UNDER THE INFLUENCE

Well March passed by quickly and it's straight into some great shows in Hull for the first week of April. Thursday 3rd April see's two shows in our home city of Hull. Extra-terrestrial joy mongers HENGE bring their 'Cosmic Dross' mix of rave and prog rock to Hull's Social with support from Mr Vast. Plus we have an absolutely killer lineup heading to Hull's Polar Bear Music Club with rising rockers HotWax set to rip it up, alongside jank punk gal pal duo The Pill, and Hull noise-makers WENCH Viva la riot grrrl. Cosmic voyager Jane Weaver is live at Social in Hull on Sunday, 6th April, with support from experimental pop band MEMORIALS. "Over the past decade or so, she has released a string of fantastic, acclaimed albums, each one a left-turn from the last. They’ve taken in acid folk, space rock, eerie, drifting electronic experimentation, hypnotic, vaguely krautrock-y instrumentals and full-on pop" - The Guardian Check out all our forthcoming shows and some new announcements...

Well we head into the final month of the first quater of 2025 and have lots in store across Hull and York. Deaf Deaf Deaf kick off the month of March at The Adelphi, Hull with amazing support from Ex Blinders Whitehorse and The Black Ravines. Whitehorse then head over to York for a headline show with support from Penine Suite and Thus Spoke. We see out the month with the amazing Irish singer, songwriter and guitarist Grianne Duffy at Fulford Arms in York. Hotwax (Polar Bear, Hull) and Henge (Social, Hull) land on Thursday 3rd April with Jane Weaver (Social), October Drift (Adelphi) Little Barrie (Fulford Arms) and Fergus McCreadie (Ncem) all following suite. We have some amazing supports to announce across our April shows so keep checking our social media @utievents. Speaking of supports, thank you for the continuous support across all UTI shows and we look forward to seeing lots of you across March and April. xx UTI

Extra-terrestrial joymongers - HENGE - have been delighting audiences in the UK and Europe since they landed on Planet Earth nine years ago. Their scintillating live performances earned them ‘Best Live Act’ at the Independent Festival Awards and they have since cemented their reputation with three acclaimed albums, numerous tours and regular main-stage festival appearances.

UNDER THE INFLUENCE PRESENTS: W. H. LUNG + support from FORMAL SPPEEDWEAR 📅 Sunday 23rd February 2025 ⏰ 19:00 doors ℹ️ 14+ 📍 Social, Hull 🎟 £17 adv + bf Mancunian synth pop outfit W.H.Lung decided to try something new on their third album Every Inch of Earth Pulsates, in order to capture the energy, spirit and dynamism of their live shows. Something that has become paramount to the group in recent years as they have undeniably blossomed into one of the most joyous and arresting live bands in the country. The new album, which follows Incidental Music (2019) and Vanities (2021), is rooted in a sense of capturing a moment and a sparky liveness, that’s not to say it’s a raw or ragged record. It is still a meticulously composed, delicately layered and pristinely produced piece of work that, in true W.H. Lung style, runs the gauntlet from dance to pop to indie while still capturing that distinctly unique quality that is unquestionably their own.

HOTWAX 📅 Thursday 3rd April 2025 ⏰ 19:30 doors ℹ️ 14+ 📍 Polar Bear Music Club, Hull 🎟 £12.50 adv + b We're thrilled to bring the UK’s most hotly-tipped independent band to Hull. Touring in support of their debut album 'Hot Shock' (released on 7th March), a record of adrenaline-jolted anthems about abandoning fear and leaping towards the future. With widespread support from NME, Dork, DIY, Clash, BBC Radio 6, and many more, the band have played over 150 blistering live shows in the past 18 months alone including Reading & Leeds, All Points East, and Download, alongside support tours with Royal Blood, Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes, Deap Vally and more. "Britain’s most thrilling and fiercely confident new rockers” - NME “Hot Shock feels like 3 friends catching lightning in a bottle and somehow keeping the lid on” - Dork “they’re a total inspiration – wicked songwriting, stunning stage presence, and a sheer, raw couldn’t-give-a-flying attitude that punches you to the gut.” -Clash