Unplugged | Yes |
Cover band | No |
Members | 4 |
Downloads |
Nov / 2019 | • | LIO + Support | Sheffield | |||
Oct / 2019 | • | Martha Hill + LIO | Manchester | |||
Sep / 2019 | • | BITCH Palace Presents: Seatbelts, Hushtones, LIO, Tilly Louise | Liverpool | |||
Nov / 2020 | • | Live at Leeds | Live at Leeds | |||
Nov / 2020 | • | Long Division Festival | Wakefield | |||
Sep / 2020 | • | Nimmo + LIO | Sheffield | |||
Jan / 2020 | • | ESNS Lively Music Management Showcase | O'Malleys, Eindhoven | |||
Jan / 2020 | • | LIO + Knoest | Dynamo, Eindhoven | |||
Jan / 2020 | • | LIO Acoustic | Black Brew, Utrecht | |||
Jan / 2020 | • | Studio Electrophonique, Sheffield | Tesla Studios, Sheffield | |||
Jan / 2020 | • | LIO + Support | Eindhoven | |||
Jan / 2020 | • | ESNS | Groningen | |||
Jan / 2020 | • | Self Esteem + LIO (IVW 2020) | Leadmill, Sheffield | |||
Sep / 2019 | • | BBC Music Day - Sheffield Makes Music | Sheffield | |||
Sep / 2019 | • | PRSF Talent Development Showcase | Sheffield | |||
Sep / 2019 | • | Big Boulder Festival | Sheffield | |||
Jul / 2019 | • | Tramlines | Sheffield | |||
Jul / 2019 | • | Night & Day Showcase | Manchester | |||
May / 2019 | • | Liverpool Sound City | Liverpool, GB | |||
Mar / 2019 | • | International Women's Day Fundraiser | Shakespeares, Sheffield | |||
Feb / 2019 | • | POLO - LIO - Precious Metals | Café Totem, Sheffield | |||
Nov / 2018 | • | King No-One - Support | O2 Academy, Sheffield | |||
Oct / 2018 | • | Peddler Night Market | Sheffield | |||
Oct / 2018 | • | Our Girl - Support | Picture House Social, Sheffield, GB | |||
Aug / 2018 | • | FEMUR - Support | The Cremorne, Sheffield | |||
Jul / 2018 | • | Y Not Festival 2018 | Pikehall | |||
Jul / 2018 | • | Tramlines Festival 2018 | Sheffield | |||
Jun / 2018 | • | Graces - Support | Café Totem, Sheffield, GB | |||
May / 2018 | • | Off With Their Heads | The Washington, Sheffield | |||
May / 2018 | • | LIO - Single/Band Launch | Café Totem, Sheffield | |||
May / 2018 | • | Sofar Sounds | Sheffield | |||
Apr / 2018 | • | Peddler Night Market | Sheffield | |||
Dec / 2017 | • | The Rotunda Sessions | Café Totem, Sheffield | |||
Dec / 2017 | • | Slow Club - Support | The Plug, Sheffield | |||
Oct / 2017 | • | Stevie Parker - Support | The Harley, Sheffield | |||
Oct / 2017 | • | Fake Laugh - Support | Bungalows & Bears, Sheffield | |||
Oct / 2017 | • | Oxjam Music Festival | Sheffield | |||
Sep / 2017 | • | Before Breakfast - Support | The Washington, Sheffield | |||
Sep / 2017 | • | While She Sleeps - Support | St. Pancras Church, London | |||
Aug / 2017 | • | English Rain Weekender | Sheffield | |||
Jul / 2017 | • | Tramlines Festival | Sheffield | |||
Jul / 2017 | • | Rebuild Festival | South Derbyshire | |||
Jul / 2017 | • | Y Not Festival | Pikehall | |||
Mar / 2017 | • | Sharrow Folk Festival | Sheffield | |||
Mar / 2017 | • | Outlines Festival | Sheffield, GB | |||
Feb / 2017 | • | Acoustic Night @ Mulberry Tavern | Sheffield | |||
Dec / 2016 | • | Sofar Sounds | Sheffield | |||
Dec / 2016 | • | Diversity Fest Fundraiser | Sheffield | |||
Nov / 2016 | • | Buskers Corner @ Tap and Tankard | Sheffield | |||
Nov / 2016 | • | A night of Acoustic Folk and Blues @ Hagglers Corner | Sheffield | |||
