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Over sixty acts have been revealed in an extensive first wave for Hamburg festival.

Pale Waves are an English rock band from Manchester, formed in 2014. Lead singer and guitarist Heather Baron-Gracie met drummer Ciara Doran while attending university in Manchester and they formed a band. Guitarist Hugo Silvani and bassist Charlie Wood soon joined and completed the lineup. The band's early work is often described as 80s-inspired indie rock or synth-pop; their second and third albums, however, owe more to the pop-punk genre. After signing a record deal with Dirty Hit in 2017, Pale Waves released their debut single, "There's a Honey", followed by "Television Romance". In 2018, the band were ranked fifth in the BBC Sound of 2018 poll and won the NME Under the Radar Award at the NME Awards. Pale Waves' debut EP, All the Things I Never Said, was released in February 2018, followed by their albums, My Mind Makes Noises, (2018), Who Am I? (2021), Unwanted (2022), and Smitten (2024).
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Over sixty acts have been revealed in an extensive first wave for Hamburg festival.

Backstage at Reading, the band talk maybe-new-eras, crowd anxiety and refusing to find new bands to like.

Manchester alt-pop band Pale Waves announces October tour dates across UK and Ireland, focusing on often-overlooked cities and venues.

Embracing romance and letting go of the past, Pale Waves return with their most liberating album yet.

The band's new album is out later this month.

The track explores the conflict between love and religion.

It comes off the back of their not-so-secret comeback at Dork's Night Out earlier this year.

We're back with the three-and-a-half times Dork cover stars.

It comes off the back of their not-so-secret comeback at Dork's Night Out last month.