The AIM Independent Music Awards have announced the artists who will play at this year’s ceremony on 28 September.
The Libertines and Lethal Bizzle are set to perform, with a third artist yet to be revealed. Lethal Bizzle will also receive an Outstanding Contribution Award in association with Merlin, which recognises the impact of his career. Speaking on the Outstanding Contribution Award, Lethal Bizzle said, ‘It’s nice to get your flowers when you can still smell them.’
Elsewhere, the Local Heroes category in association with BBC Music Introducing will recognise a number of winners who have gone above and beyond for their community. These include Sheffield’s iconic grassroots venue The Leadmill, whose resilience throughout the COVID-19 lockdowns saw them host an array of virtual gigs and DJ sets to keep the local music scene alive. The team behind London's Vocal Girls are also recognised for their work championing emerging talent with a focus on supporting marginalised genders and creating a positive change in the industry. Further names include Wild Paths Festival, Cumbria's Loud & Queer host Melanie Baker and Northern Ireland's Glasgowbury showrunner Stella Glasgow.
The AIM Awards return in-person on the 28 September at The Roundhouse in London. Tickets are now available to the public here.
The Local Heroes winners are:
Arxx — BBC Introducing Sussex & Surrey
Ben Nixon and Rich Hearn (Your City Festival Organisers) — BBC Introducing Stoke
Callum Given — BBC Introducing Suffolk
Chris Dixon — BBC Introducing in Kent
Cipher Shayaam — BBC Introducing West Midlands
Connie Jarvis — BBC Introducing Lincolnshire
Danny Fahey (Thirty Pound Gentleman) — BBC Introducing Manchester
Dave Harper — BBC Introducing North East
Dave Maul — BBC Introducing in Berkshire
David Keenan — BBC Introducing The Channel Islands
Gareth Barber — BBC Introducing Beds, Herts and Bucks
Henry Carden — BBC Introducing Tees
Hyphen (Aadarsh) — BBC Introducing Solent
Intercultural Youth Scotland; Block Beats — BBC Introducing Scotland
Kingsley Boyden — BBC Introducing Oxfordshire
Lay It Down — BBC introducing In Northampton
Lewis Bates (LP Tripp) — BBC Introducing in Shropshire
Luke Simons — BBC Music Introducing Hereford & Worcester
Mark Page — BBC Introducing on Radio Humberside
Melanie Baker — BBC Music Introducing in Cumbria
Miss Terious — BBC Music Introducing in Coventry & Warwickshire
Parisa East — BBC Introducing East Midlands
Rhiannon Bell-Jackson — BBC Introducing Berkshire
Richard Pitt — BBC Introducing in the West
Sam Dabb — BBC Introducing Wales
Samuel Nicholls (Whiskas) — BBC Introducing West Yorkshire
SoSlam — BBC Introducing Essex
Stella Glasgow — BBC Introducing Northern Ireland
The Florrie — BBC Introducing Merseyside
The Leadmill — BBC introducing Sheffield
Vocal Girls — BBC Introducing in London
Wild Paths Festival — BBC Introducing in Norfolk
