Advertisement

Yoko Ono to open 2019’s Manchester International Festival with an orchestra of bells

Skepta and Idris Elba are the other early names announced for July's multi-arts event

Trending Now

Yoko Ono will open 2019’s Manchester International Festival with a performance entitled Bells Of Peace in the city’s Cathedral Gardens on July 4.

According to a press release, the performance will involve “thousands of diverse voices and a people’s orchestra of bells from home and abroad” designed to “send a message of peace to the world.”

Order the latest issue of Uncut online and have it sent to your home!

Advertisement

“The beauty of this piece will break the sky and more,” says Ono. “One of the reasons this is very different is the fact that all of us will be making the sound together. More than ever, we must come together to heal each other, and the world. PEACE is POWER! I love you all.”

Two other events have today been announced for MIF19, which takes place from 4-21 July 2019 in locations across Manchester. Rapper Skepta will present Dystopia987, an “intimate and immersive experience held in a secret Manchester location” featuring a live set, guest appearances from hand-picked performers and DJs, a wealth of new technology and a cast inhabiting a “hidden netherworld”.

Meanwhile, Idris Elba’s Mi Mandela album has been turned into a new production combining music, dance and film by Elba and The Young Vic’s artistic director Kwame Kwei-Armah. Tree will premiere at Manchester’s Upper Campfield Market Hall during the festival.

Advertisement

More events will be announced in the coming months. For more details, including how to buy tickets, visit the official MIF website.

The December 2018 issue of Uncut is now on sale in the UK – with Bob Dylan on the cover. The issue also comes with a unique 12-track Bob Dylan CD, The Best Of The Bootleg Series, featuring an exclusive track from Dylan’s latest boxset. Elsewhere in the issue you’ll find exclusive features on the Small Faces, Jeff Tweedy, the Psychedelic Furs, Moses Sumney, Sister Sledge, Jeff Goldblum, Marianne Fathfull, Ty Segall, Roger Daltrey, Klaus Voormann and many more.

Advertisement
Advertisement

Latest Issue

Advertisement

Features

Advertisement