{"id":50854,"date":"2023-04-27T12:57:09","date_gmt":"2023-04-27T11:57:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shefnews.co.uk\/?p=50854"},"modified":"2023-04-27T12:57:09","modified_gmt":"2023-04-27T11:57:09","slug":"sheffields-fake-festival-sells-out-weeks-before-bands-take-to-stage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/index.php\/2023\/04\/27\/sheffields-fake-festival-sells-out-weeks-before-bands-take-to-stage\/","title":{"rendered":"Sheffield&#8217;s Fake Festival sells out weeks before bands take to stage"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Sheffield Fake Festival is only three weeks away, and has now sold out for the second year in a row.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The popular event will see tribute bands for Arctic Monkeys, The Killers, Pink, Green Day, Pulp and Kings of Leon descend on Endcliffe Park on 13th May.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Antarctic Monkeys, Arctic Monkeys tribute band return to the festival for the second year in a row as headliners.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ian Fletcher, 44, lead guitarist, said: \u201cWe did Sheffield Fake Festival last year, it\u2019s always amazing. What a privilege.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhen we play the songs they feel like our own because we\u2019ve done it for so long. There\u2019s a real honesty to it and I think that comes across. It\u2019s Mecca for an Arctic Monkeys fan to go to Sheffield and be in an Arctic Monkeys tribute band.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Antarctic Monkeys have been performing since the Arctic Monkeys first grew in popularity in the UK and regularly sell out arenas around the UK.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ian said: \u201cPlaying lead guitar on something like Mardy Bum and the audience is so loud. I\u2019ve got in-ears in and I still can\u2019t hear anything I\u2019m playing because the audience is so loud. That\u2019s really very very special and that happens night after night. You think how lucky am I to be here. It\u2019s a very strange situation and a lovely one to find yourself in as a musician.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt is with the greatest of respect that we play. We are proper fans.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fake festivals run all around the country for the duration of summer, including events in Swansea and Harrogate.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The bands playing are all touring-grade groups, many of which started up as original artists.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kings of Lyon will be the third \u2018fake\u2019 band of the day to play following on Vicky Jackson is Pink and Ultimate Green Day in the morning.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shefnews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/04\/IMG_0035-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-50884\" width=\"827\" height=\"551\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Kings of Lyon in performance <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Christian Dawson, 46, Kings of Lyon frontman said: \u201cPeople seem to be less cynical about the tribute thing, they are happy to go along. There\u2019s a lot of medium sized venues that rely on the tribute scene to keep afloat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIn the last two years we\u2019ve grown in size and grown to a five piece. 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