Northern Irish indie rock group Ash will headline this year’s Montrose Music Festival.
The trio will perform at the Montrose Town Hall on Friday, May 22, kick-starting the weekend event, which attracts around 100 bands from across the UK to venues in the town.
Ash will perform tracks from their extensive back catalogue and showcase songs from their forthcoming studio album, Kablammo!
Ash’s vocalist and guitarist, Tim Wheeler, said: “We’re really pleased to be back on the road doing a few shows this year, and are really looking forward to kicking it off with a night in Montrose as part of its music festival.”
The Montrose Music Festival, or MoFest, as it’s affectionately known, is now in its eighth year and has 210 free gigs in 26 local venues lined-up for music fans.
MoFest’s chairman, David Paton, said: “Now in its eighth year, the Montrose Music Festival is going from strength to strength. We’re thrilled to welcome Ash to the line-up and have the band headline our weekend of music.”
Following on from the hugely successful Status Quo show on Montrose East Links last year, MoFest will also bring Madness to Montrose as part of the festival’s offering, with a show at the East Links on Sunday, July 5.
Ash at the Montrose Town Hall is the only ticketed event of MoFest’s May weekend.
Visit montrosemusicfestival.co.uk for more information.