The Leeds Competition has simply completed this previous Financial institution Vacation weekend, and whereas numerous the media consideration has been centered on the principle stage, an important set was occurring over on the Local weather Reside Stage, on their solar-powered pink bus.

With their slogan, “Can You Hear Us But?” emblazoned on the aspect of the bus, Local weather Reside has been a characteristic at many festivals over the summer time right here within the UK. Local weather Reside’s pledge is to unite folks via the ability of music, and to achieve the bulk, who usually are not at the moment engaged within the disaster. Local weather Reside makes use of music to:

Enlarge the worldwide motion by participating with a brand new viewers via music;

Increase consciousness of the challenges confronted at this time by folks on the frontline of ecological breakdown, and predictions by scientists for the long run. Educate extra folks in Africa about why they’re going through so many local weather associated challenges;

Strain world leaders (political, financial, and cultural) to take motion to fight the local weather disaster, with a concentrate on COP28.

On the Leeds Competition Local weather Reside hosted a number of panels, with Saturday’s panel, on the Different Stage, “Inventive Industries Can Drive Change”, that includes Bella Ramsey, Amybeth McNulty, Rachel Keeks, Frances Fox, Dominque Palmer, Fi Quekett, and extra, noticed them communicate on points comparable to movie and TV and the local weather, and Bella got here up with the catchy slogan, “you’ll be able to’t save a burning world if you’re burnt out”.

The bus stage performed host to music aplenty, commencing with Foxglove, Morning Crush, Nightbus, Mollie Coddled, and Uninvited on Friday. Saturday opened with Martha Jean, adopted by Molly Burman, Coupdekat, Izzie De-Rosa, and Charlotte Plank ending the night. Sunday was the ultimate day of the pageant, and the acts of the day had been Cathy Kio, The Redroom, Lunarca, Tinyumbrellas, and, final however on no account least, Sunday headliners Jedward.

The Irish duo carried out their Eurovision hit, ‘Lipstick’, a few of their very own compositions, together with the excessive power, ‘Extraordinary’, from their 2019 album, ‘Voice Of A Insurgent’, in addition to many different crowd favourites, comparable to ‘Underneath Strain (Ice Ice Child)’, ‘All The Small Issues’, and a canopy of The Killers’ ‘Mr Brightside’, in addition to a spirited electrical guitar efficiency of ‘I’m Simply Ken’, from The Barbie Film. Tons of got here to listen to Jedward’s extremely Jepic efficiency as they danced on the highest of the pink bus, whereas the solar was setting.

Be sure you sustain with Local weather Reside and what they’ve arising by trying out their web site, and social media, together with Instagram.

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