Oct / 2016 | • | Peddler Night Market | Sheffield | |||
Oct / 2016 | • | Sheffield Soup | Sheffield | |||
Oct / 2016 | • | QASh Bash!: A Night of Queer Performance | Sheffield | |||
Oct / 2016 | • | Sunday Sessions @ The Cremorne | Sheffield | |||
Oct / 2016 | • | Streetcity Food Festival | Sheffield | |||
Sep / 2016 | • | Diversity Fest | Sheffield | |||
Sep / 2016 | • | The Cremorne | The Cremorne, Sheffield, GB | |||
Sep / 2016 | • | Portland Works Inside Out Festival | Sheffield | |||
Sep / 2016 | • | The Hop | Sheffield | |||
Sep / 2016 | • | Peddler Night Market | Sheffield | |||
Aug / 2016 | • | Peddler Night Market | Sheffield | |||
Jul / 2016 | • | Tramlines - Foodhall | Sheffield City Hall, Sheffield, GB | |||
Jul / 2016 | • | Tramlines - The Hop | Sheffield | |||
Jun / 2016 | • | Jera on Air | Ysselsteyn, NL |
Label / Release | Type | Year | |
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LIO | |||
Burn | Single | 2019 | |
Jealousy | Single | 2018 | |
Growing Pains | Single | 2018 |
Lead-singer Leonie pulls you in with her intoxicating vocals and firmly keeps you in her grasp until the very last song. I’m not a religious person but watching them perform their ambient, mellow indie-pop is almost spiritual.” - Tipping Point UK
Netherlands-born, Sheffield-based LIO creates ambient alt-pop FFO Florence and the Machine. With her eclectic sound and powerful live performances, she has supported high-profile acts such as Orchards, Skinny Pelembe, Slow Club, Our Girl and While She Sleeps.
After having been shortlisted in BBC Introducing Sheffield’s ‘Top 50 Tracks of 2018’ and Unsigned Guide’s ‘Spotlight Artists January 2019’, she has enjoyed multiple festival appearances (Tramlines, Liverpool Sound City, Long Division, Y Not Festival), radio play (Amazing Radio, BBC Introducing) and support from Higher Rhythm in collaboration with PRSF Open Fund, Help Musicians UK and Arts Council.
It’s safe to agree with BBC Introducing Sheffield that LIO has had an incredible 2019. From a Tramlines Festival debut on T’Other Stage to a second sold-out Sheffield headliner at Record Junkee in November and an LA Music Video Awards ‘Best Dance Video’ Nomination for ‘Growing Pains’. ‘Burn’, LIO’s third single, was furthermore included in the BBC Introducing Hot List as one of 21 fresh new artists to be discovered and the BBC Introducing Sheffield’s Top 50 Tracks of 2019.
2020 will see the release of LIO's debut EP, recorded at Steel City Studio and supported by Help Musicians UK's Do It Differently Fund.
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"The only thing as good as LIO’s music on record is LIO’s music live. LIO has had an incredible year and justifiably so, 'Burn' is stunning." - BBC Introducing Sheffield
“UK-based, Dutch musician LIO is one of Holland’s most intriguing new singer-songwriters, having carved a reputation as someone who is able to capture the pure essence of human emotion within her music.” - All Things Loud
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LIO is:
Vocals & Guitar / Leonie Sloots
Lead Guitar / Jonathan Wright
Drums / Richard Blakey
FFO: Florence and the Machine, Daughter, Kate Bush, Nothing But Thieves