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Love Saves The Day Festival
Ashton Court, Bristol
25th - 26th May 2024
Isle of Wight Festival
Seaclose Park, Newport,
20th - 23rd Jun 2024
Glastonbury Festival
Worthy Farm, Pilton, Somerset
26th - 30th Jun 2024
Rock Werchter Festival
Rotselaar, Belgium
4th - 7th Jul 2024
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Biography
A culturally important collective born out of the UK garage scene in the early noughties, The Streets changed the face of popular music in Britain forever upon their arrival almost two decades ago.
The recording project of English singer-songwriter, MC and record producer Mike Skinner, the Birmingham-based outfit are largely known for creating one of the most critically acclaimed and authentic UK rap albums of the 21st century – Original Pirate Material.
Considered a modern masterpiece, combining quintessentially British social commentary with various wide spanning musical influences – from hip hop to dance, 2-step, dub, reggae and dancehall – the Mercury Prize nominated album is as relevant and influential today as it was when it was released back in 2002.
Aiding the development and evolution of recently formed music genres such as grime, Original Pirate Material has left behind a lasting legacy, inspiring generations of home-grown artists to take up the torch of British hip hop – the likes of Plan B, Lily Allen, Lady Leshurr and Kojey Radical to name a select few.
Equally as successful, the chart-topping follow up to the groups debut, A Grand Don’t Come For Free (2004), and succeeding albums The Hardest Way to Make an Easy Living (2006) and Everything Is Borrowed (2008), helped to cement The Streets legendary status as a leading voice in the UK’s urban music scene.
After years of performing, heading out on huge tours and appearing on festival headline slots at events across the UK, Skinner eventually called time on the project, retiring from the limelight following the release of 2011’s Computers and Blues.
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