Organisers unveil debut acts in Leeds Festival line-up

Thirty-six groups have won their way to coveted spots on the BBC Introducing Stage through a series of competitions across the UK.

Among them are Leeds teen rockers Glassbody who were joined at Bramham Park yesterday by fellow festival debutants from Yorkshire including Bearfoot Beware, Post War Glamour Girls and the Proxies for a launch event.

The four-piece, all 16, will 
now join local heroes Kaiser Chiefs as well as Foo Fighters, The Cure, Kasabian, Florence + the Machine and Bombay Bicycle Club and many more at the August bank holiday rock extravaganza.

Curtis Ross-Cullum, 23, of Grimsby, will be the Lord 
Mayor of the Leeds Festival after voters backed him for the position following the 
publication of his Musical Manifesto.

Organisers estimate 150,000 people saw more than 900 performances the Tramlines festival in Sheffield over the weekend.

Festival director Sarah Nulty said: “We know that this year we had a lot more people from outside of the city visiting Sheffield especially for Tramlines.

“We want those people, and others, to come back for the other 51 weeks of the year too.”