The Ok’s insist it’s “an honour” to get to headline This Feeling By The Sea.
The Ok’s will headline This Feeling By The Sea
The indie rockers – comprised of singer-and-guitarist Jamie Boyle, lead guitarist Ryan Breslin, bassist Dexter Baker and drummer Nathan Friends – will prime the invoice on the competition this Saturday (07.09.24).
The headline slot is a part of an thrilling finish of the 12 months for the band who will assist Liam Gallagher at his Malta Weekender occasion, which takes place between September 19 and September 21, earlier than heading out on a headline UK tour of their very own. In 2025, The Ok’s launched their debut album ‘I Surprise If The World Is aware of?’ which reached quantity three on the UK Albums Chart.
Talking about their This Feeling By The Sea present, The Ok’s guitarist Ryan stated: “It’s an honour to be requested to headline This Feeling By The Sea. We began out with This Feeling doing our first gigs on the circuit and to now be headlining their competition is class.”
The occasion takes place at Bridlington Spa in Bridlington, Yorkshire, England, and on Friday (06.07.24) The Royston Membership will headline.
A complete of twenty-two acts will performer over the 2 nights, together with Pastel, Seb Lowe, On line casino and The Crooks, and the occasion shall be hosted by former ‘Sky Sports activities Soccer AM’ presenter Fenners.
This Feeling By The Sea additionally has an acoustic stage. Friday headliner Finn Forster has an enormous future forward of him, incomes comparisons to Paulo Nutini and touchdown a take care of Ed Sheeran’s agent. That day will even spotlight units from Sunbeam and Beth Pilling. And Saturday’s invoice shall be topped by The Serotones, who not too long ago made a giant impression as openers at Shed Seven’s particular thirtieth anniversary present at York Museum Gardens. Saturday’s line-up additionally introduces Frankie Dobson and Mae Armstrong.
Rapidly changing into one of many highlights of the summer season competition circuit, This Feeling By The Sea is a triumph for the UK’s grassroots dwell music scene.
Each single artist on the line-up has come by way of with the assistance of This Feeling’s assist, usually touchdown their first correct gig with small native membership reveals of their hometowns.
This Feeling’s ardour for grassroots music will be underlined by the statistics. Every year they host a complete of 300 reveals in 70 grassroots venues, masking 40 cities and cities throughout the UK.
And 220 of these occasions are membership reveals, usually with a well-liked native band taking part in their first massive headline present, with assist coming from a choice of promising unknown artists having their first alternative to play to a correct crowd.
Additionally they current one other 80 headline reveals a 12 months at venues with capacities going all the way in which from 100 to 2,500 folks. Over the course of a 12 months, This Feeling’s grassroots gigs host a complete of 1,000 plus artists, performing in entrance of a mixed viewers of 40,000 followers.
This Feeling can be a platform which presents uncommon meritocracy within the music business. If an area band impresses as assist at a membership present, they’ll have the potential to later headline that very same venue. If their headline present is successful, they’ve each likelihood of that includes at one among This Feeling’s curated competition phases on the likes of the Isle of Wight, Truck and Y NOT?.
And the broader This Feeling group opens up so many extra alternatives from followers, fellow bands, influential DJs, media and extra. This Feeling By The Sea additionally runs an Apply To Play scheme, which supplies two unknown bands the prospect to carry out on the competition, judged by famend DJs John Kennedy (Radio X) and Jericho Keys (BBC Introducing).
Noel Gallagher – who has simply reformed Oasis with brother Liam – The Libertines singer Carl Barat and Kasabian’s Serge Pizzorno are all well-known admirers of This Feeling, and Mark Davyd, CEO of the Music Venue Belief, has championed what they do for grassroots music within the UK.
Mark stated: “This Feeling carry enormous ardour and experience to the grassroots sector, supporting numerous artists and venues proper throughout the nation with incredible curated occasions that basically showcase how vibrant the dwell music business is correct now. By The Sea is a good showcase for all the things they’ve achieved, in addition to offering a much-needed platform for the following technology of expertise.”
Tickets can be found for £60 for the weekend, £35 for day tickets and £10 for under-12s.
Go to Thisfeeling.co.uk/bythesea for extra info and tickets.