{"id":13564,"date":"2020-10-07T05:00:31","date_gmt":"2020-10-07T05:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=13564"},"modified":"2020-10-06T16:15:47","modified_gmt":"2020-10-06T16:15:47","slug":"the-return-of-the-futurama-festival-easter-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=13564","title":{"rendered":"THE RETURN OF THE FUTURAMA FESTIVAL – EASTER 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00a0 A UTOPIAN FESTIVAL FOR DYSTOPIAN TIMES<\/strong><\/p>\n

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THE LEGENDARY 2-DAY POST-PUNK FESTIVAL RETURNS TO LIVERPOOL APRIL 3-4, 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n

PETER HOOK & THE LIGHT CONFIRMED TO PERFORM JOY DIVISION\u2019S SET FROM FUTURAMA 1979!<\/strong><\/p>\n

TICKETS AVAILABLE FROM SEE TICKETS <\/strong>HERE<\/strong><\/a>:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Website<\/a><\/p>\n

Futurama<\/strong>, the legendary post-punk festival is back after 40 years and takes place at the Invisible Wind factory \/ Make Arts Centre and Ten Streets Social in Liverpool over two days, 3rd and 4th of April 2021.<\/p>\n

The Futuramas were a series of ground-breaking and innovative post punk and electronic music festivals in the late 70’s and early 80’s. They were the brainchild of one-man, John Keenan, a legendary Leeds promoter who has put thousands of bands on over 40 years at his famous F Club. In 1979, he decided to do a 2-day festival at the Queens Hall in Leeds and put on all of his favourite up and coming bands and curated the first alternative indoor festival in Britain. Nearly all of Britain’s most important and influential independent bands played these festivals and many of them went onto considerable success in Britain, Europe, and the US. The roll call reads like the greatest who’s who of alternative music and they include Joy Division<\/strong> and New Order<\/strong>, Echo and the Bunnymen<\/strong>, PiL<\/strong>, Killing Joke<\/strong>, Teardrop Explodes<\/strong>, Bauhaus<\/strong>, The Fall<\/strong>, The Smiths<\/strong>,\u00a0Gang of Four<\/strong>, Sisters of Mercy<\/strong>, Theatre Of<\/strong> Hate<\/strong>, The Psychedelic Furs<\/strong> & even a fledgling U2<\/strong>. The Futurama festivals caught the zeitgeist perfectly and not only put on many female fronted bands, including Siouxsie and the Banshees<\/strong>, Young Marble<\/strong> Giants<\/strong>, Bow Wow Wow<\/strong> & Altered Images,<\/strong> but also many of the new wave of electronic & synthesizer acts including Soft Cell<\/strong>, Cabaret Voltaire<\/strong>, OMD<\/strong>, Simple Minds<\/strong>, Clock DVA <\/strong>& Vice Versa<\/strong> who later became ABC<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The post-punk era still casts an enormous influential shadow over contemporary music, making the timing perfect for the festival to return, combining both legendary acts from the festival\u2019s history with the absolute best in up-and-coming talent.<\/p>\n

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pic by William Ellis – www.william-ellis.com<\/p>\n

Bringing Futurama full circle, Peter Hook & The Light<\/strong> are confirmed to perform Joy Division<\/strong>\u2019s set from Futurama 1979 in full, promising to be an absolute thrill for fans of the iconic band.<\/p>\n

\u201cFuturama was one the first festival experiences I ever had,\u201d remembers bassist Peter Hook<\/strong>. \u201cJohn Keenan the promoter became a lifelong friend. He was one of the first legends. The gig was the first time I\u2019d ever seen caravans used as dressing rooms indoors, but it had a great atmosphere. It really put Joy Division on the map and the groups on the bill were very well matched to the audience. There weren\u2019t many indoor festivals prior to Futurama so it was quite ground-breaking for the genre in the north. Funnily enough it gets talked about a lot even now. John became a legend and, in many ways, so has the festival. Let\u2019s hope we can capture that wonderful atmosphere again.\u201d<\/p>\n

Also linking the festival\u2019s history are Kirk Brandon\u2019s Theatre Of Hate <\/strong>who will be celebrating their 40th<\/sup> anniversary of playing Futurama 3 in 1981, returning in 2021.<\/p>\n

