Weller)

https://centraltickets.co.uk/event/aWFKTWc2WnJiOThRdlVPQmhRWVphZz09

[DDave]

1 hour ago, snoochie1981 said:

Some here too (£15 each for Elbow, Simply Red and Paul Weller)

https://centraltickets.co.uk/event/aWFKTWc2WnJiOThRdlVPQmhRWVphZz09

Cheers. Thought I did well getting Elbow tickets last night in twickets for 17.50 each. 

[timeforheroes]

just bagged Weller there nice one

[mynameismatt]

Tempted by the Strokes - has anyone been and got the train back to Manchester? there’s only one after 11 so a big worried it’ll be rammed and stranded, safer to stay in Blackpool?

[DDave]

4 hours ago, mynameismatt said:

Tempted by the Strokes - has anyone been and got the train back to Manchester? there’s only one after 11 so a big worried it’ll be rammed and stranded, safer to stay in Blackpool?

That's what we're doing. Had a Airbnb booked down the road but turned out to be fake so a b and b in Blackpool it is. 

[Brunty9]

Anyone been to one of these nights in Lytham before? Anything to be aware of. We're going to The Strokes on the 8th July.

[adequate8]

On 6/21/2022 at 6:14 PM, DDave said:

Cheers. Thought I did well getting Elbow tickets last night in twickets for 17.50 each. 

Is central tickets legit? Never dabbled 

[NorthernSoul52]

8 hours ago, Brunty9 said:

Anyone been to one of these nights in Lytham before? Anything to be aware of. We're going to The Strokes on the 8th July.

Going to be a first time heading over too. Have heard logistics are sound enough, though will be baffled to see how many of the shows are near the supposed 20,000 capacity they have per night.

Parking might well be an issue? That's the only trouble I would consider.

[DDave]

2 hours ago, NorthernSoul52 said:

Going to be a first time heading over too. Have heard logistics are sound enough, though will be baffled to see how many of the shows are near the supposed 20,000 capacity they have per night.

Parking might well be an issue? That's the only trouble I would consider.

Looks like plenty of free street parking 5 to 10 minutes walk away. 

Doing the Elbow night driving and then the next night on the pop for the Strokes. 

[DDave]

6 hours ago, adequate8 said:

Is central tickets legit? Never dabbled 

Yeah it's legit. 

[NorthernSoul52]

43 minutes ago, DDave said:

Looks like plenty of free street parking 5 to 10 minutes walk away. 

Doing the Elbow night driving and then the next night on the pop for the Strokes. 

Lovely. Those setlists for The Strokes paint an interesting picture. If they're on by half-eight - not implausible - the whole thing will be wrapped up by ten.

I've got to get down to London for Midnight Oil the night after, so an early finish would not be opposed.

[Brunty9]

3 support bands with gates opening at 5:30pm. I'd be surprised it they are on before 9pm.

 

[gfa]

1 hour ago, Brunty9 said:

3 support bands with gates opening at 5:30pm. I'd be surprised it they are on before 9pm.

 

Even if they were i'm sure they wouldn't show up till then anyway 😂

[AAlex]

We're going for The Strokes next week as well, only saw it because I looked through their tour dates and spotted the date haven't really seen it advertised/promoted anywhere so will also be interested to see how full it is.

Has anyone been before and know if they announce set times beforehand? Diana Ross played last night and I can't see anything on their twitter/instagram mentioning times.

It does say on their website we expect entertainment to start at 6pm and finish at 11pm, so with 3 support acts I'm guessing it will be something like below?

18:00-18:30 - Lounge Society

18:45-19:15 - Wet Leg

19:45-20:30 - Fontaines DC

21:00-Whenever they'd had enough -  The Strokes

Edited June 29, 2022 by AAlex

[gfa]

4 minutes ago, AAlex said:

We're going for The Strokes next week as well, only saw it because I looked through their tour dates and spotted the date haven't really seen it advertised/promoted anywhere so will also be interested to see how full it is.

Has anyone been before and know if they announce set times beforehand? Diana Ross played last night and I can't see anything on their twitter/instagram mentioning times.

It does say on their website we expect entertainment to start at 6pm and finish at 11pm, so with 3 support acts I'm guessing it will be something like below?

18:00-18:30 - Lounge Society

18:45-19:15 - Wet Leg

19:45-20:30 - Fontaines DC

21:00-Whenever they'd had enough -  The Strokes

Should be fairly busy, some of the dates are on seatfilling website but the strokes isn't so thats a good sign.

[Brunty9]

1 hour ago, AAlex said:

We're going for The Strokes next week as well, only saw it because I looked through their tour dates and spotted the date haven't really seen it advertised/promoted anywhere so will also be interested to see how full it is.

Has anyone been before and know if they announce set times beforehand? Diana Ross played last night and I can't see anything on their twitter/instagram mentioning times.

It does say on their website we expect entertainment to start at 6pm and finish at 11pm, so with 3 support acts I'm guessing it will be something like below?

18:00-18:30 - Lounge Society

18:45-19:15 - Wet Leg

19:45-20:30 - Fontaines DC

21:00-Whenever they'd had enough -  The Strokes

think this will be pretty accurate. 

[Chipbarm]

Here are the bar prices. £6.50 for 3.8% Carlsberg really is taking the piss. The cider is awful as well. What’s the chances of sneaking any in? Any weak points on the fence to whizz a crate over?

[gfa]

27 minutes ago, Chipbarm said:

Here are the bar prices. £6.50 for 3.8% Carlsberg really is taking the piss. The cider is awful as well. What’s the chances of sneaking any in? Any weak points on the fence to whizz a crate over?

I doubt lytham is the most high security given there line up 😂 its pretty rural too right

[DDave]

£6.80 for a pint of cider. Oooof

[Chipbarm]

3 hours ago, gfa said:

I doubt lytham is the most high security given there line up 😂 its pretty rural too right

I dunno. A mate has just informed me that he has never seen so many police and armed police before and that was at Diana last night!

[gfa]

4 minutes ago, Chipbarm said:

I dunno. A mate has just informed me that he has never seen so many police and armed police before and that was at Diana last night!

thats crazy, fair play i guess