Hayden Thorpe Performing The Songs Of Wild Beasts

Hayden Thorpe performs the songs of Wild Beasts alone, with voice and instrument, at New Century Locker in Manchester, marking 20 years since the band's first single was released.

Hayden Thorpe is an English singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, born in Kendal, Cumbria, and active since 2002. Thorpe released the first solo album, Diviner, on Domino Records in 2019, and the third, Ness, at the end of 2024. The artist also created WETLANDS, a sound installation shown at London's Walthamstow Wetlands.

This Manchester evening revisits the songs of Wild Beasts, performed solo with voice and instrument, as they were written. It is the first time in almost nine years that the band's songbook has been played in this way, and the timing matches 20 years since Wild Beasts released their first single, Brave Bulging Buoyant Clairvoyants.

The show takes place at New Century Locker, the newly opened venue from New Century, which hosts concerts and shows in Manchester. Thorpe describes the evening as a celebration of the shared history listeners have with the band's music.