UNDER THE INFLUENCE

UNDER THE INFLUENCE PRESENTS: GIRLBAND & TOM A. SMITH As part of Independent Venue Week 2025: the UK’s annual 7-day celebration of independent music & arts venues and the people that own, run and work in them. GIRLBAND! Alternative three-piece from Nottingham. Georgie, Kay and Jada are a formidable force for good, a dynamic group that pull on influences from the 50s to the 90s, from music to skating, from Elvis to the personal and the social. Musically they are a thrill. A punk band making pop songs, It’s joyous, natural, fresh – a musical palette cleanser like no other. TOM A. SMITH 20-year-old singer-songwriter from Sunderland who plays sparkling, crunching indie-rock, packed with soul and melody Performing live since the age of 12 doing open mic nights with North East legends such as Sam Fender. Has played most major UK festivals – including Glastonbury, Reading Leeds and BBC Radio 1’s Big Weekend. Hand-picked to support artists such as Catfish & The Bottlemen & Courteeners,

Wow, August is nearly over but we've had some fun and we hope you have too. After a great sell out show in Hull with The Hunna, we welcome them back in October for shows in Carlisle and Lancaster. Be quick as Carlisle had around 10 tickets left at the time of typing this. Our shows with Sleeper (Kendal, Manchester, Newcastle and Blackburn) are getting closer with tickets available on our sister site SEE Tickets. Tom McCrea is close to selling out in York and we're super excited for Michael Head in Kendal in December. All shows can be found on utievents.co.uk Thanks for the continued support and keep checking our socials for more announcements over the coming weeks. UTIEVENTS...

Fresh from supporting Liam Gallagher in arena's over the last few weeks, Scottish indie-rockers The View are back on the road, and heading to York this August at The Crescent Community Venue. Expect all their ramshackle charm, along with tunes to conquer charts and hearts, (indie classic ‘Same Jeans’ plus hits ‘Wasted Little DJs’ and ‘Superstar Tradesman’) Tickets are running low for this intimate show. We've also less then 30 tickets for The Hunna's return to Hull after their recent main stage Download performance. Plus lots more shows in Hull, York and Kendal... Thanks for all the support and see you at a show soon.

It's great to see the sun shining again (oh wait....) Well at least we have a host of new shows to brighten up today. After a sell out show in 2023, The Hunna return to Hull this June. Expect rock anthems, colossal riffs, irresistible melodies and memorable lyrics. Keep an eye out for an announcement on special guest support. UTI favourites and old alumni The View head over to Social (Hull) in July and The Crescent (York) in August. One of the biggest albums of 2007, it went platinum selling over 300,000 copies and earning the four school friends from Dundee a Mercury Prize nomination. We're pleased to also welcome Better Joy to York for the first time after a great show in Hull earlier in the year. On the back of a Top 10 album last week, Michael Head pays a visit to the wonderful Brewery Arts Centre in Kendal. We're very excited about this show. Plus we have Tom Mcrae, Maruja, Skinny Lister and Skinny Living playing York and Hull before the end of the year. See you soon..

After their 2023 Sellout show at Social, Hull. Skinny Living return to promote their debut album. Skinny Living’s story is one of struggle, troubling situations and relentless hard graft. It’s also one of synchronicity, chance meetings, and the unflinching belief that their glorious indie soul music will reach the audience it deserves. Echoing Bill Withers, Van Morrison, The Isley Brothers and Bobby Caldwell, their songs shimmer with a timeless, gentle beauty, exquisite vocal harmonies and a lyrical wisdom that inspires optimism and reflection in equal measure