The Human League took to a sold out Millennium Square this weekend, as part of the Leeds Sounds of the City line up. The synth-pop band delivered an evening of fun, dance, and costume changes galore on Friday night.

Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD) brought electricity to York Museum Gardens this week. The Merseyside-formed band performed to a sold out crowd on Thursday evening, with fans old and new weaved throughout the attendees.

West End Girl, Lily Allen, took her theatrical performance to Leeds last night, swapping the Thames with the Aire, and becoming an honorary West Leeds girl. The First Direct Arena was the fourth stop on her UK and Ireland arena tour, which is in support of Allen’s fifth album - ‘West End Girl’, which was released in October 2025.

Rick Astley and band took the Reflections tour to Leeds First Direct Arena this weekend, for a setlist of new and old music spanning four decades. Throughout the show there were many anecdotes, and comedic commentary for the audience led by Astley.

Richard Hawley and band took Coles Corner to the York Museum Gardens this weekend, for an evening of vintage tracks of nostalgia, love, and loss, amongst the St Mary’s Abbey ruins. In recognition of the Sheffield musician’s album - Coles Corner, turning 20 this year, the album was performed in full for the first time, accompanied by a string section.

Leeds royalty Kaiser Chiefs delivered an evening of indie rock classics, with special guests, to celebrate 20 years since their debut album - Employment. Temple Newsam welcomed a line up of different nostalgic indie acts before the showstopper five piece band welcomed riots and angry mobs - all whilst never missing a beat!

Festival season is now upon us, with fields and parks nationwide preparing to open for some of the biggest names and upcoming stars in the music industry making the line ups. We kicked off our gig season at Live at Leeds in the Park, - a day festival based at Temple Newsam.

The Mary Wallopers did not disappoint in starting the St Patrick’s Day celebrations as they took to a packed gig in Leeds.