With a headliner still to be announced, these iconic acts join a host of bands from the many different strains and spectrums of alternative music, with respected website Louder Than War<\/strong> hosting the main stage on one day, and the world\u2019s biggest rock \u2018n\u2019 roll and punk magazine Vive Le Rock<\/strong> the other day, whilst The AF Gang (the IDLES<\/strong> legendary fan club) host the up and coming stage.<\/p>\n

There are 4 stages at the Futurama.<\/p>\n

Invisible Wind Factory Main Stage: Headline acts and supports<\/p>\n

Substation Downstairs in IWF: Electronic, synth and experimental noise<\/p>\n

Make Arts Centre: Some of the best new and vintage post punk bands on the circuit<\/p>\n

Ten Street Social: The AF Gang hosts the up and coming stage plus DJ sets<\/p>\n

Other acts confirmed to appear include Warmduscher<\/strong>, The Chameleons<\/strong>, The Blinders, The Lovely<\/strong> Eggs<\/strong>, Spizz Energi<\/strong>, Imperial Wax<\/strong>, Just Mustard<\/strong>, Membranes<\/strong>, Evil Blizzard<\/strong>, Sink Ya Teeth<\/strong>, John<\/strong>, Heavy Lungs<\/strong>, We Are Not Devo<\/strong>, DSM IV<\/strong>, Bob Vylan<\/strong>, Billy NoMates<\/strong>, Witch Fever<\/strong>, Tokky Horror<\/strong>, Pozi<\/strong>, Crows<\/strong>, St Agnes<\/strong>, LibraLibra<\/strong>, Courting<\/strong>, Crawlers<\/strong> and Joe & Shitboys<\/strong>, with many more to be announced.<\/p>\n

Tickets are Early Bird \u00a380 for the weekend from See Tickets HERE<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\u00a320 deposit scheme and four payments scheme in place<\/p>\n

For more info head to: futuramafestival.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u00a0 A UTOPIAN FESTIVAL FOR DYSTOPIAN TIMES THE LEGENDARY 2-DAY POST-PUNK FESTIVAL RETURNS TO LIVERPOOL APRIL 3-4, 2021 PETER HOOK & THE LIGHT CONFIRMED TO PERFORM JOY DIVISION\u2019S SET FROM FUTURAMA 1979! TICKETS AVAILABLE FROM SEE TICKETS HERE: Website Futurama, the legendary post-punk festival is back after 40 years and takes place at the Invisible […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13565,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2388,5928,5877,5917,5911,5914,5933,5934,1123,5927,5907,5922,4541,5925,5920,5924,5906,5921,257,5050,5905,2247,5912,1351,5931,5913,5923,5915,4948,5910,5919,5932,5908,128,5918,3831,4269,5909,5175,2334,5930,672,4647,5926,5904,5929,5916],"class_list":["post-13564","post","type-post","status-publish","format-image","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-bauhaus","tag-billy-nomates","tag-bob-vylan","tag-bow-wow-wow","tag-cabaret-voltaire","tag-clock-dva-vice-versa","tag-courting","tag-crawlers-and-joe-shitboys","tag-crows","tag-dsm-iv","tag-echo-and-the-bunnymen","tag-evil-blizzard","tag-gang-of-four","tag-heavy-lungs","tag-imperial-wax","tag-john","tag-joy-division-and-new-order","tag-just-mustard","tag-killing-joke","tag-libralibra","tag-louder-than-war","tag-membranes","tag-omd","tag-pil","tag-pozi","tag-simple-minds","tag-sink-ya-teeth","tag-siouxsie-and-the-banshees","tag-sisters-of-mercy","tag-soft-cell","tag-spizz-energi","tag-st-agnes","tag-teardrop-explodes","tag-the-blinders","tag-the-chameleons","tag-the-fall","tag-the-lovely-eggs","tag-the-psychedelic-furs-even-a-fledgling-u2","tag-the-smiths","tag-theatre-of-hate","tag-tokky-horror","tag-vive-le-rock","tag-warmduscher","tag-we-are-not-devo","tag-william-ellis-www-william-ellis-com","tag-witch-fever","tag-young-marble-giants","post_format-post-format-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13564","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13564"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13564\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13567,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13564\/revisions\/13567"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/13565"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13564"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13564"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13564"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}