Programme - Deepdale Festival

Man The Lifeboats

Sunday - Brick Barn Stage

Headlining the Orchard Stage on Sunday, and variously described as ‘like a stripped back Bellowhead for cynical city dwellers’, 'with more momentum than the Levellers' and the ‘best thing since Oysterband’, make sure you save some wear in your dancing shoes!
Man the Lifeboats play raucous, upbeat folk music, for those who like a drink with their tunes. This London-based five-piece use an array of instruments to craft songs with big choruses that tell unforgettable stories.
Formed in the wake of a blistering Skinny Lister gig back in 2016, Harvey, Richie, Sam, Dan and David have taken their shared love of straight-up lyrics, pounding bass-lines, lilting mandolin and fiddle melodies and stomping beats and have created a sound that would not be out of place at a party at the end of the world.
With influences including the Pogues, Bellowhead, Tom Waits, Dylan, Springsteen, Frank Turner, Holy Moly & the Crackers, and of course, Chic, it’s no surprise Man The Lifeboats deliver a blistering live experience, tales of lost evenings, ballads of doomed love and shanties about whisky-soaked nights, Michael Palin, and the end of the world.