{"id":14147,"date":"2020-12-09T05:00:53","date_gmt":"2020-12-09T05:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=14147"},"modified":"2020-12-08T15:12:16","modified_gmt":"2020-12-08T15:12:16","slug":"futurama-festival-easter-2021-a-utopian-festival-for-dystopian-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=14147","title":{"rendered":"FUTURAMA FESTIVAL EASTER 2021 \u2013 A UTOPIAN FESTIVAL FOR DYSTOPIAN TIMES"},"content":{"rendered":"

THE RETURN OF THE FUTURAMA FESTIVAL EASTER 2021 \u2013 A UTOPIAN FESTIVAL FOR DYSTOPIAN TIMES<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

SECOND WAVE OF BANDS ANNOUNCED!<\/strong><\/p>\n

HEAVEN 17 ARE SATURDAY NIGHT HEADLINERS WHEN THEY PRESENT \u2018THE FUTURAMA YEARS 1979 -1983\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

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www.futuramafestival.com<\/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

With promising news on the horizon regarding the vaccine roll out this week, the Futurama Festival\u2019 has announced a second wave of bands to play the influential festival in Liverpool next Easter.<\/p>\n

Undoubtedly one of the most famous electronic & synth bands of all time, Heaven 17<\/strong> had hit after hit back in the 80’s with their incredible albums ‘Penthouse and Pavement’ and ‘The Luxury Gap’. This extraordinary success means their gigs are as popular as ever and they consistently sell out shows in the UK and abroad. The original Human League<\/strong> split in 1980, when Martyn Ware<\/strong> and Ian<\/strong> Craig Marsh<\/strong> left to set up their BEF production company and recruited Glenn Gregory<\/strong> to help create “music of quality and distinction”. Taking their name from the disco in Clockwork Orange,\u00a0Heaven 17\u00a0had immediate success with hits such as ‘At the height of the fighting’, ‘Fascist Groove Thang’ and ‘I’m your money’. ‘Penthouse and Pavement’ would become a landmark album that defined the 1980’s.<\/p>\n

For their unique performance at the Futurama<\/strong>, Martyn and Glenn will perform a Heaven 17 set and will also revisit some of those classic early Human League songs. By re-imagining them and keeping the original spirit, they hope to recreate the futuristic ambience and immersive atmosphere of the early days. As Martyn says he ” loved the wider theme of dystopian science fiction that the Futurama touched upon and he always envisaged the Human League growing up in a science fiction noisescape”.\u00a0Human League were scheduled to play the original Futurama in 1979 but for one reason or another, it sadly never happened.<\/p>\n

As well as Heaven 17’s back catalogue, Martyn Ware can call on the astonishing early records of the Human League. The first Human League albums ‘Reproduction’ and ‘Travelogue’ were two of the most influential synth albums of all time. It cannot be underestimated how important the sound of young Sheffield 78 -83 became in post punk Britain with the Human League<\/strong>, Cabaret Voltaire<\/strong>, Clock<\/strong> DVA<\/strong> and Vice Versa<\/strong> (Later ABC) leading the way. They were the first wave of British bands to mix machines and electronic noise. Their music\u00a0reflected their environments,\u00a0the\u00a0urban decay and industrial decline of this period.\u00a0 A bleak but beautiful soundtrack.<\/p>\n

“Heaven 17 are really looking forward to the Futurama show, it holds so many fantastic musical memories for us both as performers and audience, states Glenn Gregory. \u201cIt\u2019s fantastic that we have the chance to be a part of the future of Futurama”<\/p>\n

“Brothers, sisters don’t just sit there on your ass!”\u00a0Join us as we fix this historic error and\u00a0go back to the Futurama with Heaven 17<\/p>\n