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Ahead of their performance at the 6 Music Festival in Greater Manchester, Lynks is this week鈥檚 Artist in Residence with shows centred on four basic human needs. Tonight, the music explores various forms of shelter.

Artist in Residence is a journey into the musical soul of an artist. Each episode sees the host bring listeners a selection of tracks, based around a different theme or mood.

Lynks is a cult sensation from London鈥檚 underground scene. They have built a reputation as one of the UK鈥檚 most electrifying, genre-smashing performers whose riotous live shows have become the stuff of legend. Following their debut album Abomination (2024) they stepped into a bold new chapter with the release of their single, I Didn鈥檛 Come Here For Art, in November last year.

At the 6 Music Festival, Lynks will perform at YES, Manchester on Saturday 28th March. Other artists performing across the four-day event include Bloc Party, Courtney Barnett, The Horrors, Jacob Alon, Kelly Lee Owens (DJ set), 鈥楳andy, Indiana鈥�, SILVERWINGKILLER, Sorry, Tiberius b, Wesley Joseph and Yard Act. Festival goers will also have the chance to see DJ sets from Beth Ditto & Nick Grimshaw, Emily Pilbeam & Nathan Shepherd, Lambrini Girls and Steve Lamacq as part of an Indie Forever club night. There will also be DJ sets from The Knife鈥檚 Olof Dreijer, Aiden Francis and Fig at a partnership event with Homobloc, and performances from Lauren Auder, Naima Bock and R.AGGS as part of a partnership event with FaT OuT.

This year the event will shine a well-deserved light on independent grassroots venues, extending its reach across Greater Manchester and celebrating its independent spirit. The festival will be at iconic live music spaces including Band on the Wall and YES, as well as - new for 2026 - the Eccles Town Hall Ballroom, and there will be new partnership events with local promoters FaT OuT and Homobloc.

Speaking about their upcoming festival performance, Lynks said: 鈥淪o excited to be playing the 6 Music Festival this March! The only things I consume more regularly than 6 Music are London tap water and MAYBE hot chicken flavour instant noodles. But as far as I鈥檓 aware, there isn鈥檛 yet a London Tap Water Festival or a Hot Chicken Flavour Instant Noodle Festival. And if there is they haven鈥檛 booked me. So, yeah - basically what I鈥檓 trying to say is there is not a single place I鈥檓 more excited to be than the 6 Music Festival this March in Manchester.鈥