Tom Grennan:

With funk and fun infused into every line, few take the Main Stage East by storm like Tom Grennan. Despite the spitting rain, Grennan and his backing band brought all the sunshine and vitality of a seaside club night to the dreary Yorkshire countryside! The big radio singles came one after the other, encouraging huge crowd sing-alongs and mosh pits popping up seemingly from nowhere at all!

While Grennan held the focus of the crowd without effort (even more so when he removed his top in the throes of his closing song!), the musicians supporting him could also have been no more deserving of praise. The pulsating, undulating keys fluttered and floated through the insanely catchy melody lines, infusing them with another layer of groove. Both backing vocalist also harmonised with the lead line to perfection, Grennan hailing them for their own adulation from the crowd – and deservedly so! Sample pads prodding their way through the mix, jazzy guitar lines, and reverberating basslines – this really was a team effort, which was only crowned by Grennan’s unmistakable voice, which allows small moments of his accent to creep through in his inflections. It is safe to say, that by the end of half an hour of partying, nobody was feeling the rain on their faces anymore!