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TRNSMT 2023 has revealed its initial bill, led by The 1975, Sam Fender and Pulp

The city-centre day festival will take place in Glasgow Green from July 7th-11th.

TRNSMT 2023 has revealed its initial bill, led by The 1975, Sam Fender and Pulp
The 1975, Sam Fender and Pulp have been confirmed as headliners for TRNSMT 2023.

The city-centre day festival will take place in Glasgow Green from July 7th-11th.

The 1975 have claimed a prime set in the wake of their fifth number one album, ‘Being Funny In A Foriegn Language, which Dork’s 5-star review described as, “a brilliant edit of everything that came before, cast in the self-realisation and not-so-quiet confidence of just how good they can be”. The divisive four-piece offer a monumental live show, as they proved with their last-minute headline at Reading & Leeds festival earlier this year - catch up on that set here.

Geordie rocker Sam Fender is still riding the waves of 2021’s ‘Seventeen Going Under’, the chart-topping album which was recently nominated for the Mercury Prize. Not only does his introspective songwriting reveal definitive talent, but it’s also backed by a giant live show that’s already taken the country by storm - Fender sold out his headline show at Finsbury Park earlier this year, and has sold-out two stadium dates at Newcastle’s St. James Park for next summer.

Britpop giants Pulp are reforming for their first live shows in over a decade, with TRNSMT festival offering a great chance to revisit the era-defining tunes of these Sheffield-based icons. The band’s last performance was a one-off concert in 2012, so there’s certainly going to be a lot to catch up on.

Across the weekend, there is also an opportunity to catch a formidable slate of the country’s finest rising acts: current Dork cover stars Inhaler are set to perform on the Saturday, presumably offering tunes from their recently-announced second album, ‘Cuts & Bruises’; Maisie Peters will bring her talents to the North following a huge run of sold-out UK shows a few months prior; Ashnikko is set to maintain her “bonkers brilliance” with a provocative live set that drives crowds feral.

You can check out the initial TRNSMT 2023 line-up announcement in full below:
Exclusive pre-sale for Three customers opens next Wednesday, November 2nd, at 9am. Fan pre-sale opens a day later, with general sale kicking off 9am on Friday, November 4th. All tickets are available here.