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Live at Leeds 2019: 8 acts to see, according to headliner Tom Grennan

Live at Leeds 2019 has finally arrived, and there's a ton of fantastic new music to check out if you're in the area. Performances by some of the best emerging artists around are taking place around the city on Saturday 4 May, including at The Independent' s stage, which is in partnership with the PRS Foundation's Momentum Music Fund. Our stage is being headlined by Kate Tempest, and will also host fantastic artists including Dream Wife, Ibibio Sound Machine, Hak Baker and Gengahr. From extras.We caught up with the splendid Tom Grennan, who headlines the festival a year after performing on The Independent stage and also following the release of his top 10 album Lighting Matches, to see who else he recommends seeing this year. Hey Tom, how do you feel about returning to Live At Leeds? Playing at Live at Leeds was wicked for me in 2017. The line up was mad! Rag 'N' Bone Man played, Slaves, Tom Walker, Idles, Kojey Radical and loads more. It's just a really good vibe, the crowd are always up for it. Great city, I can't wait to come back. How do you suggest people get the most from the day? Key thing here is to really study the form and organise your day around key acts that you can get to in time without to much rushing around and queueing. That way it allows you to dip into one or two other bits and stumble across other new acts.