Aitch has been introduced as a keynote speaker for Manchester’s Past The Music Competition.
Past The Music, which takes place in Manchester Metropolis Centre, is ready to reach from October 9-12 this 12 months for its second version. Devoted to spotlighting the UK’s freshest expertise, over 200 artists are on account of play on the competition, 1 / 4 of whom hail from the North West themselves.
Alongside performances from up-and-comers like Chiedu Oraka, Charlieeeee, Coach Social gathering, OneDa, Human Curiosity, YAANG, Moreish Idols, Britizen Kane and extra, the competition may also conferences all through the day. Mayor of Higher Manchester Andy Burnham is because of reappear as a speaker.
Aitch will open the competition in dialog with Apple Music’s Dotty, the place he is because of communicate on October 9. The Moston rapper will reportedly contact on matters together with “the significance of Manchester’s musical legacy for right now’s era of artists, Aitch’s private experiences and challenges inside the trade, to the concept of decentralising London as the house of UK rap”.
A 3-day competition move (excluding delegate entry) begins at £45, while delegate passes can be found to buy right here. Competition day passes are of various costs – try the complete listing of costs right here and see beneath for the complete lineup.
In different Aitch information, the musician was lately introduced as a performer for the Paralympics GB workforce homecoming occasion. Taking to the stage on September 12 alongside Sugababes, Jonas Blue and Caity Baser, he carried out his 2022 Ed Sheeran collaboration, ‘My G’.
We spoke to the person himself final 12 months, the place he opened up about his EP ‘Misplaced Recordsdata’: “The quantity of DMs I get saying, ‘You’re not a rapper anymore, that you must begin dropping music once more’ is an excessive amount of,” he advised NME, “so the EP is for them individuals there.”
He continued: “[‘Lost Files’] is very for my old-school followers. I don’t all the time wish to get caught up in doing extra mainstream stuff, however I additionally don’t wish to get caught up in simply being a neighborhood rapper, so generally I simply attempt to discover the steadiness.”
Since ‘Misplaced Recordsdata’, Aitch has launched a string of songs together with ‘Maybach Pockets’, which dropped earlier this month.
