2016 Schedule

Interactive: March 11–15  •  Film: March 11–19  •  Music: March 15–20

Presented by: Pukkelpop x Disco Naïveté

Fickle Friends

Thursday, March 17
12:00AM - 12:40AM

The Sidewinder Outside
715 Red River St

Artist-5101

Brighton 5 piece Fickle Friends has crafted a feel-good sound combining 80s-flavoured synths and glorious fresh indie-pop. The band have been cutting their teeth the old fashioned way, with 2 years of solid touring, including sets at major festivals such as Bestival, BBC R1 Big Weekend and Secret Garden Party, not to mention a sold-out show at Dingwalls in London in November. All the long drives and late nights have paid off, forging Fickle Frineds into a slick polished monster of a live band. This hard work also helped catch the attention of Polydor Records, who signed the band in January 2016.

Away from the stage the band has been whipping up a frenzy in the blogosphere and were the most written about unsigned artist of 2014 according to accumlator Hype Machine, and have even picked up over 5 million plays on Spotify across their debut singles - with 'Say No More’ even making it onto the BBC Radio 1 Introducing Playlis...

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Details

Access
Music Badge, Platinum Badge, Music Festival Wristband, Artist Wristband
Genre
Pop
Event Type
Showcase
From
Brighton, UK-ENGLAND
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